Mother’s Day is one day, annually, we honor the moms and mom-figures around world. This year, Strut in HER Shoes is not just honoring moms, but we wanted to be sure to encourage and open conversation for aspiring moms.
For me, personally, it’s the one time of the…
Have you ever been in the midst of cooking and you knick your finger with a sharp knife? It stings a little. Sometimes you might not see it. Other times there is blood. When I have those moments, I clean myself up, put on a glove, and clean the area and keep it pushing like…
I once chuckled at the thought of “It’s complicated” actually being a relationship status choice on Facebook.
I would think to myself, why would anyone do that?
But somehow I found myself in one of those “complicated” relationships that I once side-eyed.
I…
At the beginning of each year, I outline my goals and a consistent goal of mine is to have great vaginal hygiene. I’m passionate about this because I believe it is the most precious thing on earth. I’ve grown to know its worth. I cherish it, so I take care of it but…
“One taught me love… One taught me patience. And one taught me pain…
Now, I’m so amazing. I’ve loved, and I’ve lost… But that’s not what I see.
So, look what I got… Look what you taught me.
And for that, I say….”
Lisssteennnnn, this song has been…
I was at a women’s meeting a couple weekends ago, which was great by the way, but at one point in the meeting someone alluded to marriage and kids being the highest achievement a woman can have. What about those women who aren’t called to be wives and mothers?
There…
Chile, I tell ya, life for me ain’t been no crystal stair! Whoever’s mama, granny, or auntie Langston Hughes channeled when he wrote that poem…! I wanna get in a time machine and give mother a hug and lay at her feet and glean from her strength! When I tell you…
When I was younger I was obsessed with celebrities and their lifestyles. I had in my mind that going to therapy was a prerequisite to becoming famous. After all, that’s all you ever heard in the tabloids: “childhood problems” or “relationship problems” and then…
Let go and let God. Sigh, that phrase again!
I mean every time I called someone for advice when I was going through, it seemed like that was either their first or last sentence. It bugged me for so long because I didn’t get it and I wondered if the people telling me this…