I just knew I was having a girl. I felt it in my heart. I sat in the sun on the playground one day watching my students run by in a blur, and as their 10-year-old energy swirled around me, I had this anchoring feeling that I was having a … [Read more]
To the Church: Your love is hurting us
After writing parts of this, I spoke openly to a couple clergy members about my feelings. New questions and perspectives arose, but it was important to me to preserve the original sentiments and voice I captured in this piece before I had insights … [Read more]
A letter to my white son
To my white son born in Mississippi, You are a wonder. No one else in the world has ever been made just like you. And no one ever will be again. You are a child of God. You deserve opportunity. You deserve freedom. I want you to know how deeply I … [Read more]
The village that made my breastfeeding relationship
Before anyone, there was Mom. She breastfed me for three years. She didn’t have a book or someone guiding her. She felt motivated to breastfeed despite not having any outside information or mentors. She just felt it was right. I used to be … [Read more]
When your healing hurts
First came the anger. I needed to let myself feel the anger because for years anger had lived in me coated with guilt and shame. The old anger was wrapped in the feeling that I actually shouldn’t be upset, that I had no good reason to be angry. … [Read more]
Why I won’t be sculpting my bikini bod
See me at fourteen years old. I monitored every single bite of food that passed into my mouth. I ran my hands along my stomach to see how it felt to be one bite bigger. Each bite of food felt like a threat. At the end of the meal, I would turn … [Read more]
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