To Conform or Not to Conform
Content Note:This post briefly mentions abuse, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Please read with care. If you are in crisis, call 911, call or text 988, or go to your…
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Speak Up and Fill the Silence
Speak Up and Fill the Silence is a phrase that I just heard on a television show and it has resonated with me. As I sit here, knowing how silent…
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Meet my Guest Blogger and Sister Tera
A note from Brandi:This guest post is shared with permission and reflects the personal experience, faith, and perspective of the writer. It discusses adoption, parenting, marriage, waiting, spiritual growth, and…
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Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness
A note from Brandi: This guest post is shared with permission and reflects the personal experience and perspective of the writer. It is offered for awareness, encouragement, education, and connection….
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Backpacks By Lesle’ Honore’
This poem stopped me. As a mom, and especially as a mom raising a Black son, these words hit a place in me that is hard to explain. We have…
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Praying for our Children
Some nights, I have prayed long, specific prayers over my children. Other nights, I have stood at the kitchen sink with the dishwater cooling around my hands and said, “Lord,…