Yesterday,
I spoke the truth about my immediate family matters. If you missed that blog
post click here to read. I did not think that I was going to receive such a
positive response and gain so many more readers just from that blog post
yesterday.
On Thursday, February
22nd, 2018 my uncle Leonard Patrick was rush to a nearby hospital right outside
of Assumption Parish. He was in dreaded pain all over his body and both my mama
and sister were in denial of his condition.
We
all go through life and have our fair share of difficulties and come ups. I for
one had a much harder time with coping with many of my difficulties in life.
I found myself constantly around people who had no intentions on wanting to see me grow. I allowed what many people had to say about me hindered my mental growth in the past. Those people were people
that I considered close.
I found myself
When I
was pregnant I was very pleased with the growth of my natural hair. My natural
hair was so much more longer and healthier. Chile, my hair was thriving after I started taking Ferrous
Sulfate for my iron deficiency.
I will do a blog post about my iron deficiency soon as well.
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| My hair after detangling with conditioner. |
I was re-watching an interview that Oprah
had with DeVon Franklin on YouTube a
day ago and one of the many messages that stood out to me from that interview
was, “Stay in your own
movie.”
Around this very
same time last year in 2017, I discovered that I was 5 weeks pregnant. I for one had no
clue that I was either. In fact, one of my co-workers told me that I didn't
seem like my jolly-ole-self.
I had thought about what she said and gave
it deep thought. She did have a great
point. I was tired, unmotivated while getting work done, and I was very
dizzy. I felt like I was in a daze while at work. My first thought was I must
have caught a cold or I was running a mild fever.
A few
years ago, I felt like I had to stand out in the natural hair community. I went
to the extremes to not look like a cookie cutter image of the next natural. I
bleached, colored, and basically fried my own hair to look different. I wanted
to appeal to brands by looking different. I was
stuck in a place of constantly comparing myself to other natural
hair women that I admired at the time.
To my fellow black sista;
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With
Valentine’s Day just only a week away I have been getting emails about dropping more advice for single ladies, couples, and marriages. I have
been replying to everyone letting them know that I am no way a
relationship expert or have claimed to be one ‘just because I’m
married.’ I will say that I am very open to giving advice to anyone who truly wants to receive it. When I say, “receive it”, I mean with open arms.
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Have
you ever heard of audio journaling? I sure did back in September of 2016. I was
in search of another way to vent than using pen and paper and just talking to
someone. I wanted to keep a record of how I truly was experiencing my deepest
emotions. As a writer, I can protest to sometimes not being able to write out
how I may feel.
