This week I’ve been reflecting on how grateful I am that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saw so clearly a world that didn’t exist yet but that he knew deep in his body and soul was possible. I am feeling profoundly grateful for those who have the stamina and ability to see a vision and […]
Category Archives: beauty
Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys
He Carried a Vision of Love Alive in the World
Someone incredibly dear to my heart and soul left his body on Wednesday. A spirit buddy. A soul friend. A guide. A mentor. A lover of life. One who sought to “open eyes and entice hearts out of their prison into accepting a simpler, more loving way… I want to hold their hands and say, […]
May we place our hearts with you…
Awake in the darkness of the night… I’m feeling… my heart traveling the terrain of trauma and love erupting fiercely on this globe, erupting fiercely in the hearts of so many dear souls. “In Hebrew, “pay attention” is literally translated as, “place your heart”. Placing our hearts requires effort. It requires us to focus beyond […]
Shout out to the Badass LGBTQIA+ Folks
Keep shining. Wear those capes, live your dreams, and let’s together grow a better world. Please and thank you! Lena Waithe became the first Black woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Holding the Tension
I am learning to hold the tension of both. To feel my heart hollow (searching for breath) as I hear the stories of those I know and don’t know, those that are stranded, in shock, ?and experiencing profound loss in Houston and other parts of Texas… and in general as folks struggle while trying to […]
Aisha Fukushima
“They try to divide us by color, but it won’t work. No. No. No. They try to take us from each other and it won’t work. We intertwined. I believe in miracles. I believe in a greater world. I believe in good things. And it starts with me. I keep it humble cause I’m always […]