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I have to remind myself that words have power. Words are some of the most dangerous weapons that we have.

I'm a Mama who has carried and given birth. I'm a Mama who has carried and lost. Mother's Day is typically hard for me. I know so many people who have lost their moms. Who have lost their babies. I know people who don't have the best relationships with their moms. I know people who wish they could be better moms. I always have a hard time responding to text messages and answering phone calls. I often feel like I'm not good enough. I struggle to understand and accept that I de

Compulsion (noun): a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one's will. Have you ever felt compelled to do something? Repeatedly compelled? Sometimes I get into these phases where I have to eat or drink the same thing for a certain period of time. One of my compulsions is Drinking Peach Snapples. & Yes, they have to be Peach. I don't know what it is, but it becomes apart of my daily routine. Sometimes I can dri

A month has gone by and still nothing. I am sad, angry, scared, scarred, frantic, everything, anything. I really don't know how to process all that has happened. Where did we end last month? Angel Number 5 I think. (apparently this is a message that huge changes are about to unfold in my life... lmao) What do people do with this much knowledge? How do historians do it? How do they learn about everything that was -- while feeling everything that is -- and anticipating everythi

a tricky topic. a tricky topic indeed. do you ever reminisce about how close you could have come to being someone else? I do. I often think about how one action could have led to me being another hashtag, another social justice protest, another example of the corrupt and disruptive "system". some days I regret not taking them to court. some days I regret not harassing them the way they harassed me. some days I wish they understood the anxiety and insecurities they left. some

Yesterday, I did my first Your Inner Lily IG Live that expressed the importance of sharing my vulnerability; but also, introduced my theme for the rest of the month. Our theme is How the Anti-Abortion community effects Black Women . A theme that I think many will understand and few may not. A theme that needs to be discussed much more in our communiteas*. As I was talking with one of my girlfriends the other day, I shared what I experienced when I made the decision to termin