A Soft Girl Summer Reset Happy New Year I turn 40 in April, and I’m creating a vision board for this next chapter. Not as a rush toward something new, but as a conscious repurposing of who I already am. I’m not trying to become someone unrecognizable. I’m changing, but not really. This feels more […]

Just over a year ago, my husband returned from a trip to Senegal and said, “Baby, let’s move to Senegal. Moving to Africa had always been a daily prayer of mine. I remember when my mother first visited Ethiopia. She returned with gifts and stories of the home she stayed in, where the backyard was […]

One of the hardest and most painful things I have ever had to do was let go of my mother. Not because she passed away, but because I had to accept that she could not be the mother I needed her to be. She was not nurturing, emotionally present, or accountable for the pain she […]

Whew. Being the older sister is a whole journey. It’s a sacred role, honestly. You’re part protector, part play mama, part therapist, part bestie, and sometimes, if we’re keeping it all the way real, a little bit of a second parent. Growing up, I didn’t always realize the weight of it. I just thought, “I […]

I moved to America from Jamaica when I was just three, and my locs came with me. Even as a little girl, I felt the pressure around my hair. I remember being five and hearing adults say things like, “She’s so pretty. Why would you loc up her hair?” That stuck with me. I even […]