I started using Instacart in 2020. It is now 2022. In April, I will have been using this app for 2 years. I cannot tell you when I first noticed … Continue reading The Heroes of DoorDash, InstaCart, Uber & Lyft!
Tag: black women
And…The Masks (I)
I worked bedside for the better part of a decade. Six years, 11 months and 15 days. Being a CNA helped to feed and clothe my children. It gave me … Continue reading And…The Masks (I)
I Am A Firestarter: I Am Still Hope
There is a power in writing that I am in love with. No man have I loved more than I have loved these 26 letters and the 170,000-plus words of … Continue reading I Am A Firestarter: I Am Still Hope
I Am A Firestarter: Light. Heat. Smoke.
“Light, heat, smoke make a Firestarter!” If you have followed this space for any time, you have heard me say this. But, in the spirit of going into year 6 … Continue reading I Am A Firestarter: Light. Heat. Smoke.
The Upside Of Down
This, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of this space, I am almost in tears. I’m sure your are in rapt attention to know why. The reason why this … Continue reading The Upside Of Down
CELEBRATE LIKE A FIRESTARTER: Starting & The Going
Lookahere. I have been at the captain of this ship for 5 years. But let me back up a little more. Let’s talk about this origin of this platform a … Continue reading CELEBRATE LIKE A FIRESTARTER: Starting & The Going
Talk About It Tuesday-12/7/2021
This week, the most radical portion of representation came through Beyoncé’s internet: Look. Just LOOK. As one who went to nursing school, sitting in science classes with diagrams of WHITE … Continue reading Talk About It Tuesday-12/7/2021
CELEBRATE LIKE A FIRESTARTER: WE TURN 5!
I cannot believe this. The moment it hit me, I was at my day job (which has your girl hopping!) and I remembered that it was December. Amid all the … Continue reading CELEBRATE LIKE A FIRESTARTER: WE TURN 5!
This Day Is Complicated…
I have been on the problematic clock app known as TikTok for over a year (Happy Anniversary to me!), and one of the hidden gems of this app is Native … Continue reading This Day Is Complicated…
Things Scarier Than Being Black: Sick Kids
I have teenage kids now. They are 19 months apart, and being their mother is one of the scariest, amazing, frustrating things I have done. But the one thing that … Continue reading Things Scarier Than Being Black: Sick Kids
The Ideal Firestarter 