“I’m constantly feeling like a fraud.”

I hate birthdays. Or to be more precise, I hate the feeling birthdays give me. Most especially, I hate my own birthday.

Though I am a mother, I am an individual who believes that motherhood should not strip away your identity; it also should not stop your internal and external growth, success, and fun.

“Closing her eyes and beginning to run her right fingers through the strings playing the tune of her soul, she softened.”

“Strengthening my relationship with my hijab was key to fostering a healthy relationship with myself. And by doing so, I learned that being a hijabi is about recognizing the strength it takes to look past the surface to uncover true beauty.”

Musings on African identity: to mixed children, my thoughts go out to you as you would feel quite like me.