In my sunflower state of mind, there was peace, there was time and there was me.

“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.”

Our parents have good intentions, but what happens when fear is masked as protection?

The most important search of my life…

I contort your words / inside out until / they are mangled. / I can’t use syllables, / sound siphoned.

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

Dissected, chopped and carved, like a butcher’s plaything / I am repeatedly punished everywhere I reside. 

Not everyone has a perfect relationship with their mother. That's fine.

Note to self: Do not allow them to evaluate and quantify your melanin. You are wise, adequate, and pure just as God made all of us.

From a negative mindset around my melanin features to fully embracing my body and beauty after pregnancy…

At age thirteen, it had grown almost to the size of my fist. / I began to resent it.

Written in my time with God in the morning, I hope it blesses someone.

Who knows, your greatest weakness might turn out to be your strongest motivation!

Five important truths and tips that are so important for my Black Queens to hear at a time like this…

Living in my mum’s shadow…

Self-love is beautiful and I never truly grasped the meaning behind it until two years ago.

Allowing the wrong person into the inner chambers of your heart is dangerous. Probably the most dangerous thing one can ever do.

Choose which line speaks to you…

To all the others like me stumbling bravely on this dark road, I’ll think of you.