To Be Blonde Badass and Black

For several years I started trying to write an introduction for my book, "U gone hear my Mouth" that described what this book was going to be about. And I always tried breaking it all down into relevant topics so the chapters could capture my stories in an organized way. I liked the idea of being able to go in a lateral or linear fashion. But life just is not that way. That is not the way my narrative goes. Because the truth is, many issues that helped me evolve as a woman were those that made me face failures, disappointments, rejections and events meant to silence me, shame me and judge me. And I thought nobody cared about that. My story is not the typical get rich or happily ever after cuz I found love or hit the lottery story. My story is about what feminization of poverty, criminalization of Black women and abstracting people to silence them is all about. Because these conditions made me a modern day Warrior. My story involves the purpose of oppression, deprivation and o...

 Okay. So hey folks. While I am still getting back on track with this fabulous app I might as well talk a little more about why I am here. One of the reasons: because I  love literature and writing. Secondly, because I love to make new discoveries about culture and how Black women are evolving in American culture as mothers, educators and women in business. And lastly to talk about lessons learned. Learning is a wonderful life activity. And earning many achievements in education brought me through many many times of distress and disappointment because of the way an article, or a book, a poem even a song can have an affect on how you feel.  Which is why I love exploring and teaching what I have mastered in Art History, Metaphsics and the way my own Art has personally contributed to my own experiences in healing and human development. Learning helped me hear. It helped me listen more clearly to what other voices needed saying to break silence and raise awareness on issues I...

  So here I am. After many years of moving around. Making moves. Movin on up. And sometimes going nowhere. I am a late middle ager most people often think I could pass for a woman in my 40s thanks to my blonde ambition. I currently reside in an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) which may not be the most glamorous dwelling I've lived. But this is where I landed after raising my children who are grown. The only people I lived with for the last 30+ years. But moving settling down and making a home were the best life skills where I always showed the most consistency. That I can be proud of. After doing it for so long. No matter the neighborhood. No matter the type or layout  the dwelling. I made palaces out of places large and small.  I have loved  every moment of life through instances of creativity. Many times that I was knocked down or counted out it was my creativity that made me young enough. Brave enough to just start over. Or just transform. There were many days that...