Dear sweet girls,
Speak out against injustices – even if that means calling out your friends.
You can be loyal to your friends AND call them out for their inappropriate behavior.
Holding Your Friends Accountable
Archives for June 2019
Funny Memories of Baby Girl
In April 2014, I was caring for the two of you while your mom recuperated from surgery. You were 3 and 7 years old. I am CBC (childless by choice). And I believe I am a pretty smart woman. However, WHAT was I thinking when I gave you, a 3-year-old, some chocolate right before bed?
While bathing you, you laughed hysterically the entire time. As I attempted to put on your pajamas, you were quacking and walking like a duck. Before putting you to bed, you asked me if I was going to remain upstairs with you. I told you, “No, I am going to spend some time with my husband.” You asked (in a shocked voice), “You have a husband?” (By the way, you love your uncle and had just spent a half-hour with him learning your time-tables. However, you forgot that he’s also my husband). LOL!
The next time I give a 3-year-old some sugar right before bed, someone needs to punch me in my face – and I won’t press charges. LOL! #ILoveMyGirls #WhatWasIthinking
I am a proud auntie
Dear sweet girls,
I am a proud auntie!
Big girl, at 12, you were reading at the same level as a freshman in college.
Baby girl, at 8, your teacher wrote this about you: “She is simply amazing! She is a leader and a role model. She tested at the very top of the class for word study, so she is in the advanced spelling group. She is reading above grade level. Perhaps most importantly, she has the strong moral character that every teacher and parent dreams their children will have.”
Your mom is doing a great job raising you!
#BlackGirlsRock #TheirMamasDoToo
Be Advocates for Others
Dear girls,
I hope and pray you will be advocates for others – including Black women.
If you remember nothing else, please remember these tidbits:
- Play a role in the fight for justice. Find an activity that resonates with you and get involved.
- Involve White people to the cause. If they are sincere and want to help, embrace them.
- Do not apologize for wanting to help your own people. Being pro-Black does not mean you are anti-White.
- Have courage. You can’t worry about what folks are going to say. They are going to talk about you no matter what you do.
- Identify other young people with passion and encourage them to become activists. Be real and authentic. If not, they will not deal with you – and they shouldn’t.
- Support others. You are going to expect support from others. You need to give it if you want to receive it.
- Leverage your authority, position and power to help others. Your fancy job title and degrees – which you will earn one day – will not matter if you do not have the guts to use them for good.
DST is the Place To Be
Dear girls,
If you ever decide to pledge a sorority, please keep your eye on the prize – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.! That’s auntie’s sorority!
Our sisterhood was founded in 1913. There is nothing like a Delta. In a room full of thousands of Black women – no matter what color they are wearing – I can spot a Delta woman a mile away. There is just something about those Deltas, and I am proud to be one!
The decision to pledge is yours. The choice to pledge Delta is the only one.