Essays

“Flo don’t answer her phone.” That’s what everybody says. The funny thing is, nobody really believes me when I say sometimes my phone actually doesn’t ring. People tell me they called. I never got the call. They texted. I never received the text. Messages I send never go through. Phones freezing. Laptops shutting down. Things…

I’ve been telling her she’s beautiful since the day she was born. Every morning, every mirror, every moment I could catch her before the world got to her first. I didn’t dream in a million years that I would be raising a Black daughter in a time when hate doesn’t just come from the outside….