Posts Tagged ‘culture’
2020: Storytelling, Conga Drums, and Emotional Wellness
I didn’t set out to become an author. When I first began writing about my identity, I wanted a deeper understanding of where I was from, who I was then, and who I am now. I did not know it at the time, but writing memoir is a form of therapy, a way to put…
Read MoreMy Mother’s Dream: Finding Optimism and Resilience in Life’s Challenges
“I knew that he was going to die.” That is what I heard my mother say one warm, humid Sunday afternoon three weeks after my father died. “I had a dream, and I knew.” Ms. Vivian had come over to visit with Mother as they had done for the past three years since…
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