Things Black Women Understand like Criticism.

When I was a little girl I was criticized a lot for a child. When I was a teenager I had issues with myself that I did not know would actually go away. People that know my history know how roots of criticism started from an early age. I am relaxing into being myself now in my 30s but the idea of me really doing that just blows my mind even as I type this blog post. I never knew any kind of healing from Schizophrenia was even possible. Science says mental illness is basically a life long difficult struggle but in just 10 years I went from a Mercer graduate to being on payroll at Mercer working as a Mentor for the DREAM program giving back to my school. I love being an African American woman. I wouldn’t be a different race or be someone else. My roots are deep. “Some say the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice (Pac) says the darker the flesh and the deeper the roots.” I like that statement. I love my EBONY magazines and my Essence magazines and being Black.