To My ForevaBlack Babies,  

Trigger Warning: This post discusses suicide. If this is too much for you, please feel free to skip it or ease your way into it.

Hey ForevaBlack family,

Life can be so humbling, my ForevaBlack family. Sometimes you never know what you will get. We tend to create all these wonderful plans, and in our minds, they are full of rainbows and happiness. But often, reality doesn’t match our expectations. The business didn’t blow up how we imagined, the relationship we wanted didn’t end well, the dreams you aspire to have seem too far gone. And know that trying with God again can be with anything, that grief, your healing journey, weight loss, that sickness. Battling anything on your own without God is not good, and it will be more work... God wants us to lay our burdens and cares on Him. In your sadness, anger, and disappointment—you’re left thinking, should I try this again? The answer is yes, but this time with God.  

ForevaBlack family, how are you guys today? I’m always pleased to put out a post and talk to you all. Today’s topic is a very important one to me, because in the African American community, vulnerability is not talked about enough and when it is discussed it is seen as a weakness and not a strength. Vulnerability is when you’re honest and transparent about how you feel and the experiences you’ve had by sharing them with others; it can be personal stories and sharing the mistakes you have made. The point of me making this blog was for me to be more open and vulnerable, and how it can help someone else. I love being vulnerable and having the ability to show when I am in a low place, or even if I am in a high place and just able to speak on the things I have experienced.

ForevaBlack family, how are you feeling? As we all know, tomorrow is love day; and I have no plans, but love excites me. Valentine’s Day is about the day of love, and different forms of love; platonic, romantic, and familial. Love is so beautiful, it’s beautiful to share and express... everyone should experience it. To be loved is an amazing feeling, but me personally I think the true beauty is in being able to give love and show the next person genuine care and love for them.

Happy Black History Month my ForevaBlack Family! Black History Month is so important to me, we learn our roots from generation to generation, and we are simply able to celebrate who we are. In a world that constantly tries to dim our light, there is something so powerful about Black joy. It is culture, connection, and community. Black joy is a celebration of who we are as a whole—our history, our beauty, and our amazing resilience.  

ForevaBlack family, I truly believe in celebrating your small wins just as much your big wins! A win is a win in my eyes, no win is too big or too small to be celebrated. Life can be so challenging all the time; we take a lot of losses at times so when we win even the minor things it helps us feel good and makes us hopeful. I wanted this to be a topic because I know a lot of people are usually only happy and celebrating their big wins... but don’t you know your little ones are just as important?  

Life can be so overwhelming at times, and it becomes a heavy load for us to carry. Balancing all at one time can be excessive: school, relationships, friendships, our households, children, our spiritual life and our mental health. I just named 7 things, and that honestly is a lot for one person to handle and some people are dealing with more, but this is life... and we do juggle all of these things on a daily basis.  

Hey, my ForevaBlack family, welcome back! In today’s blog, the topic is stepping out on faith. We’ve talked about faith before, but we have never talked about stepping out on it. Faith is something we should all have, but I get it... sometimes needing to have faith and stepping out on something that cannot be seen is scary. You may have moments where you say, “What if I fail?” or “I’ve done this before, I’m scared to do it again.” Your faith has to cancel out your fear. Faith carries significance and it brings resilience, hope, and mental well-being.   

ForevaBlack family, what is going on? In today’s post, we will talk about letting go of things that may be delaying or hindering us. Letting go of the things you need to, and what you are used to is hard to do, it is uncomfortable. In 2024, I have had to let go of multiple things. I had to let go of some people around me, some toxic behaviors, and mindsets. Trust me, I completely understand not wanting to let go. There is so much freedom in letting go of things and letting them be, everything is not meant for you to hold onto. Letting go does not always mean a person, it could be a job, a substance (alcohol or marijuana), places, etc.  

Hello ForevaBlack family, I decided to do a fun, light, and short topic today for my post. We've discussed a lot of heavy conversations, but since it is December, and this month has cheer and joy included in it; I decided why not talk about things that bring us joy. As we all know, Christmas is in 20 days, and it is a jolly season. I know we all may have our personal lives going on; grief, bills, our loved ones may be in the hospital, and so much more that could possibly be going wrong. For one minute, I just would like for us to think about all the things we have in our lives to be joyful about. Let’s not think about what is wrong, let’s think about what is right; no matter what the negatives are, the positives are much bigger. Some of us have healthy and beautiful children, our parents are still alive, there is money in our pockets and food in our fridge, our grandparents are still among us, God has blessed us to be able to have a career or be in school, etc. The list can go on and on, there is so much to have joy about.