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Don’t Get Desperate
I logged into Instagram today and received a message that spoke to my heart. In the video, the sister spoke about not becoming desperate. In context, she was referring to the desperation we sometimes feel to fill a void in a quiet season. Not her exact words, but that’s the gist. I’ve been quiet on… Continue reading
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Ain’t No Red Carpet for the Prophet
Revolution sounds pretty. This polished word makes a giddy sound, like raising your first or rubbing your feet together. We quote Martin with a rhythm that swells the chest. Malcolm’s words hum like power. Assata’s taste like survival. Garvey’s tickles the ear. Lumumba’s boom like djembe drums. Angela’s convinces the tongue that it is brave.… Continue reading
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A Month and A Mirror
A hundred years ago, in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson planted a small but deliberate marker in time—Negro History Week—never knowing it would one day swell into a month, a memory, a reckoning. February has carried that weight ever since, in what is now known as Black History Month. It is a month crowded with… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews -Cancer Courts My Mother by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Title: Cancer Courts My Mother Author: LindaAnn LoSchiavo Publisher: Prolific Pulse Press LLC Genre: Contemporary Poetry, Death, Grief, and Loss Poetry Published: November 7, 2025 Pages: 40 pages We live in a society with a rule we’re never taught, but somehow already know: you do not speak ill of your mother. Mothers are indeed sacred, but… Continue reading
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Slow Down: Why You Don’t Need to Rush the End of the Year
This is the time of year when many of us are inundated with a call to “finish the year strong.” A time when we will be pressured by businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurial gurus to race to the finish line. Social media posts will bombard us with how many days of the year are left, year-end… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Sick by Christa Wojciechowski
Title: Sick Author: Christa Wojciechowski Publisher: Blood Bound Books Genre: Medical Thriller, Psychological Fiction Published: October 14, 2025 Pages: 282 pages Susan Branch is in a different kind of prison. She is a prisoner of her husband’s illnesses. From broken bones, surgeries, rashes, and medications she sometimes steals from her job as a medical clerk of… Continue reading
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It Could Easily Be You
When I was ten years old, my family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just months after learning to walk again after the car accident. It was the only time we did not live in Chicago during my childhood. Shortly after moving into a big, beautiful home, we were evicted. With only a few family members in… Continue reading
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