Note: If you'd like to skip to my tips for using time wisely during quarantine, click here. In many ways, my 6 months in jail reminds me of the new social distancing policies. Visits with families and friends were 3 times a week and one hour long. You couldn’t touch your visitors except to hug [...]
Today my son turned 1 month. It also marks 2 weeks since my mother passed away. I can't find the words to put what I feel in paragraph. But I have always found poetry to be the perfect prose to express and process pain. I wrote the below poem for my mother's home going service [...]
Dear Lance, I never grew up with a father. I’ve never known the love of a man unconditionally, a love of reciprocity, without limitations. I never understood what a dad is supposed to do. What is the purpose of this figure if my mom can do it all on her own, I mean she cooked [...]
When I found out I was pregnant, I had an anxiety attack. I called my first cousin/ brother freaking out and my first question was “am I going to be successful? How will I continue to have a career?” I just finished an orientation for the KIPP Alumni Accelerator program in partnership with the Management [...]
I was born on Jan 7th, 1994 (Happy belated Kobe year to me!) during one of the craziest blizzards in NYC. This date is also the born date of one of my fave authors and one who did it for the culture: Zora Neale Hurston. As a gift to myself, Zora and the world, I [...]
Afrika Nora Owes 