“My heart nearly exploded. I started to cry and said, ‘Lets do it!’ I vowed to step up and parent a little boy, but truth is, he taught me more then I could ever teach him.”
‘He looked at me and said, ‘When are you going to adopt me?’: Stepmom shares emotional adoption of teen son
I Will Not Be Like Derek Chauvin
“I am a black man. I am a police officer. I am ME.”
Why My Cop Father Has An Unfair Advantage
“He gets to come home every night and take it all off. He can walk away. Having that choice is a PRIVILEGE.”
My Bi-Racial Family Has To Fight Against Racism Every Day
“Racism is built on little assumptions and small biases that make people of color out to be ‘aggressive’ or ‘suspicious.’”
My Husband Got Pulled Over For Being Black
“No ticket, no explanation. They just assumed because I had a big black guy in my passenger seat, I was in danger.”
As A Foster Dad, I Need To Better Understand POC Struggles
“This is not a political issue. It’s personal. You see, I have three Ahmauds who sleep under my roof every night.”
‘There’s no way to prove he didn’t know you didn’t want it.’ Fighting back tears, I said, ‘I was asleep.’: Sexual assault survivor represses memory for 3 years. ‘If this is what I needed to go through to learn all of this, then I am thankful’
“Every so often, the officer would say, ‘It doesn’t seem like you knew him really well.’ I was getting so frustrated. Does it matter? Would that change things?”
‘He’d point out my stretch marks and the physical things he wanted to change about me. ‘I’m sorry I said that, but you bring it out of me.’: Abuse survivor urges ‘it’s not your fault’
“He’d tell me what girls he thought was hot, who he’d sleep with. He had no problem gawking at other girls in front of me. He said he felt unimportant and that I gave him no attention, even though my eyes were always on him and he had his attention elsewhere. I was convinced I was unloveable.”
‘Today I ran into an old acquaintance I haven’t seen in years. She told me, ‘You put on weight!’ Her words still cut deep today.’: Woman struggling with mental health says ‘I am more than my physical appearance’
“I never comment on anyone’s body because I know. You’re right. I have put on weight. She meant it as a compliment.”
‘He hugged me tightly. ‘Mommy, I’m so happy. I hope school never opens. I don’t want to see my bully ever again.’: Mom says ‘let us return to school changed and kinder’
“We’d been dealing with his bully on and off for 2 months to no avail. My eyes filled with tears. He hugged me even tighter. ‘I don’t want to see my bully ever again. I love being safe at home with you.’”