As I sat there in my seat, I felt like I was about to have a panic attack. My palms were sweating, my heart was racing, and my stomach was turning. My now wife and I were at a poetry event in Cleveland called The PIA Tour, and I planned to ask for her hand in marriage. Everything was already set up, and she didn’t have a clue.
Gratitude is the attitude, and with that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud’s editorial contributors reflects and shares what they are grateful for. In this edition, parenting editor Jennifer Henry reflects on her gratitude for the humbling experience of parenthood.
Gratitude is the attitude this holiday season. With that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud’s editorial contributors reflect on 2018 and share what they are grateful for. In this edition, managing editor Taj Rani reflects on the sudden loss of a loved one, and how finding gratitude through grief helped her appreciate his life, legacy, and continuing love and influence.
Gratitude is the attitude this holiday season. With that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud’s editorial contributors reflect on 2018 and share what they are grateful for. In this edition, editorial columnist Brook Sitgraves Turner talks how an attitude of gratitude helped her overcome mental strife that came from life-altering losses.
Gratitude is the attitude this holiday season. With that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud’s editorial contributors reflect on 2018 and share what they are grateful for. In this edition, Marriage and Partnership contributor Tanya Barnett talks being featured on the Black Love series and welcoming a grandchild, along with experiencing job loss, fatigue, and unforeseen frustrations.Tanya and her husband are grateful that they have learned to love, make love, and laugh through it all.
Gratitude is the attitude this holiday season. With that in mind, staging-blacklove.kinsta.cloud’s editorial contributors reflect on 2018 and share what they are grateful for. In this edition, Senior Editor Arynetta Floyzelle talks her return to Los Angeles, the wonders of wisdom, and the life-altering power of self love. As 2018 rolls to an end — almost as swiftly as it started, it seems — I sit in reflection of the year and all of the beauty it has bestowed on me. There are plenty of tangibles in my life to be grateful for: finally feeling at home in a new city populated with lovely friends, some I have known my entire life, some I’ve met since my arrival; an address, as for a very long time I was guest bedroom-hopping; the health of my family, loved ones, and self; my representation and all the work they do for me; living so close to an Erewhon; and, my position at Black Love and all of the joy and freedom it has brought me.
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