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Woman of Color

While its all good to celebrate black woman empowerment l can not help but wonder if we are fully empowered. Was just following the recent story making headlines about Donald Trump's tweet and how everyone has something to say but if we take a back sit will see that we are no different from him. What's "woman of color' if l may ask its either you are black or white there is no other color used so why do we have to tag and reduce a person to a color. Channeling my inner Lady Gaga moment 'there is nothing wrong with loving who you are' cause you were born that way so if we start saying woman of color its like we are ashamed or something. We should be able to own and love who we are as individuals before society can own us unless we are comfortable being 'woman of color' then l say wow we are making a mark finally but at what expense really.

Journey

L have been trying to jot down one or two ideas but my mind goes completely blank. l am still trying to figure out who l am once again. l am a mere reminder of the girl the dreamer the woman l once was. No one has given the do and don't s of single life after divorce. l am trying to figure out where to from here. Its almost a year now and l have not completely dealt with what transpired a year ago. l feel like a pregnant woman l crave a lot of things my me time my mother daughter moments with my girls whom by the way are the reason l am alive if it were not for their support yes their support imagine a 5 year old having to support a woman in her 30s that should tell you something about the kind of generation l am raising. A 5 year old having to grow up overnight because mommy can not take it anymore the pain is unbearable for her a 3 year old trying to understand why mommy prefers to sleep early though around midnight l will be wide awake trying to make sense of my life like what h