Black women are either stereotyped as terrible mothers or just bottomlessly maternal. And so I was really interrogating what does it mean to mother by choice? And what does it mean to mother not by choice?
I realized there's nothing wrong if I am a black single mother for life. I've lived a great life as a black single mother. I had a great black single mother. It may not be my preference, but it's not a death sentence. It's not doom.
4mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
