The truth is, 35 years is a long time to wait for a prayer to be answered for a father to be reunited with his daughter, his baby girl who was intentionally and painfully kept from him. This last year (16 months) of building a relationship with my father has been one of the most gracious, unexpected gifts of my life and one I didn’t know I needed, or even felt worthy of. Parental Alienation as a form of psychological warfare is not a new concept, but it is now being discussed and understood...

As an Afro-Indigenous woman and Beyonce fan, when I saw the backlash against Beyoncé for wearing a Buffalo Soldiers shirt, I couldn’t...

I went back and forth about whether to share this, but last week, a man we once called “Papa”—my mom’s ex-husband, passed away. I hadn’t...