It's something I honestly didn't know how to formally address for a long period of my life.
I grew up in a very predominantly white area.
Being a little Black girl, I already stood out so much to my peers.
I didn't have queer representation around me.
Maybe I'm just curious, and I would just kind of underplay it for a long period of my life.
I didn't know if I could come out and truly be myself.
I'll be damned if I'm not able to be fully who I am .
For a long period of my life, I was constantly living my life for other people .
I needed to get to the root of why I felt certain ways.
I think coming from a broken household , I wanted the opposite of that for my kids.
I saw the very toxic dynamic my parents had growing up with each other.
Obviously, that didn't pan out exactly how I was envisioning it.
I'm still happy that we gave it a shot .
Having a platform , you're put in a position that you can use your platform for good or bad.
You've said that at one point your marriage became manipulative .
No, unfortunately we had a very toxic relationship from the start.
I think it was very surface level for a long time.
We never had the proper foundation of a relationship.
We never had the proper foundation to withstand being married.
I can't then fathom how hard it was.
I was able to not have to keep up this facade .
It would have been still swept under the rug like it did for so long.
A lot of things just took precedence , like becoming a single mom.
I can hold space for people that are taught in their homes or religions.
There are so many people that look up to me and maybe resonate with my story.
I'd be like, 'Yeah, what about it ?'
Stop being scared of the what-ifs and the unknown.
Stop being scared of the unknown and just dive in .
I never got to know women on an intimate level .
I think too much about perception and how people view me.
It's hard to not take things to heart .
I just want to be authentically me.
You can't make a commitment to something without actually knowing enough about it.
They're teaching me very minimal information.
I was so scared of being a single mom .
For a long period of my life, I used to seek validation in other people.
I had those abandonment wounds that I suffered from when I was a little girl.
I had very negative self-worth for a long time.
Definitely a lot of affirmations .
I need to unlearn that, need to leave that behind.
I had this preconceived idea of what sex was in my head for such a long time.
You end up in this position where until someone calls it out .
Parenting is just such a one-off experience for every single person.
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