Tag Archives: grandmother
a museum
A friend once said, “Black people’s first experience with a museum is their Grandmother’s living room wall.” – Alana Marie Wow, that resonates deeply. Our grandmother’s walls were like galleries of love, history, and survival—family portraits, newspaper clippings, church fans, … Continue reading
The Best Holiday Gift
“The best holiday gift I ever received was right before my wedding. On Christmas Day, my mom gifted me a handwritten note from my grandmother who had passed away five years prior. My grandmother and I were very close, and … Continue reading
My Grandmother’s Secret Files
My family was going through my late grandmother’s belongings when we discovered her secret filing cabinet. Unknown to us, she had been printing out our texts and emails to her, saving our childhood art, making newspaper clippings of our marriage … Continue reading
Badass old lady
People out on the porch, people standing up in the kitchen people in the living room, on the couch, watching tv. She was definitely that grandmother who had the plastic on her couch. You were not about to mess it … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 