ANKARA TELL YOU SOMETHING

ANKARA TELL YOU SOMETHING

I have always had a rebel type of mindset. I like the idea of rules bla bla bla wa wa wa, but I like them even better when they don’t to apply to me Lol. Growing up I always heard folks talk about the DON’TS of fashion. Mixing patterns was like going to an NYSYNC [...]

I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS BLACK

I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS BLACK

Clearly, my skin is black blikiddy black. But growing up, I didn't really know that I was "Black". I was HUMAN, that’s all that ever matter. Growing up in Zambia everyone looked like me, and spoke like me- we were all one big community. My parents never once came to me and said "Sweetie, you [...]

JUST A MOM

JUST A MOM

I don't know much about the world today, but I can tell you one thing for certain. No one 'beats that ass' like a mom. I mean, we are the Queens of beating ourselves up. No matter how much good we do, how many lives depend on us, or how much recognition we get, it's [...]

MY BODY CONFIDENCE JOURNEY

MY BODY CONFIDENCE JOURNEY

I laugh when people say crazy things like “Fatima your body is perfect, you don’t have to worry about a thing”. I am the same girl who weighed 95 lbs  at one time, and 165 lbs at another. So trust me when I tell you that the grass isn’t greener on this end (it’s photoshopped). [...]

WHAT FUELS YOUR FIRE?

WHAT FUELS YOUR FIRE?

After working a very long week I had decided to take a couple of days of to take care of what really matters–> me and my household 👪. Throughout that long week I had been taking mental notes on what needed to be done when I was off. I really thought I had this life [...]