Welcome To The Blog
You’ve arrived at the Letters from a Young Black Woman blog. I’m excited to share my experiences and interest with you, and I hope that they leave you:
Comforted
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Refreshed
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Inspired
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Enriched
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Affirmed
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Comforted * Refreshed * Inspired * Enriched * Affirmed *
Series
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A unique assortment of personal anecdotes and reflections artfully presented through the medium of letters. Delve into the intricacies of life's myriad experiences, encompassing its highs, lows, and everything in between. Prepare for an engaging journey filled with contemplation, discoveries, and meaningful interactions.
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Come along as Allie dishes out her top-notch beauty secrets and fave products that have passed her beauty test. Buckle up to uncover handpicked tips and suggestions designed especially for your beauty needs!
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Dive into thrilling travel escapades and adventures. Rating the hidden gems and popular spots in every city or country she visits, providing recommendations for fellow globetrotters looking to embark on their own unforgettable journeys. So, fellow wanderlusters, take note as we serve up the crème de la crème of travel experiences from around the globe. Are you ready to embark on this exciting exploration?
So, fellow wonderlusters, take note as we serve up the crème de la crème of travel experiences from around the globe.
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Letter 11: Dear Confidence
Cause everyone thinks you live in stolen glances in a mirror and the ability to bravely walk out into the world, when you’re really defined by the decision to live life in your own lane.
You’re the decision to break away from the cycles that only result in hurt and regret, even when it leaves us alone and questioning. You’re the decision to not support the same fucked up morals that leave the different and despised feeling less than. You’re the decision to draw boundaries, in stone, if it means that your cup won’t constantly be drained.
Letter 10: Dear Grad
I wish I could congratulate each of you in the graduating class of 2024. A class with many members who entered college during a time of so much uncertainty. Still, we made it out. However, the questions and obstacles don’t cease. I hope this letter can offer you some reassurance and comfort as we all make a transition from college student to college graduate.
Letter 09: Dear Readers
For as long as I choose to write and publish on this platform, I promise to never forget or neglect my target audience, my inspiration, and my muse, Black Women.
Letter 08: Dear Comfort
You’d lay by side me for a while; cover me like a blanket. Then I’d turn over and you’d be gone. I never understood why. If I connected with you once why couldn’t you stay forever?
Letter 07: Dear 20
With every passing day, you brought new lessons that I was forced to accept. I didn’t always want to and sometimes I still mourn the inability to force my life into the journey I had planned. But everything happens for a reason…right? As I step into my 21st year, let me tell you everything you taught me.
Letter 06: Dear Anxiety
Then I thought: Am I choosing you more than you’re choosing me? Was I allowing you to influence my choices and enabling my stagnation? I blamed a lot of situations on you even though I knew I could’ve done the work to be the decision-maker.
