After the Myomectomy (Part 2): How I’m Feeling and Lessons Learned

I feel great.  In fact, I feel better than I have in the last two years to be truthful. My energy levels are through the roof.  Prior to the surgery, I would usually wake up tired and be tired and ready for bed by 8 pm.  I now wake up rejuvenated and eager to start [...]

Six Weeks and Thirteen Fibroids Later (Part 1)

I think I was in my mid-twenties when I was diagnosed with uterine fibroids.  I hadn’t really heard the term before.  All I cared about at the moment was that it wasn’t cancer.  They were small and I couldn’t feel them.  Like many African American women diagnosed with fibroids, I decided to deal with the [...]

blackgirlgrown is two!

Has it really been two years? Yes, it has. Two years since the launch of blackgirlgrown. And it has been an incredible ride. I remember the spark that led to its creation. I was searching for an Internet oasis of information and resources for black women.  I was searching for answers on health issues I [...]

For You Last Minute Shoppers (Mailing Deadlines)

Santa Claus will soon be along with his sleigh of goodies, T-16 days!  For those of us playing the role of Santa for family and friends, take note of the 2010 Holiday Shipping Deadlines: For Domestic Mail First Class Mail: December 20 Priority Mail: December 21 Express Mail: December 22 (some Express Mail destinations may have extended [...]

How Confident Are You About Your HIV Status?

I mean, can you really say confidently that you are HIV negative?  Are you demanding your partner where a condom every time? Are you confident in your partner’s HIV negative status?  Or, did you just take his word on it? You know the stats.  No need to repeat them.  But if you’re getting a sinking [...]

10 Things Black Girls Do

Interestingly trending on Twitter was #thingblackgirlsdo. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. But decided to take a look at the trending topic. What I saw was not so much good, too much bad, and a hell of a lot of ugly. So the black girl in me wanted to change the conversation to something [...]

For Colored Girls: Keep it Old School

My mother and I were on the phone today and she was very excited to go see Tyler Perry’s version of For Colored Girls.  So we’re all clear (and something we must explain to many young woman under the age of 30), For Colored Girls, the movie, is an adaptation of Ntozake Shange‘s 1975 stage play For [...]

Have You Apologized To Yourself?

Black Girl Singular has an incredible post in which she apologizes to the most important person in the world: herself.  It is sincere, honest, and heartfelt. I want to take this time and apologize to the one person I seem to always find a way to hurt the most.  I’ve been thinking for a long [...]

Dear Doctor’s Assistant, #fibroids

Dear Doctor’s Assistant, Please refrain from using the word CUT so often in describing my upcoming myomectomy. Are you competing for one of the slots on House M.D.? Yes, we are all grownups but the word does not need to be repeated ad nauseum like you’re singing the hook of your favorite rap song. Respectfully, [...]

Advice to Young Girls: Don’t Get Pregnant

I remember writing an article giving advice to young girls looking for a way out.  The last bit of advice I struggled with.  I wondered if it was politically incorrect, judgmental, or condescending.  That last piece of advice was not to get pregnant: It is tough enough in this world alone, even harder as a [...]

« Previous Page — Next Page »