HeARTtalk – Healing Through Art and Story
with Tracey Michae'l
"Put your shoes on, K!" "Okay, Mommy!" Even without looking, the sound of little brown feet pitter patting against the hardwood floor let's me know that she's headed to the mountain of shoes I can never stop from accumulating by the front door. Daddy's "mowing the lawn" sneakers, two or three pairs of Mommy's sandals, …
I've always wanted to be more than I am. I've always wanted to be liked and loved. To be celebrated. To be respected and admired. In fact, I've spent the better part of my life striving for these very things and always feeling as though I was never enough. I was never good enough. Never …
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I met Shara back in 2006 when I worked as the Senior Museum Educator at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. She was one of our trusted docents who was beginning her graduate studies at UPENN. Rocking her regal Afro and a big, beautiful smile, she would enlighten visitors with her knowledge and passion for African …
Continue reading "What?! Wednesdays – Depression and Me by Shara D. Taylor"
