You Owe It To Yourself To Live

Sometimes, For Principle, Your Gonna Have To Kick Some Ass.

When Jett Puts My Face In His Hands And Tells Me, 'mommy You're So Pretty' Or Smells Me, It's So Wonderful.

The Best Gift I Was Ever Given Was The Arts. My Mum Gave Me Those On A Silver Platter. Growing Up, Her And My Grandmother Would Take Me To Ballets, Classical Concerts, Even Smoky Jazz Clubs I Wasn't Supposed To Be In!

I Would Say For Every Successful Black Woman In America Or In The World, Really, It's Difficult To Be The Head Of The Household, Financially. It Is For The Man In Your Life. It Can Be Very Hard For Them. And There's A Delicate Balance. I'm Not Quite Sure I Know What That Balance Is Just Yet.

Back In My Mid-20s I Was Told I'd Never Be Able To Have Children As I Wasn't Having Periods. Doctors Tried To Start Up My Monthly Cycles, But When Nothing Worked, They Actually Offered Me A Hysterectomy. Without It, They Said I Might Get Ovarian Cancer In The Future. I Chose Not To Have The Operation, And Am So Glad I Didn't.