Bridgette

Journey to 30

2025 is the year of 30 for me! As I approach this milestone, I reflect on where I am and where I want to be. I’ve always been a driven and ambitious person. Most of my goals growing up were focused on my academics and professional life. While I think those are important, I figuredContinue reading “Journey to 30”

Bastard Child

A bastard child is an illegitimate child. A child that is born to unmarried parents. I didn’t start to grapple with my emotions around my upbringing until the summer before my senior year of high school. I didn’t realize that I had “daddy issues” until I discovered some information that made it hard for meContinue reading “Bastard Child”

Love: Is It Cursed?

I have a theory that the women in my family are cursed. All of the women in my family have been divorced or never married. It seems to me that we are doomed to be single. I often wonder how the matriarch of our family feels about our predicament. She found a loving husband whoContinue reading “Love: Is It Cursed?”

Black Girl in Crisis

On December 16, 2019, I turned twenty four years old. I awoke to the soft pattering of raindrops on my window sill. As I prepared for work, the gravity of my situation weighed on me. I was no longer a spring chicken. I was no longer in my early twenties. I was creeping towards myContinue reading “Black Girl in Crisis”