“We Don’t Do That” — A Story About Love, Fear, and the Fire That Still Burns 🌈 “We don’t do that.” That’s what they told me when I finally admitted I had a girlfriend. When I finally admitted I wanted love that didn’t look like a fairytale—but felt like truth. I had already tried it the way they said. Prince Charming. Marriage. Single motherhood in a two-parent illusion. But I was drowning. And the only thing that saved me… was walking away. Then along came a spider. Smooth. Unexpected. Terrifying… because I’d been taught to fear what might actually set me free. This Pride Month, this Father’s Day—Black Parents Magazine is honoring the women who mother, the women who step in, the women who rewrite what “protection” looks like. Because we do that. 🖤 Read the full story via Black Parents Magazine #BeyondStraw campaign. #BlackParentsMagazine #QueerMotherhood #PrideAndParenting #FatherhoodReimagined #BeyondStraw #MaternalMentalHealth #ListeningToBlackWomen #BlackFamiliesMatter

🌈 “We don’t do that."
This Pride Month, this Father’s Day—I’m honoring the women who mother, the women who step in, the women who rewrite what “protection” looks like.
Because we do that.

🖤 Read the full story via Black Parents Magazine's #BeyondStraw campaign.

#BlackParentsMagazine