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From my first breath, I was told, shown, and embraced into knowing that it is an honor to be a Black person.
So my first gift to my daughter would be my name, Beyoncé.
As children, and even as we grow into adults, our mothers become synonymous with us. They exist for our needs. Many of us think we give them life, rather than understanding the truth that we owe our existence to them.
One of the many cruelties of racism is that mothers are made to be the guards of their children, enforcing rules that were designed to limit them.
Even hell can seem like paradise if it’s the home you’re made to leave.
Sometimes you have to leave your home to know it’s home.
I belong anywhere I want to be.
But I didn’t want to be part of the joke if it was on me.
They didn’t want us to know our history because they were afraid of our futures.
“Being a woman is a difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.”
You could be scared, you could be overwhelmed, but you will keep going. Love is stronger than fear.
Not beautiful “too”—there was no need to factor in a certain criterion of beauty that centered whiteness. The pride should be based solely on her own self. Black is beautiful.
Peanut’s aunt barred Johnny from the service to keep it holy, but that kind of hate is blasphemy to God.
“If you want it, you will have it.”
I am so grateful for every hurdle in my life that turned into a gift.
That is how God works. Sometimes you don’t understand it, but He is giving you things that you can take out of the toolbox and use.
You are on the journey through your trials, humbly asking God to be with you as you put one foot in front of the other on the path laid before you.
We were inspired by our own Black culture, and people have always wanted our swag and copied our work.
“I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.”
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God had something for me, bigger than I could dream, in the same way I couldn’t imagine all the other blessings in my life. God’s imagination is infinite—and
Even badasses get the blues.
“I’m finally on the other side. I finally found the urge to smile.”
Nothing is impossible when it comes to family.
Joy, for Black women, is transformative.
