gapmuse Year in Review: Best Stories & Moments of 2021
Vaccinated, boosted, in-person dance and school for kids, family hangouts, catching a pint (read having a drink) with friends, dining out, and so much more good stuff! What a difference […]
Tag Archives: Empowerment
Guess Who’s 1? Our HerCanvas Podcast! [Thank You for Listening!]
We’re one baby! Can you believe it! Our HerCanvas podcast is one year old today! When I added “podcast” to my first-ever vision board 4 years ago, I honestly didn’t […]
9 Things I Learned from Sending My Kids on a Kenyan Summer Vacation Without Me [+Stunning Photos & Videos]
Promise me you won’t cry mama, my little said to me. I looked at her speechless trying to mask my welling emotions of sadness and angst, reminding myself to keep […]
5 must-add books to your 2021 reading list [from our 2020 gapmuse bookshelf]
Happy New Year gapmusers! Hope your 2021 is off to a great start! We’ve resolved to roll into this year setting goals as we always do but with a caveat; […]
gapmuse year in review: stories and moments that got us through 2020
Typically the title for this blog would be “gapmuse Year in Review: Best of 2020.” But “best” just didn’t seem appropriate for 2020! The most fitting was “stories and moments […]
we will not shed our skin [a beautiful poem by my teen daughter]
This beautiful poem, written by my 16-year-old daughter, is dedicated to all the black girls, young women, and women who throughout their lives have been made to feel less than. […]
how to be an ally to the Black community [to help us breath]
“Did you watch the video?” No, I said to my friend. It’s the same answer I give for any video released this year of innocent black men being brutally murdered […]
How to Stay Positive & Motivated During COVID-19
Is there a reset button? Seriously, could we reset this year and start it all over again? The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted our lives in 2020. One minute we’re going […]
13 Women & One Man Who Inspired gapmuse in 2019 & Who Will Supercharge Your 2020 [+Video]
This post almost didn’t happen. I kept going back and forth on whether to publish it because it’s the beginning of February. It seemed odd to talk about women who […]
6 Must-Add Books to Your 2020 Reading List [from our 2019 gapmuseBookshelf]
Happy New Year gapmusers! Hope your year is off to a great start. We’re so excited we made it into another year and a new decade! We’ve finally set our […]