Peiea Grace: Storytelling Black girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood. Saving our lives by preserving our stories.
Our lives preserved.How it was; and how it be.Passing it along in the relay.That is what I work to do:to produce stories that save our lives. Toni Cade Bambara I spent most of my days following my mama from room to room when I was growing up in her house. While she was getting ready…
Every couple of weeks I gather flowers from my yard or my local grocer and create floral arrangements for my house. I like to keep a tasteful collection of live plants and fresh bouquets here and there because they are an easy way to bring life and beauty into a space. (And yes I said…
I was a fairly young girl the first time I picked up Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. There were many aspects of Harriet Jacobs’s story that have stayed with me for many years. Most striking are her encounters with a certain mistress. The personification of her jealousy played out in incidences of…
Most people who know me know my story. They know my master plan for my life never involved marriage and kids. Neva. I spent my little girl fantasies imagining myself living my best life in decked-out-New-York-City-high-rise-apartments, eating the finest food, traveling the world, dating casually. You know, movie stuff. Hey, I’m a ’90s girl. What…
A couple of years ago I discovered that I have the beginnings of hypothyroidism and needed to cut back, if not cut out, gluten from my diet. After thrashing about on the floor like a toddler for way longer than is reasonable, I decided to explore some recipes that either had a gluten free alternative…