The Gatekeeper

"I Have Restored That Which Was In Ruins.
I Have Raised Up That Which Was Destroyed."

Queen Hatshepsut

What interest me???

Being a Woman;
Being a Queen;
Being True to myself;
Being my Bestfriend;
Being a Good Mother;
Being a Good Sisterfriend;
Being an Earth Angel;
Being a Visionary;
Being a Guide;
Being Successful;
Being Spiritually Connected;
Being at my Physical Best;
Being a Lover;
Being a Warrior;
Being Strong;
Being Vulnerable;
Being Thankful;
Being Trustful;
Being Joyful;
Being Free;
Being at Peace;
Growing into my wisdom, gracefully...

I know I am BLACK.
Beautiful with meanings.

Sonia Sanchez

The Divine Feminine...

I Believe:
We are the miracles that 'the Goddess' made
to taste the bitter fruits of time.
We bless things even in our pain.
We bless them in silence.
That is why our music is sweet.
It makes the air remember.
We are precious,
and one day our suffering
will turn into wonders of the earth.

Ben Okri

HETHERU

Queen of the Gatekeepers

"She will make your face
perfect among the Gods.
She will open your eyes,
so that you may see every day.
She will make your legs
able to walk with ease
in the Underworld.
Her name is HetHeru,
Lady of Amenta."

"HetHeru represents life, fertility, birth, renewal, passion and sexual energy.
All WOMEN must find HetHeru within them in order to succeed in the struggle of existence.

The SISTERHOOD...

I will be there when you cry and I will listen until it is over.
I will be there when you are angry and I will listen until it is over.
I will be there when you are scared and I will listen until it is over.
And, I will always love you, that will never go over.
So that together when we can change this world side by side.

Kenyan Woman, 1985

"The 'Problems' that beset Black women are manifold.
Whether she is from the West Indies, America or Africa, the plight of the 'Black' woman is very different from that of her 'White' or 'Yellow' sisters.
Although in the long run the problems faced by all women tend to overlap.
The 'Black' woman's struggle is different in nature...'she' has to combat colonialism and neo-colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy."

Awa Thiam

"...Out of the huts of history's shame, I RISE.
Up from a past that's rooted in pain, I RISE.
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide.
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I RISE.
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I RISE.
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave.
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I RISE! I RISE! I RISE!"

Maya Angelou

READY FOR THE HUNT?

My Other Half...

"To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women."

Angela Davis

"There is no separate freedom or dignity for Black men and women."

Maulana Karenga

"...To find a good man, we need to find the good woman in us."

Marita Golden

"Intimacy in general is a song of spirit inviting two people to come and share their spirit together."

Sobonufu E Some

"Be circumspect in matters of sexual relations."

Kemetic proverb

Roots and Culture

"History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day."

John Henrik Clarke

"One who asks questions doesn't lose their way."

- Akan Proverb

"Lo, what the ancestors foretold has come to pass.
The land is full of bands of evil-doers. Faces are pale; and wrong doing is everywhere and there is no man or woman of yesterday.
The foreigners from without have come to Egypt and the Egyptian of yesterday cannot be found anywhere."

From The Book of Ipuwer

My Spiritual Growth...

"I am a wisp of energy flung from the core of the universe, housed in a temple of flesh and bones and blood."

Mari Evans

Our most cherished and valuable achievements are the achievements of spirits."

"Go within each day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out."