Love Letters to My Black Son's
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. ~Philippians 4:8
It has been more than a decade since I took a course titled “Critical Thinking.” Strangely during this time I questioned my ability to reason with sound logic. My soul longed for character building substance that denoted I was a person of excellence; but I was a young woman making foolish decisions. Sadly, I had no one to teach me how to think. Instead I had people telling me what to think.
Their thoughts were not my thoughts. Because of my youth their thoughts only confused me as a young woman and hindered my search for truths that characterized my existence. As a result I had sex too young, got pregnant too…
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