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As Her Mother, It’s My Assignment

It's my assignment to love my daughter unconditionally, building her up holistically.

It’s my assignment teach her to love herself in the most authentic way, embracing each flaw she possesses day by day.

It’s my assignment to show her that beauty is more than skin deep, that true beauty is found within and not based on society.

It’s my assignment to let her know it’s okay to be perfectly imperfect and those things she thinks makes her different actually sets her a part.

It's my assignment to show her that the specific talents and abilities were given to her to touch the world in only the way she can.

It’s my assignment to teach her to embrace the skin she’s in, to delve into the history behind her beautiful melanin.

It’s my assignment to teach her the importance of loving God and in turn loving all people.

It’s my assignment to show compassion, in turn teaching her to be compassionate and not judgemental because we all seek to be understood. 

It’s my assignment to allow her to be inquisitive about life and have to autonomy to ask the necessary questions.

It’s my assignment to teach her that her standards begin with the bare minimum of what she’s willing accept and to know her worth because she deserves to.

It’s my assignment to tell her that it’s okay not to always be okay and when she’s feeling down to fall to her knees and pray.

It’s my assignment to teach her that there's nothing wrong with being assertive, being a natural born leader, practicing honesty yet remaining humble.

And it’s my assignment to let her know even the sky isn’t the limit, that she can do and be whoever she desires to be as she takes up space, leaving this world a much better place.


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