How To Be With Your Relatives This Holiday Season.
Don't. For those of us who don't have that option, proceed with caution. I'm kidding—sort of. Many of us yearn for connection, wholeness,...
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Jessica Kiragu
Nov 63 min read
When It Doesn’t Feel Like Love…
This is a dilemma I never thought I'd face. There’s people in my life who say they love me and my family, but it doesn’t feel like we’re...
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Jessica Kiragu
Sep 274 min read
“You Can’t Park Here.” A Lesson In Race At The Airport.
It was the week after our wedding. My new spouse and I were driving to our honeymoon, but first, we needed to drop his parents off at the...
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Jessica Kiragu
Sep 174 min read
"You do so well with her hair."
The person followed with, "I would have no clue what to do with it." This exchange occurred as my daughter jumped out of the car to go...
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Jessica Kiragu
Aug 233 min read
Sorry I Missed The Party…
The police were parked outside my front door. In fact, police cars lined the entire street. Blue lights lit up my block. I saw them...
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Jessica Kiragu
Aug 142 min read
Could It Be That We're Coming To The End?
The pressure is building. It's like watching a boiling pot with water rising, waiting for it to spill over and go in separate directions,...
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Jessica Kiragu
Aug 95 min read
“Why Do You Take Race So Personally?”
Today, it feels odd to hear this question from another white person—and I say white because I’ve only been asked this by white people....
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Jessica Kiragu
Aug 73 min read
She’s A 10 But…
… don’t be fooled by her looks. She’s a 10-year-old child who doesn’t look her age. More often than not, she doesn’t act like it either....
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Jessica Kiragu
Jul 31 min read
Adventures In Being A Doctor While Black.
Or, Is There A Doctor On The Plane? Take Two… This was just the second time in over 20 years of traveling together. We were on a plane...
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