The LuvvLetter

Hey Reader,This ain’t a normal LuvvLetter today because I’m at a solo writing retreat, at the beach, by the water, to work on my next big book.📖✍🏾 I make that delineation because my next book that will be released is book 2 in the Little Troublemaker series (coming May 2025). 🙏🏾❤️ What I’m working on is the next book, after PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER. And it’s a book that feels divine because last year, the title dropped on my mind and I barely even knew what it’d be about. All I knew is, I...

Hey Reader,We’ve blinked and August is on its way out. Wild. I feel like we really had JUNEJULYAUGUST⚡ cuz how did summer JUST start and now it’s basically done? Kids are back in school and Labor Day is in 3 days and I’m like WOWSIES. Time really got somewhere to be. 👀Summer is my favorite season so I’m always like DANGGG I need it to be longer! But I guess we ain’t got no choice. 🤷🏾♀️ Now, let's dive into what's on my mind this week... RANT Black women are doing enough. Stop scolding us.I...

Hey Reader,What a week it has been! I had the incredible honor of attending the 2024 DNC in person, and let me tell you, my tired is tired and my feet hurt. But every ache, every blister, every moment of exhaustion? Totally worth it. This week was beyond incredible. 🥹🫶🏾 Being in that room, feeling the energy, witnessing history unfold before my eyes; it's something I'll never forget. But before I get too sentimental, let's dive into what's on my mind this week. 💭 RANT Don't come for Gus Walz,...

Hey Reader,I'm in full prep mode for next week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) and my calendar is packed! Chicago is about to be so litty! 🎉 Mind you, this means I'm gonna be peopling for the next 9 days. So y'all pray for this introvert. Lay under blankets on my behalf. 😩I have BIG NEWS on something I’m opening for you TODAY, so don’t miss the Recommendation portion of this week’s email below.👇🏾Now, let's dive into what's on my mind this week... RANT People love taking shortcuts that...

Hey Reader,Another week, another emotional rollercoaster. But we did get a joy win this week with Tim Walz being announced as Kamala Harris’ Vice President (I’m gon speak things out loud as we want them to be). We love a dad-joke telling, cussing, high school teacher in the 2nd seat. YES. It’s giving Ted Lasso in politics. I love to see it. And I’m full chested voting for this ticket. This gets me to… RANT Black women are not your mammies or attack dogs!This week, I had to bless and block...

Hey Reader,We need the Olympics so bad. In spite of some of the madness, overall, the good feel out of it have been so heartening. Simone Biles has reminded everyone that she’s THAT GIRL, historically. And Celine Dion opening the ceremonies by singing? We do not deserve her!Anywho, lemme jump into what I’m thinking about this week. RANT Get your reading comprehension up.The one thing people do on these internets, is misunderstand things that are being said. As a collective, our reading...

Hey Reader,What a week it's been! 😮💨 Like… We’ve gone from being all ho-hum about democracy to having Kamala Harris as our presumptive frontrunner and we have been RUNNING SINCE. ✨Sunday evening, I was on the Win With Black Women call I’ve been on since 2020, started by my sisterfriend Jotaka Eaddy. And 44,000 other women joined it, to strategize on how to win the White House. We basically almost broke Zoom and their engineers had to expand capacity in real time. Y'all, what happened next was...

Is it just me, or does it feel like we're living in some bizarro version of "The Truman Show" meets "House of Cards" meets "Idiocracy"? 🤔 Because I swear, the writers of this season of "America" have completely lost the plot. We've gone from "edge of your seat" to "hiding under the couch" faster than you can say "electoral college." The showrunners need to get it together, and fast. 🏃🏾♀️💨I need America's showrunners to give us less "Scandal" and more "West Wing."Now, let's dive into what's...

Hey Reader,I enjoy 4th of July because I get the day off, not because of America’s “Independence.” Besides, birthday parties shouldn’t be thrown for countries on the verge of fascism and f*ckery. 🙅🏾♀️ It’s basically “Happy We BBQ Day.” 🍖🍗 Or “Happy I Don’t Have to Answer Emails” Day. 📵 Or Happy “It’s Hot and Summer is truly Here” Day. ☀️🥵 It surely ain’t a day for me to wear red, white and blue and raise a flag that is smeared with blood from centuries of denigration of those whose land we...

Hey Reader,In spite of the dumpster fire 🔥 that we live in (those of us in the United States), I had a good week because I really intentionally reveled in gratitude. 🙏🏾 And then on top of that, my Chicago Sky won over the Indiana Fever in an INCREDIBLE game on Sunday. 🏀🎉 And then yesterday, I got to see A’ja Wilson and Angel Reese play and it was dope to see a legend and a legend in the making square up with respect. 👑👑👏🏾 But one of the things that has made this week AMAZING is that my...