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FOR the longest time, I prided myself on not being like the other fatherless daughters—the ones whose symptoms are ridiculed and...

Reconciliation. That is a word we, at Esther Productions Inc., often speak. We understand its power. Trauma. That’s another word we...

AUGUST 29th, 2022 marked the first day of my senior year of high school--my last first day of grade school. I’d prayed for so long for...

DURING the first month of 2020, I remember seeing lighthearted tweets hoping for a return to the glitz, glamour, and supposed “freedom”...

“A lot of suffering happens when we are thinking about the past or the future; we go over and over those things in our mind,” Horan says....

I can’t remember exactly what prompted the ritual of spending many of my Saturdays during my youth in the French Quarter of New Orleans....

“...I smile in the mirror at my wide ass/spaghetti thin legs I have no doubts of who i am, i am a believer in myself!”--from Peace WHEN I...

WHEN I wrote my book, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women, I realized that so many...

I had never fully understood why the phrase ‘like a breath of fresh air’ was so common until today—the day I am officially allowed to...

“NO man ever broke up with me.” That was a frequent boast of mine in speeches I gave during tours related to my various books focused on...

LEANNE Brady once expressed the following sentiments, “So yes, today I am full of sorrow, But I will smile a little more with each...

A lot of my life I have been piecing together different parts of my dad, like a puzzle but without all the pieces. Well, a puzzle made up...

CHANCES are, you have probably heard that adage, “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” It’s a phrase taken to the heart by the...

I am always excited at this time of year, not just because I love Christmas, the opportunity to be with friends and to share gifts....

“It is for the best.” “You have to be strong.” “Why are you crying?” “Why aren’t you crying?” “You have to be strong.” “It’s part of...

I hurried around the house, collecting the many materials I would need for school that day. Chromebook, water bottle, one too few pens....

Dear Friend: This has been a season of challenges. With much of the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic moving behind us, Esther...

RECENTLY, I participated in an exciting and lively panel discussion sponsored by the Black Female Fatherhood Scholars Network. Among...

Life before the pandemic. What was that like? Hmm. Does anyone recall the time when huddling together in crowds of 50 at parties was...

I recall a tough time in my seventh-grade computer coding elective class-- one of many tough times that would plague me throughout that...