HWNL Letters

Push play to listen to audio-blog Ever had someone "cross a line" with you, Queen? We all have that one friend that just doesn't seem to know boundaries... Whether it be for lack of life experience or lack of consideration; at some point in your friendship you may feel a need to have a necessary discussion with them about your "boundaries". This can be difficult at times... Depending on the person. So how does a lady get a point across without losing classy-points? 👋 Hey fam-lei 👋 Lady XO here! When it comes to setting boundaries, I like to use the analogy of building a "moat" around your kingdom. Same as we did in the days of Renaissance. For those of you who have never seen "A Knight's Tale" or read any King Arthur story; you might not be old enough to know what a MOAT even is... So let me break it down for you... A MOAT is an added layer of protection that surrounds an entire castle and is dug out of the earth and purpose

🎬Press Play🎬 📖To read aloud🗣️ You've been hovering around my house, I, minding my business on the couch, Like an annoying fly, just wanna hit it... I KNOW WHY THE BROTHA' DID IT... You see, recently on the TV Like an episode from BET On a white man's award show, Will WISHED he'd hid it... But I know why the brotha did it... Because just like Mr. Rock that day, With his stupid laugh and spray-on toupee, Mister you got ONE MORE TIME, To push my limits.. Yo, I KNOW why the brotha did it... You see, my wife used to have a friend... Who fancied himself a comedian, Speaking on my wife's name, Under belts he did hit... Shit...  I KNOW why the brotha did it!!! And for years I've been the bigger man, Just held my tongue and my wife's hand, Until you took this shit to Twitter , And I FELT WHY my brotha' did it... They say actions speak louder than words, What about the ACTION of speaking words absurd? When over the years can you speak " bitch sh

I watched an episode of "Red Table Talk" where my favorite iCarly star, Jennette McCurdy revealed her struggles stemming from an abusive relationship with her mother... Seen here... https://fb.watch/fqZAPAoEyf/ And it got me to thinking about my OWN relationships with my daughters and my own mom... No fam-lei... My mother was NOT abusive whatsoever... Quite the opposite. But like many of my readers, I, Happy Wife, have suffered abuse at the hands of a parent before.  (A step-father) Had it not been for my mother, I would not have graduated from that "School of Hard Knocks" with such flying colors... She is my HERO in life and I want to pay her homage in this blog posting today. So here's to you MOM... Because it doesn't have to be MOTHER'S DAY to get your flowers... To my kids, she is "Mama T"... But to my husband and I, this is MAMA... Since this is a blog about interracial marriages and relationships, I wanted to first point out t

Press play to listen to the audio-blog Hello fam-lei! I come to you today a bit more sullen than usual... If anyone is out there reading these blogs, please pray for me... Sometimes marriage isn't just hard, it's downright TOXIC-feeling. There are these "make or break" moments that you will come to that will test every shred of patience, loyalty and FAITH in God that you possess... Times where you begin to wonder if the other person is the same person you said I DO to at all... Times where you have to LITERALLY weigh the good and the bad and make a hard decision... Do I stay or do I go? I thought that I knew what my breaking point was... The point in which I would say AUTOMATICALLY "I would leave if they did this ________ no questions asked." But I suppose when "unconditional love" is a factor in your boundaries; your boundary lines change and the saying "Love knows no bounds" starts sounding like less of a fairyta

Press play to listen to the audio-blog Day to day, we will clock in and clock out begrudgingly to a job that pays us less than we deserve... We do it faithfully... It's called going to WORK. Hey fam-lei!!!  Lady XO here!  👋 I know we've all heard the unromantic saying that "marriage is work" but have you ever REALLY it thought about it like a duty? It's our DUTY to strive to be good spouses, parents, brothers, sisters, etc. But do you WORK on your relationships? Think about it... We will smile in the faces of our @$$hole co-workers and listen to every word our bosses tell us; and for most of us...  We do it WITHOUT hesitation or argumentation. Because we VALUE our job and want to keep it! But...  Then we go home and think all of our WORK is done... As if the title you hold at your job is the ONLY hat you wear... But no... We have families and relationships outside of our jobs that take a considerable amount more WORK than our 9-5's and

Press Play to listen to the audio-blog So... This blog post is going to seem more like a rant because my thoughts are racing right now... Bare with me, While I pose a question... Do You Know Your Worth? Like.........  REALLY know your worth? And an even better question? Do you VALUE yourself? Hey fam-lei! Lady XO here! It was recently brought to my attention by the man upstairs; a few revelations that he felt necessary to share with the world... I asked these two questions to start the thought process of deeper self evaluation. So take your time to REALLY THINK about your worth... What are you saying to yourself? Oftentimes, we are harder on ourselves than other people are... You'd think we'd be able to handle any and all criticism and comments on our character because we're our own worst enemy, so what could ANYONE possibly say to us that's worse than what you already say to ourselves??? But we crack... We become bruised by hurtful comments and