. and created in partnership with the Magnolia Mother’s Trust—which aims to put front and center the voices of Black women who are affected most by the often-abstract policies currently debated at the national level. The series highlights the success of Springboard to Opportunities’, which this year will give $1,000 per month for 12 months to 100 families headed by Black women living in federally subsidized housing.
I’m 30 years old, I’m a mother of two—my daughter is 12 and my son is 7, and I will be the mother of a newborn in about two weeks! It’s a little boy; I’m going to name him Zion. I was very hesitant about the vaccine initially, but I got my first Pfizer shot a few weeks ago. And then I’ll get my second shot next week, right before I deliver my baby. I made the choice to get it because my doctor had a patient who was not vaccinated and contracted COVID, and it really complicated her delivery. I decided getting the vaccine was worth any potential risk toBeing a part of Magnolia Mother’s Trust has been so important in getting me through this year.
The child tax credit payments that started coming last month has been a huge help … to get prepared and buy my children their school things—there’s so much to get. The clothes, the shoes, the school supplies. I swear that list gets longer every year. I would love to see a program like the Magnolia Mother’s Trust offered to more people, too. The government should want to pitch in a little more to help with programs likeI want my kids to be successful, no matter what life choices they make. I want them to stick together, always dream big and reach for higher goals. I don’t want them to settle for something that they think they are limited to because of their community. And right now they have big dreams.
I didn't see any mention of a husband/father in her situation. At the risk of sounding like a female Scrooge, I think that women need to go back to the tradition of getting married first, before having babies. It's really not that hard, or expensive to wear protection.