Revelations

When I look back and think about my love of front porches I am reminded of a screened in side porch that I had four years ago in the apartment I was living in...it was just a dream. To  come home and be able to go out with a good book, a writing pad and just kick back to meditate and reflect.

It was probably some of my best days of reflection looking at my life, looking at my children’s lives, where I’ve been...where I’ve come from and where I intend to go! I think that’s the reason now that I’m looking at how much value there is to outdoor spaces for our health and wellness. 

I am also reminded of all of the stories that I have been privy to in many sistah’s kitchens as I was growing up...that is why my previous blog was called “The Writers Cafe”. A lot of things were stirred up within me sitting in those kitchens while all the wonderful ladies around me were preparing  wonderful foods to nourish their families. While they were preparing all of these wonderful foods we were having great conversations about life, about their lives, which helped me to understand the inner workings of surviving racism in this country. These were very valuable times in my life that I will never forget and never take for granted the privilege of being in a space where we were just keeping it real!

So when I started thinking about my love for front porches I realized that all of that churning and learning in the kitchen had transported itself to the front porch to marinate, reflect and meditate upon...to one day be able to share with others... to be able to look at the bigger view of how we present ourselves to the world! Where our heart is in the world and how we can always be thinking about progress is our own process of how to move forward. 

I invite your stories of reflection in this time of change to the front porch where we can open and share with one another, so that we may be able to see each other‘s views until we can actually come off the porch out into the world to help make a change!

May this beautiful reflection time manifest up from your heart through your mind out into the world beautiful realities that create spaces for peace and love.💖🙏🏽💖

From “The Front Porch”

BK Williams