I am receiving. I am sharing this with four people-
2 who have 20 something children and find themselves saying “Well, when you are the boss you can….” These parents are facing how invested they are in hierarchy. Not gen Z!
1 white women who is head of school and seen as “not warm”. But she is very warm. she is just not patriarchal!. Condescending and rescuing is received as “warm”
1 a white women famer whose ancestors enslaved people who is closely aligned with black farmers, but also not included, and alienated from the community who raised her.
Yes. It is incredibly balm-like to here your story, where the content is different but what is under it— meaningful existence, belonging, self- worth is familiar. It makes room for curiosity and hope. You make room for curiosity and hope. So much more to say. How are you so prolific. I am worn out putting a comment together. I am grateful. So. Praying rest for your body and soul.
You're willingness to explore yourself and your cultures leaves me more curious about myself and how my culture informs my experience, which as a white woman is something I rarely have to consider. Thank you for showing us what deep introspection looks like.
Every post you write inspires me to pause and reflect... and FEEL more deeply into myself and what it means to be human in the world today. Your writing and your perspective help me to see the cultural soups we are all navigating. Thank you, Iyabo. I'm honored to learn from you, and to live in community with you!
I’ll be thinking about this post for a while. You’ve written so thoughtfully about your experience, and given so much grace to others who were a part of it. Firmly rooted in my American culture, for better or for worse, and in my belief that we are all - Americans, Nigerians, and everyone - beloved children of God, I want to proclaim on the authority of the Creator of us all that you are NOT an outsider. You are in the precious fold, and you are, completely and profoundly, enough.
Iyabo,
I am receiving. I am sharing this with four people-
2 who have 20 something children and find themselves saying “Well, when you are the boss you can….” These parents are facing how invested they are in hierarchy. Not gen Z!
1 white women who is head of school and seen as “not warm”. But she is very warm. she is just not patriarchal!. Condescending and rescuing is received as “warm”
1 a white women famer whose ancestors enslaved people who is closely aligned with black farmers, but also not included, and alienated from the community who raised her.
Yes. It is incredibly balm-like to here your story, where the content is different but what is under it— meaningful existence, belonging, self- worth is familiar. It makes room for curiosity and hope. You make room for curiosity and hope. So much more to say. How are you so prolific. I am worn out putting a comment together. I am grateful. So. Praying rest for your body and soul.
You're willingness to explore yourself and your cultures leaves me more curious about myself and how my culture informs my experience, which as a white woman is something I rarely have to consider. Thank you for showing us what deep introspection looks like.
Every post you write inspires me to pause and reflect... and FEEL more deeply into myself and what it means to be human in the world today. Your writing and your perspective help me to see the cultural soups we are all navigating. Thank you, Iyabo. I'm honored to learn from you, and to live in community with you!
I’ll be thinking about this post for a while. You’ve written so thoughtfully about your experience, and given so much grace to others who were a part of it. Firmly rooted in my American culture, for better or for worse, and in my belief that we are all - Americans, Nigerians, and everyone - beloved children of God, I want to proclaim on the authority of the Creator of us all that you are NOT an outsider. You are in the precious fold, and you are, completely and profoundly, enough.