by Ambra Jordan | Mar 5, 2022 | Family, Health, The Black Experience
This post was originally published on Medium.com. He told me that he’d kill me. He said it while talking in his sleep, so I didn’t take it personally. I don’t know why this happens, but he fights the same two or three battles every night and shouts the same threats,...
by Ambra Jordan | Feb 14, 2022 | Growing Up, Lifestyle, The Black Experience
This post was originally published at Knotbox.shop. I don’t remember the first time I got my hair relaxed, I just know that it had “always” been that way. Actually, I don’t have any early memories of my natural hair, which is perplexing to say the least. How could...
by Ambra Jordan | Feb 8, 2022 | Lifestyle, The Black Experience
I recently did a Target run in search of a few of my favorite things. Many of my favorite things are Black-owned, as I’ve become more intentional about spending dollars in support of the Black community. So, in honor of being Black and it being Black History Month,...
by Ambra Jordan | Jan 7, 2022 | Relationships
Dear Eric, It almost feels like we’ve known each other for eternity, like there is no beginning to our relationship and we’ve always just…been. So, it’s fitting that I don’t know where to start this letter. Sure, we met on a certain day, in a specific location. But I...
by Ambra Jordan | Mar 8, 2021 | Relationships
Friendship is a funny, fragile thing. We make friends based on all sorts of criteria like proximity or shared interests. Some friendships are forced upon us through our parents and relatives when we’re young. Other friendships, we chase because we long for connection...
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