SHAKTIHer diary · Black · in her 40s
Monique
Monique describes herself in five words: “Caring Family Responsible Honest Dedicated.” She is a mother and grandmother who has fostered and “raised some family members,” and she lives with lupus. Asked what shaped her, she wrote simply: “I’m just me.”
All names in these stories are pseudonyms.
Her diary, day by day
Lunch some days nothing, unfinished food from the night before
on a typical day’s plate
Baby Lupus Diagnosis Marriage Death of my brother Divorce
her defining moments, as she listed them
Grand mom cooked for everyone My Sister an researching on the internet
on where she learns about food
Day 4 · Resilience
She did not write on this day.
Day 5 · Envisioning
She did not write on this day.
In her own hands
What she drew, wrote and shared.
Names, places and dates are covered.