I haven’t written a blog since May, and a lot has changed. I discovered a biological father and an entire side of my family I never knew, while struggling with anxiety, loneliness, racial exhaustion, and life as a Black woman in America. I don’t have an inspirational ending or advice to give. I just want anyone struggling right now to know one thing: I’m struggling too. You are not alone.

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