I create my own backstory regardless of if I'm told something about the background or not. There's always more that you can develop in your head that makes a character more layered, more honest.
Regina KingRead
A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.
Interpretation
A Modern Mom prioritizes her own well-being in addition to her family responsibilities.
Regina King's quote emphasizes that being a Modern Mom transcends conventional roles of multitasking between work and family. It highlights the importance of self-care, suggesting that a woman's internal and external health is crucial for her and her family's well-being.
In practice
During a parenting workshop, I shared a quote by Regina King to encourage mothers to prioritize their own health.
I create my own backstory regardless of if I'm told something about the background or not. There's always more that you can develop in your head that makes a character more layered, more honest.
I want to be around to see my son grow up and to enjoy my grandkids, which means I need to make my health a priority.
If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.
A lot of black women still carry a lot of pain when they see black men with women who aren't black, and that's really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. It has to do with self esteem.
It's kind of crazy to think that I've now been divorced longer than I was married, but I appreciate the journey, because it brought my ex and I back to a friendship that helped us become great co-parents.
Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I have taken on.
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable.
My parents moved across the country so I could pursue a dream.
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.
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