The Memorial of a Shy Black Girl

What's up, family?! In this week's diary entry, I wanted to reintroduce myself :) It's been a minute since we were in this space together, so I felt it was only right to start from the beginning and let you guys know about the exciting revamp of our spoken word diary, as well as welcome new listeners into this space! I'm so blessed to be able to come back to this space and share pieces of my life with all of you, in hopes that it gives you encouragement, strength, courage, hope, joy, or even just a little laugh, but mostly importantly, so that you can see the Lord through all of it. I invite you to get cozy and enjoy the diary entry, and I'm excited for all the more that's to come! Wish all of you so well and sending xoxo.Your's truly,DaAujana <3

Hello, my luvs! I hope all is so well and happiest of holidays✨ Can y'all believe that it's almost 2024?! Crazyyy. Any who, for today's diary entry, we did some sorting, lol... sorting of thoughts to be exact and I dive into conversation about faith, beauty standards, relationships, etc etc. I felt really good about today's entry and it just felt super duper organic today(idk what that really means, but it felt good talking to y'all about these specific topics😊). I love y'all so so much and I hope y'all are taking good care of yourselves during this really. chilly season, it's literally freezing where I am now, so please show yourself and your body some love🤎 I hope all of you have an amazing Christmas if you celebrate and I am wishing you all of the blessings, good health, peace, joy, and love going into the New Year. Enjoy, happy listening💫🎧

Ndewo, ezinaụlọ! Ahhhh I missed y'all😭 It has been waaaay too long, but I'm finally back and I'm so excited to be sharing with you guys again. I hope all of you are doing incredibly well and have been showing yourselves lots of love and patience🤎 In this diary entry, I wanted to update y'all on all of the things that have happened since we last spoke(which was in January😗), lol. This semester has been one crazy ride, to say the least, and I have experienced a lot of ups and downs in my emotions, friendships, and just overall life. I wanted to give myself a chance to catch up with y'all and just really be vulnerable and honest about how I've been feeling and just allow all of you to listen and maybe see yourselves in my stories or just relate somehow. I love all of you guys unconditionally and I hope you guys enjoy this diary entry, happy- happy listening🤎🎧

How far ezinaụlọ (trans: family)?! I hope all of you are doing so incredibly well, I missed you guys- it's been a while and I'm really excited to be back and reflecting as much as possible with you all💫 In this week's diary entry, I did a lil recap of my first semester of sophomore year... I reflected on all of the highs and lows of the semester and some of the things that I had to work through and learn from in order to continue to grow within the journey that God has set for me. Last semester was a whirlwind to say the least, but it's definitely one that I wouldn't change for anything(well, maybe a little lol), but overall I'm just really excited for y'all to hear some of the things that have been going on in my life as of recently and also the things that I'm looking forward to in this new season. I am so grateful for every single one of you and I love all of you so so much, happy listening🤎🎧

What's up, y'all! I missed you guys(as I always do) and I hope that y'all have been doing so so well😘 In this week's spoken word diary entry we will be talking about silence and how both it and sacrifice go hand in hand. We will also be reflecting on what social justice means to us and what it means when it comes to movement work and creating spaces where we as people of color can form our own table, instead of fighting tirelessly for a seat at a table that doesn't welcome us with open arms. The heart of this week's entry stems from my current work with the organization that I have been interning for, No More Tears, and the focus that I have had in regard to dismantling our prison industrial complex, as well as the pathway of young children into the prison system. This complex that we have built with so much anger, shame, and corruption can no longer take our young Black girls and boys... the expectancy of young Black boys going to prison or jail at least once in their life can't continue to increase, as well as the absence of fathers in households of color at the hands of this system can't continue to become routine. We must break it and we must do so together. With all that being said, I hope all of you enjoy this week's entry and please know that I love all of you dearly, happy listening!🤎🎧

Ndewoo y'all! I hope you guys are doing so- so incredibly well😊 It's been a minute, but I'm back with season ✌🏾 of our spoken word diaries, I missed you guys so much and I'm really excited for y'all to listen in and get an update about what's been going on these past few months that I have been away. I hope all of you guys are well and giving yourselves so much love and care, remember you are worth it and that your happiness and wellness are important. Also, please stay healthy(no sickness), I caught the flu a week ago and I am in a one-on-one battle with this cough y'all, it's not fun. So, please take your vitamins and drink your warm lemon and ginger water because it's not fun. Anywho, lol, I love all of you more than you know and enjoy luvs. Happy listening!🤎🎧

What's up y'all?! I hope all of y'all are doing so well and having such an amazing summer. Can y'all believe that summer is almost over(*tear drop)?! I have to report back to school soon and I don't know how I feel about it, but that's a conversation for later, lol. In this week's diary entry, it's all about how we love and how we choose to express that love. It's similar to the entry about relationships that I talked about with y'all not too long ago, but I think this one specifically focuses on the different things we utilize to measure our worthiness of loving and being loved. Also, how we measure our desirability and our ability to forgive and love ourselves regardless of the past. This entry was inspired by oliSUNvia and her video called "our conception of love is messed up", and I think the way in which she breaks down the different themes regarding love is really powerful, thus it was something that inspired me to do the same. I hope y'all enjoy this entry and I am sending you all so much love and light! Please take care of yourselves, remember to show yourselves grace and love. Happy listening!🤎🎧

What's up y'all?! I hope all of you are doing so well! I am really excited about this week's entry because it was really fun to make, like really freakin fun and I'm really excited(also, nervous but not really) for y'all to tune in. In today's entry, I unpack relationships(both romantic and friendly ones) and the things I have drawn from both observation and personal experience. I dive into my own personal experience(my high school crush) and I low key embarrass myself, but it's okay because it's all a part of a bigger picture😂 My embarrassing stories start from 22:35 to 38:00, I hope y'all get a laugh or a smile out of it, lol. I also just go into lessons that I have learned and things I think that we should all remember in order to not get so caught up in expectations and all dat, so I hope you all enjoy this entry so much and I love all you<3 Happy listening!🤎🎧

What's up, y'all! I hope all of you are doing so well and are having the best summers ever🤎 In this diary entry, I talk about perfectionism, don't we just love it? eye roll, lol. I wanted to unpack the idea of perfectionism and how it's influence has shaped certain times/parts of my life, specifically during high school and my first year of college. When it comes to perfectionism, it's truly a joke, we are not meant to be perfect and we are perfectly imperfect in fact. if we were all perfect, where would the room for growth be? Who would we look forward to becoming for ourselves if we were already our "perfect selves" according to society's standards? Life would be uninteresting, boring as we know it and there would be nothing new to discover, mountains to climb, things to fail at, and things to succeed at. Sooo yeah, anywho(😂), I hope y'all enjoy this entry and I love all of you, happy listening🤎🎧Note: Also, this is a pre-recorded entry, so the intro is a little old, but anywaysss, ENJOY!🤎

What's up y'all?! I know, it's been a minute and I know that every time I say it's been a minute it's really been years, lol. But, I'm back and I finally have tons of time on my hands, sooooo it's bag time😉 In this diary entry, I wanted to pay tribute to the parents and students of Robb Elementary- this is an event that has shook the nation and so many within the Uvalde community and I wanted to share as much love and light as I could through this entry. I hope y'all are staying well and safe as well as continuing to listen into the stories of those in Uvalde and keeping everyone in your hearts. I know I am🤎 I love all of y'all to the moon and back, happy listening🎧

Y'all! It's been a minute and I don't have a good reason for my absence and lack of posting, crying in disappointment. I've been kinda really busy with school and exams, but I've really just lacked inspiration as of this past month, but I'm back, for real and I think I have some ideas for topics. In this diary entry though( that's literally from February, oop), we talk about Black History Month and the narrative behind it. We also just catch up on things and yuh, that's kinda all the vibes. I hope y'all are doing so well and I send you all my love. Happy listening!<33333

What's up y'all?! Boy has it been a minute. . . where has DaAujana been you may be asking. Well, that's a long story. She got the Rhabdo y'all and it took her out for a week, but she survived and she's back and better than eva, doing endless chemistry problems and dreaming about protists in her sleep. In this week's episode, which was actually supposed to be posted way earlier but DaAujana is a procrastinator, she goes into what Rhabdo is(way too much low key) and also about a little experience she had with some of the people she currently has in her life. She reflects on her track record of finding it hard to truly open up to people and feel comfortable opening up and how she can ultimately begin to do so in the future. Overall, this diary entry is just a chill update of what has been going on for the past week and a half. We hope y'all are doing amazing and giving yourself all the love and grace you need. Happy listening!<3😊

What's up y'all?!In this week's spoken word diary entry, DaAujana reflects on what it truly means to feel alone in a room full of people- I know, it's a real thing- and she shares her stories and the first time she truly felt that she was all by herself even with others. She goes on to briefly talk about social anxiety and societal beauty standards and the impacts that they can have on self confidence, often times leading one to not feel completely comfortable enough to be themselves around others. Through this week's entry, DaAujana hopes to give y'all hope that even when we find ourselves in moments where we feel alone, we don't have to remain in those places- we can learn to instead show love to ourselves and find peace within those moments until time prompts us to move into the next moment. DaAujana sends all of you so much love and she hopes that y'all find happiness and laughter while listening. Until next time<333333

What's up y'all?! I'm so excited that you stopped by to listen to the official introduction for my(our) new spoken word diary. I can't wait for y'all to listen to all the stories, advice, and life lessons that I have for y'all- love you all lots and happy listening!:)