Pink Relief Bags 🎀

It was such a privilege to give back to a school that afforded me so many great opportunities and memories. The illustrious Lewis Cass Technical High School! 💚🤍

Kelsey, thank you for accepting my invitation to collaborate! You are a beautiful spirit, and your students are truly blessed to have you as their educator. 👑

P.s.: You deserve flowers always. 💐

Chapter 34. 👑🎀🎂

Mommy,

For as long as I live, my birthday will always be dedicated to you.

Thank you for 34 years of love, devotion, service, guidance, leadership, wisdom, and support.

My very existence is because of you.

Thank you for saving the very life that you gave me.

I am nothing without you.

I love you deeply and more than anything.

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Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)

The FMLA was a major part of President Bill Clinton’s first-term domestic agenda, and he signed it into law on February 5, 1993.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 is a US labor law that allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons. The law also requires that employees maintain their group health benefits during their leave.

FMLA has been such a crucial safety net as I navigate my mental health struggles. The protection it provides offers a sense of peace during my most fragile moments. It’s a vital component in my mental health journey. I am extremely grateful.

Prioritizing mental health can lead to a more fulfilling and balanced life. Remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential. Focusing on your mental health is bold and courageous.

Cheers to 32 years of FMLA!

Cheers to 2025! ✨️

Ciao! ✨️ I am thrilled to welcome you to the Sonique Louise Foundation! My namesake foundation was created to champion:

✔️Mental Health Advocacy
✔️Feminism Activism
✔️Domestic Violence Awareness

These causes are deeply championed through my various philanthropy efforts tailored toward each respective movement.

2025 will be such a fulfilling and rewarding year; filled with activism, advocacy, service, and philanthropy!

With everything in me, thank you so much for your unwavering support, and again, welcome to the Sonique Louise Foundation!

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ❤️

Giving is our responsibility. These are the words I live by and the principles I thrive on.

In early December, I’ll be joining my best friend and his family in Memphis, Tennessee, celebrating the 10th year of Team David at the St. Jude Memphis Marathon® Weekend!

Who’s David?

Trust me, I have the inside scoop on this angel. I’ve been told that David was an incredibly intelligent teenager and wise beyond his years. I’ve been told that David loved video games, and his energy was truly infectious. I’ve also been told that David hated running, hahaha, but loved to cheer on his family of devoted runners!

St. Jude afforded David and his family the opportunity to give cancer hell every step of the way! From never receiving a bill for treatment, travel, housing, or food to advancing research and treatment for childhood cancer. St. Jude has long emerged as a force in ending childhood cancer, and their efforts should inspire us all to join them.

Let your compassion and generosity propel you to lean in to help drive change! We must always walk with the knowledge that we are stronger together than we will ever be apart.

David, this is for you. 🤍

Live. 🤍

Cheers to the warriors who continue to live and fight like hell through the depression, devastation, and destruction. Year by year. Month by month. Moment by moment.

DID YOU KNOW? I hid my mental health struggles for YEARS. Hiding my mental instability ultimately only did me and those around me a disservice.

In this sense, don’t be like me.

Help is available. Seek it. Please.

You are not alone. Never have been. Never will be. 🤍

And yet — here you are. 🤍

“I am sorry that the world wasn’t always kind to your heart. I am sorry that you placed your tenderness into the hands of those who could not hold it, that you gave so much of yourself to people who made you feel like you were difficult to love, that you gave so much of your hope to human beings who made you feel like you had to apologize for the way you cared. I am sorry that you experienced certain things at the hands of love that caused you to stop believing in its kindness. I am sorry that you loved human beings who did not love themselves and that you loved human beings who did not leave softly. I am sorry that love wasn’t always your safe place, I am sorry that love wasn’t always compassionate, wasn’t always light.

I am sorry that the world sometimes failed to protect your soul. That the Universe sent you certain human beings who were hurt, and in turn, they hurt you. I am sorry that you had to carry all of that weight inside of yourself. I am sorry for the things you had to endure, for the ways in which the world cracked loss into your life, for the ways in which it met you with things you were not prepared for, circumstances your hope could not weather. I am sorry that you had to heal a heart you did not break. I am sorry that you had to do it alone.

I am sorry that the world wasn’t always kind to you. I am sorry. But I am proud of you for being here. I am proud of you for trying to heal in the flood of all that felt unfair and cruel. I am proud of you for continuing to stay soft in a world that sometimes favors distance over depth, that sometimes fails to connect. I am proud of you for the person you were, for the person you became, for the way you dug yourself out of the dark, for the way you pushed through the hurt. I am proud of you for your hope. I am proud of you for your belief in the goodness, for the way you focused on it when so many aspects of your life tried to convince you that it did not exist. I am proud of you for choosing to heal. I am proud of you. You deserved a kinder goodbye. You did not deserve what happened to you. And yet — here you are. Here you are.” 🤍

Credit / Source: @rainbowsalt 👑