![]() ![]() It’s being available and present to really hear and support your partner, but it’s also understanding and making space for your partner to grow, change, and deal with existing in this world. Safiya: Black love is a fine balance of showing up and yielding space. So to me, black love means adapting, to one another and to the spaces you move through together. We did life differently: we had kids first (three years in) and then settled into careers and such. If you could create a definition of “black love” based off of your own love what would it be?Įnrique: Black love is unique, because it can be different from everyone else’s experience. I’ve watched my parents love each other hard and fiercely for almost 40 years, so I’ve always known that black love means covering each other – in prayer and in principle – and having each other’s backs through the thick and thin. Safiya: Black love means strength and resilience to me. I have the same responsibilities to my family as were modeled to me, but I don’t have to sacrifice as much. The way black love was shown to me was to work hard, sacrifice, and provide for your children. ![]() What does “black love” mean to each mean to you?Įnrique: I’m Panamanian, first generation, so my “black love” was like black love with a little bit of Adobo. ![]()
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