Dear Sugar: I Opened an Etsy Shop, and You're Gonna Love It (And a Coupon Code)

Dear Sugar,

Back in the winter, when we spent a lot of time cooped up, I had an idea that grew, and grew, and grew.   I wanted to open an Etsy shop, selling tote bags that sent messages that reflected what my friends and I were facing day to day:  adoption questions and special needs parenting.  I also wanted to create a few bags specifically for girls and women of color, bags that my own daughters would be proud to carry.   

I filled a notebook with ideas, had some meetings, did some research...and then this happened:

 Choose Kindness:  a bag inspired by my friends who are parenting kids with special needs.   

Full Hands/Full Heart:  a bag for all the mamas out there who hear from strangers, "You've got your hands full!"  

Love Makes a Family:  ya'll know this was the first bag I designed.  For mamas and grandmas and aunties and anyone whose family was built by adoption!   

Melanin Queen:  This bag was created for my daughters---to celebrate their beautiful skin and their Blackness.    

Rosa is My Shero:  Not-so-secretly my favorite tote bag.  Written in kid-script, celebrating one of my girls' sheroes:  Rosa Parks!  

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