Roots & Wings

Caught in the Middle is a sandwich generation documentary centering Black women caregivers navigating the emotional and generational weight of caring for aging parents while raising families. This post explores why I chose to narrow the lens, what Part One reveals about caregiver burnout, and how culture shapes the cost of holding it all together.

The most painful no is not the one spoken by the world. It’s the one we quietly earn by refusing to prepare for the life we say we want.

That longing used to make me uncomfortable. Somewhere along the way, humility got tangled up with pretending you do not want the big thing, the loud thing, the shiny thing. But ambition, when it is rooted in purpose, is not arrogance. It is honesty.

I'm learning this season isn’t about performance. It's about posture. Maybe I’m not here to produce—but to listen.