"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, whilst loving someone deeply gives you courage"  Lao Tzu  As February is often referred to as the month of love (as in the middle of it falls Valentine’s Day) I thought I would explore ‘black love’. When deciding to write about this topic it had me thinking; what exactly does black love mean?   I googled it and not much came to surface however, it is a very large topic with many aspects and layers associated to it. Since there was not much to go on, I had no definite idea or clear concept about this particular subject.   I initially wrote a blog about black love; however, when I finished it I wasn’t sure whether I was doing this topic any justice.   This first draft (which ended up in the dustbin) tried to cover so much. It touched on slavery, interracial relationships, the degradation of black women and so forth. All these areas are extremely relevant but after writing my blog and reading it several times I came