In the face of so much pain and state-sponsored terror, Nataki Garrett pauses to share a story about Black love.

Recorded after an evening out to dinner with two other Black couples, this episode reflects on the quiet power of listening to Black people tell the stories of how they found each other. Nataki explores how Black love is so often framed as service, sacrifice, or survival—and what it means to speak instead about love as joy, risk, choice, and being seen.

Through personal reflection on meeting her husband, the role of community in love, and the experience of waking up knowing she is loved without condition, Nataki offers a reminder as we move into Black History Month:

We are love.

And that is our birthright.

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