High fit

Brightness controls whether you see the hopeful or dark side of a situation. For most of her life, Lailah Taylor's brightness was turned way down when it came to her own identity — she saw her Blackness, her curly hair, her skin tone as problems to be managed rather than things to be proud of. Watching her kids look at her with full admiration started turning that dial up. She began seeing herself the way they saw her — as worthy, beautiful, worth representing — and that shift in perspective changed how she showed up publicly.