Hey there! Thanks for stopping by. My name is Jemia, creator + founder of BlackWifeLife®, a community celebrating Black women who are married, engaged, dating, and single.
In the words of the late Notorious BIG, “This was all a dream. I used to read Word-Up magazines…”
But this is how it started.
In March of 2019, the phrase – “Black wife life” came to me in a dream. The next morning I woke up, searched the phrase on Instagram, snagged it, and secured all social handles.
I immediately knew to build a community dedicated to the Black woman’s journey to Black love. I did not want this community to be about my love story; there is enough of it already out there. Instead, I wanted to celebrate every Black woman who found their partner or on the journey.
Thus the beginning of BlackWifeLife®. It became my creative outlet to express my feelings and emotions, through other’s images, on my journey to becoming a wife. I was newly engaged to the love of my life, and I was obsessed with healthy, realistic portrayals of Black love.
I did not know where this new-found hobby would take me. I didn’t think what I was doing was any different from the other dedicated Black love and marriage Instagram accounts. I even hid my identity in the beginning. No friends or family, only my then fiancé now husband knew.