The weight of her words hit that sitting across from me isn’t the woman seen on social media posing confidently with her family and in awe of the global success of her ‘ Like Mine’ series of books. In modern terms, they are the Winslow’s, the Banks of Bel-Air, and the Huxtables.īut right now, she speaks of the fear “that haunts me,” not knowing what her husband and children would’ve done without her - how her newborn child “ never know me.” The Perry family portraits showcased as #perryposse6 garner hundreds of likes and adornments. The newest members of the family, Nixon and Nico, keep them and the couple’s massive social networks entertained. Their oldest sons Justin and Austin are sports stars while daughters Cassidy and Carrington are top scholars and models for Kids Like Mine. Virgil maintains his job in addition to being a fitness, fashion, music, and muscle car aficionado. In addition to books, she produces puzzles, bags, dolls, and t-shirts. LaTashia is an award-winning children’s author, having sold over 500,000 books translated into Spanish, French, and soon, German. The Perry’s immaculately decorated living room where multiple plants, fabric color schemes, crystals, Buddha statues, African artwork, her books, and awards are displayed. It is the manifestation of “doing specifically what I was put here to do,” which, in her case, means writing books, being a role model for women, and being a haven for children.īut perhaps more innately is her meditative practice and living a life entrenched in spiritual and African ancestral beliefs and rituals - which have inspired the creation of her books she recognizes are “in alignment with purpose.” But it’s no surprise that the Perry family exemplifies Black excellence and spiritual bigness. In her immaculately decorated living room, we sit across from each other where multiple plants, fabric color schemes, crystals, Buddha statues, African artwork, her books, and awards are on display. That time devastated friends and family, suddenly withdrew her from the spotlight, and wrapped her in the seclusion of her and husband Virgil Perry’s “Black as f*ck” Grand Blanc estate. I was almost up out of here and left a husband and six kids,” she says, drudging up the memories of that ordeal. “First of all, it traumatizes you when something like that happens. Ten days after giving birth to her son Nico, LaTashia Carter-Perry almost died.
At that time, she was in the middle of her sixth pregnancy, on the cusp of launching her mobile bookstore under her Kids Like Mine empire, and on a rocket ship headed into a new echelon of commercial success. It is a stark contrast to the fiery and salubrious woman I talked to a year ago when our original conversation was to take place. FLINT, Michigan - Tender is how author LaTashia Carter-Perry feels to me.
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