the accuracy.

listening to records.

2012…we had just bought our first house. i lost my job, then turned down a job offer that was secure but wasn’t what we needed. was patient. took a risk and landed a job that literally changed my life.

absolutely.

yes and no. i’m aware of the awkwardness silence can bring but am comfortable sitting in it.

Hold your horses there, buddy.

Creatively connecting with community.

Stress from being [insert oppressed identity] in America.

Was Troy really a Pastor?

Was B.I.G. really Notorious?

Like Mariame Kaba said, “Hope is a discipline.”

Therapy.

Sending our elderly away to live apart from family.

Exercise, affirmations, and journaling to recall the challenges you’ve navigated successfully before.

Health insurance companies.

You better speak to somebody when you come in this house.

Living with integrity.

Laws requiring truth telling about slavery, its long lasting effects, and reparations (monetary and otherwise).

Chocolat.

1, 2, 4. Please and thank you.

This is basically what they’ve turned him into.

Wealthy people benefit from disrupting digital communities of the working class

I’m honestly not surprised.

People who genuinely love and care about me.

So I typed a text to a girl I used to see Sayin' that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be And I apologize if this message gets you down Then I CC'ed every girl that I'd see-see 'round town

We are not defined by our worst mistake. It’s true that we are not and it’s easy (at least for me) to believe this for others, but for myself…sometimes that’s a challenge.

The police.

You’re good. There’s nothing you need to do to earn or be worthy of acceptance, love, and security. You’re good.

Loud gatherings with large crowds.

Spending time alone in nature.

Spades

Them superpowers getting neutralized, I can only watch in silence The famous actor we once knew is lookin' paranoid and now spiralin'

The kids know what's up. We gone be alright.

Grace and the opportunity to make mistakes without being excluded or shamed.

Princess and the Frog

High quality + consistency over decades…it’s Stevie for me.

“Ooh, I dedicate my love, my soul My heart beats for you Girl, I can't get enough so I'll wait for your love There's nothing that I'd rather do…” open.spotify.com/track/6AgDFW...

“Baby when I start I just won’t stop I’ll love you from the bottom to the top Nothing is forbidden when we touch” open.spotify.com/track/3UGNdL...

When they choose to be.

Aliens are real.