@JDVance1 this book because I identified with so many of your stuggles. My family would completely disown me if I ever wrote about our life behind closed doors. So much respect to you.
@JDVance1 just finished reading #HillbillyElegy and I have so many questions!
Did your mom read the book, and if so, what was her reaction?
Though I didn't grow up poor, I did grow up in a VERY dysfunctional home and was adopted by my grandparents. I loved...
@CrazyGeekyCool This makes me think of the time I was looking for something and I opened my sisters' dresser drawer and found a bunch of weave. It took me a minute to figure put they had not, in fact, severed a head.
@CrazyGeekyCool I got you. That makes sense. Would it be the same as a white girl with a 'fro? I don't think they look good on white girls, but I love how they look on black girls. I'm not trying to be offensive and I apologize if it seems that way. I'm genuinely curious.
@CrazyGeekyCool Those are cute. Why don't you like white girls wearing them? Seriously asking, not like trying to be an asshole. Thinking a/b white girls with them reminds me of that hooker in Hustle & Flow. The same girl who played in the Brittany Spears movie.
@kennychesney "and the 16 summers I shared with him, now only the good die young stops my in my tracks." Rings so true now since my 16 yo brother died nine months ago. I wish we could have a melody put to the piece we wrote on his stone πβ€