That first time you sit in a classroom and you aren’t a brown spot in a sea of white — you are a part of a beautiful array of blackness — that’s a value of going to an HBCU that you don’t get until you are there.
Take more pictures
Always say I love you
Let things go
Learn the lesson. Don't repeat it.
Laugh often.
Be known for kindness
Ask them out.
Hold them close.
Embrace the small moments.
Pray
Love again.
Life is too short.
One thing about adulthood that way too many people learn way too late (and have no choice but to learn the hard way): you have to be deliberate/proactive about everything. For the first time in your life, you can't be passive participant in anything.
People don't understand when I say l like grapes but not grape flavored products. That shit don't even be tasting like grapes.. it be tasting like...purple.
And y'all mad that makes sense.