The White Man gave you a book that spooked you into believing in hell. Why didn't the White Man fear hell as he raped, mutilated, enslaved and tortured your Afrikan ancestors for centuries. I guess hell is just a place for Afrikans.
I’m pushing 30. Was at the beach and some 18 year old lied and said he was 21.
I told him I’m his mother. He wouldn’t go away. I told him I’m basically 30. He said age didn’t matter. He came up to me 3-4 times. And as courageous as he was, to me he was a child.
A young boy just starting out. One that was offering himself up to be taken advantage of.
Makes me think of all the 60+ year old men “dating” 20 year olds.
Makes me think of that 65 year old who was talking to 21 year old me.
How do these men do that? How do they look at a literal child and go “wow she’s mature” when i was looking at this 18 year old and thinking of how much younger he is than my younger brother.
“She’s a fully grown adult.” And you’re excusing yourself to feel less guilty.
This graduation season i do not wanna see no posts of yall parents in work clothes where yall post some corny shit like “they crossed the border got shot by la migra and came to my graduation all stinky and sweaty just for me to follow my dreams”
my lukewarm take on married last names is that whichever is the coolest last name should “win” and become the family name
example: my maiden name was Mars, and I changed it to Hakanson to match my husband
he works for NASA
we chose poorly
As a parent you shouldn't be telling your kids that you sacrificed your life for them, It’s mean, manipulative and not true. You chose to have your kids and nobody forced you to have them. It’s your responsibility to take care of them
we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers bloom...where crows remember human faces -especially those who were cruel to them - and pass that memory on to their young. where ants build entire cities. where cats purr at a frequency that can help heal bones. where forests, after fires, grow flowers first.