a therapist on tiktok said…. “no one notices your sadness until it turns into anger, and then you're the problem. healing is realizing you became the angry person because no one saw your sadness first”
Malik Heard got a big surprise when he was at his graduation at the University of West Georgia.
His mom, Sgt. Eva Roby, who was deployed in Kosovo with the National Guard, surprised him after he received his diploma.
Sgt. Roby told Fox 5 that she has had to miss some important moments over the years, but she refused to miss her son, whom she raised as a single mom, graduate from college.
Malik is the first man to graduate from college in his family, and his degree is in Special Education.
Malik says he’s not done; he’s going for his Master's and PhD next.
My husband's aunt comes over a few times a week and spends time with the kids. She's been helping me reorganize cupboards, bringing over bins, lining my drawers with little cute mats, and I've felt guilty because my mind says "this should have been done already."
Moments ago she said, "I'm glad this makes you happy. My mother used to do this type of stuff for me."
And now I'm emotional realizing that she's not helping because she judges me for some disorganized cupboards, thinks I'm incapable of this task, or whatever else I may tell myself.
She's helping me because she just wants to. She knows how much time it saves me so I can focus on other things. Her mother helped her, now she helps me. A passing of the generational torch, if you will.
We've lost this collectively and we need to bring it back. Generational support makes a huge difference, and if we don't have that support ourselves, we MUST be prepared to provide that for our own children or family members when the time comes.
Be the change.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
I genuinely don’t think the younger generation understands how big this song was. You could not turn on the radio without hearing this, it was everybody’s ringtone, Not to mention other artists were trying to make their own version of it.
🇹🇹The United Nations General Assembly has just adopted the resolution to recognize August 11th as World Steelpan Day! 🇹🇹
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