Zarya Smith

UW Seattle alum💜 slc, UT 🇹🇴

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Rick ☆ @RickChapterTwo]

My dad left my mom for another woman on Christmas Eve when I was eight years old. This left my mom with three boys to raise.

There was a small grocery store in our neighborhood owned by Mr. Thomas. My parents actually stopped at his store while bringing me home from the hospital and he weighed me on his butcher scales. When he heard that my dad had left, he set my mom up with a small charge account which she promptly paid on or paid off every payday. It allowed us kids to walk to the store and buy that baloney, milk, cat food or even cigarettes for my mom without having a penny in our pocket.

As I got older, my brother worked for Mr. Thomas. He found out that Mr. Thomas and his wife were "accidentally" losing some of my mom's charge slips, which were just pieces of paper in a file. I later realized that this could be why we got a toy for Christmas or a new pair of pants every now and then.

When I turned 19, I found out that Mr. Thomas was going to die soon. I made a point to go to his house and visit with him. I told him that I knew what he and his wife did to help my mom. He seemed embarrassed but humbly admitted to it. I walked over to his bed and hugged him for what seemed like several minutes. We were both crying at the end of it.

But I never got a chance to tell him how much of a foundation that set for me for the rest of my life.

I guess what I'm saying is that one kind action, one you have no idea is being observed, can change a person's life. And you don't even know it unless someone tells you.

That's it. End of story.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

Texas pastor @jamestalarico flips the script on anti-trans attacks: “we’re focused on the wrong 1%.”

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

Be Honest..

Did parents really just let their kids wander the neighborhood all day with no phone and just say... be back before dark?

[NFL @NFL]

THEY NOT LIKE US @KendrickLamar #AppleMusicHalftime

[Casey McGaw @CaseyyMcGaw]

His ability to share a message on such a huge platform through art, imagery and music is unmatched. I'll say it again, but he won a Pulitzer for a reason.

No matter what you think about this show, about Kendrick's music, whatever, nobody can deny just how smart he is.

[OOZyˎˊ˗ BLUE SKY 🇵🇸🎨 @OOZwin]

@frye_sharonk @politvidchannel DEI means the best person has the job. It means that despite race, gender or wtv the person with the most skill and knowledge is hired and also ensures that when ppl get harassed at work for ethnicity, religion, gender and disability in work places they can get help.

[alyssa. 🐅 @cincylys]

I can admit, Taylor works hard and is a great songwriter but SZA was snubbed. 😩 that album was unmatched.

[Deep Thoughts 💭 @quotetoponder]

Gentle reminder:

[CHVNEL @_3volepod]

My homegirl had a meme party for her bday & everyone ate 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

I reread @jk_rowling’s 2008 Harvard speech a lot, especially this line:

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”

[Oregon State Football @BeaverFootball]

anchoring our o-line 😤

[Kevin Gates @iamkevingates]

When you love what you have - you have all that you need - I love you all

[SZA @sza]

Listen to yourself . LISTEN TO YOURSELF TRUST YOURSELF NO MATTER WHO DONT AGREE DO WHAT YOU WANT . cause the only one that’s gotta eat it when it’s all said and done is you . Reminder to self .

[Steven.T.Luong @steven_t_luong]

🌸Yozakura “The Night Sakura”🌸
Tonight viewing the Sakura with sunset

[Toosii @toosii2x]

people be so close but yet so disconnected

[Jen Grand_wx 🌬 @pnwwxchaser]

Dramatic spring skies and blossoms in bloom 🌸 #seattle #pnw #sonorthwest

[University of Washington @UW]

Who's looking forward to seeing the cherry blossoms bloom? 👀 🌸 ✋
#PurpleFriday @uwcherryblossom

[University of Washington @UW]

Suzzallo Library, then and now. ⌛
Where's your favorite spot to study during finals? 📚 #TBT

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

"[We] have given up, to a great extent, the amenities and achievements of civilization: solitude and leisure, the sanction to be oneself, truly absorbed, whether in contemplating a work of art, a scientific theory, a sunset, or the face of one’s beloved."