Bloom Where You Are Planted
In the bathroom there is a saying inside of a frame: Bloom where you are planted. I don’t know if I am planted here but I am trying to bloom. It feels like I have…
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The reality is that this is the way things are and after 45 years I understand the unlikely prospect that things are going to change. I’ve lived in this body, this skin, this America for…
Make it Work
As a young child I thought I was gonna be a lawyer. It was the occupation my mother picked for me and the one that she reinforced through all of my lower level academic career.…
Thug Life
I would not call myself a thug. I am kind of soft actually. I’m not built for lots of fights or street life. I’m old and fluffy now. I’m not built for jail. Amazingly enough…
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In a world where one woman’s evil actions set my world on fire, like a Phoenix I am finally starting to rise from the ashes.