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A lot of people say the opposite but I found that this piece of advice given to me by my grandmother to be very important: go to bed angry. The point in it is that if you really love that person, that angry feeling, that "I don't want even look at you" feeling will make you begin… Read More

My most recent emotional breakdown in a movie theater was Fences. Honestly Rose (Viola Davis) had been through so much. I won't give away any spoilers, but it was such an amazing story of putting aside your differences with someone and making sacrifices for them, despite all the pain… Read More

"Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke . . . She will need her sisterhood" - Gloria Steinem

OH MY GOSH NO IT WASNT

That was definitely this year.

One of my best friends walked to "Like A Star" by Corrine Bailey Rae. After a few months of our childhood friend (her now husband), she told me that she had never heard a song that describes their relationship so perfectly. She'd been wronged in a previous relationship (who hasn't),… Read More

The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It's such a strong and important story about sisterhood and learning to love yourself in a time when women (especially black women) are being treated like slaves. Celie is abused and raped and separated from her sister, yet, with the help of other… Read More

"You did not make cheese... Did you really? Oh! Well, congratulations.." I lost it. Can't breathe.

WhatYouDontSee: Having these suicidal thoughts and horrible feelings of anguish, but not knowing how to stop... or if you really want it to.

Yeah I graduated top of my class high school and college and have had every single one of these moments before. ?? Life.