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They look like if you walk up to the paintings and say hello, they will say hi back to you.
My grandmother called it bearing witness. She'd sit on the porch with her sister and talk the night away. Sometimes gossiping, sometimes praying. I'd hear them confide in each other...it feels good to know someone knows your story, that someone took you in...it's how we heal.
It's kind of not fair for us to feel guilty for getting what we deserve. We work hard....I know so many people who work hard but still don't get the things they deserve, sometimes not even the things they need.
I write my resolution in black Sharpie marker on top of a background made out of cut-up scriptures, words from newspaper headlines, and numbers from last year's calendar.
Be bold.
Be brave.
Be beautiful.
Be brilliant.
Be (your) best.
Here I am, so focused on learning to speak another language, and I barely use the words I already know.
But for all the things I like, I can't but wonder why the changes we've always wanted in the community had to come from other people and not us.
Kate says to us, "You are so lucky that you grew up over here. We didn't have a Popeyes anywhere near where I lived. We used to make special trips just to have an excuse to come here."
Is she serious?
"I love soul food," Kate says.
"Popeyes is not soul food," I say.
It makes me feel like I'm learning a secret code or something. I don't know. It's powerful....knowing how to read words and knowing when to speak them is the most valuable commodity a person can have.
Mom tells me, "Some people will like you and some won't. What's more important is: Do you like yourself?"
I've been keeping that in mind today. I hear her saying it to me as I take Tony's hand and walk down senior hall.
There are stares and whispers, but we just keep walking. I don't let go of this hand.
I look in the mirror, at my thick twists. Black Princess of the Nile. When Nikki said it, she made it sound like a bad thing, but actually, I kind of like that name.
I don't know what's worse. Being mistreated because of the color of your skin, your size, or having to prove that it really happened.
