Dipped in Chocolate, Bronzed in Elegance, Enameled with Grace, Toasted with Beauty. My Lord she is a Black Woman – Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan It is easy to be independent when you have got money. But to be independent when you haven\’t got a thing – that\’s the Lord\’s test – Mahalia Jackson I have discovered in life […]
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A Child\’s Joy is rooted in the simplicity of life A child\’s Joy A child\’s Joy I want to be a child again, not caring about the future or putting plans in place, So I can cry one minute and laugh the next, To accuse anyone else but my mum of spanking me, whilst in her cradle,
A Child\’s Joy is rooted in the simplicity of life A child\’s Joy A child\’s Joy I want to be a child again, not caring about the future or putting plans in place, So I can cry one minute and laugh the next, To accuse anyone else but my mum of spanking me, whilst in her cradle,
It is astounding how time flies, I mean just yesterday I was a baby, learning to walk, desperate to talk and eager to grow!
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TO ALL WHO KEEP FAT SHAMING, YES I AM FAT! AND BOY DO I KNOW IT! I forgive you, my then thirteen-year-old friends who called me “stuffed bear”; though each time I was called “stuffed bear”, I mentally shrunk; too bad that couldn’t happen physically, You who laughed at my tummy rolls and the stretches
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“A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.” ― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile I AM SCARED! I AM SCARED!! I AM SCARED!!! Maybe shouting at the top of my lungs would help? or not. So I hide in closets, or plain sight, I shut down the thoughts of \”possibility\” and close the
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I am a coin, My head holds a view of what can be, A glimpse into what is,Just enough to hide what will be, My tail civilly designed to give off temperament, Never enough to be understood,Insufficient for appreciation, My rim, never given a seconds thought, Forgetting it binds the head and tail. I am