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You Checked Out on Us: On Inconsistency, Anxiety, Self-Sabotage

This blog has been on my heart for almost a decade now. It’s so wild to think about how we’re wrapping up yet another decade. It feels like just yesterday that it was December 31, 1999, 11:59:30 p.m., and I was sitting in the den with my parents watching the ball drop on TV and contemplating what …

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She Stole My Barbie: A Tale of Two Black Girls in the Room

Photo: Mattel In my kindergarten class, there were two black children. Me and another girl named Amber. (I changed her name to protect her privacy.) Because we were the minority in our classroom, naturally you’d think we’d stick together. Right?   Our school was predominantly white. Outside of two teachers, my older sister in the 5th …

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Part Two: Being Her Maid of Honor Cost Me a 15 Year Friendship

The streets are buzzing. It has come to my knowledge that Lisa read my earlier blog post. She’ll be okay. There are a number of screenshots, group chats, and text messages circulating about me, some positive, some not so positive.  I even saw an indirect Facebook status about me. I can’t get mad. Nothing exists …

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