Growing Up
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I’m Weird and I Know It
I wish could tie you up in my shoes Make you feel unpretty too I was told I was beautiful But what does that mean to you Unpretty by TLC Growing up can be hard, but it’s specifically hard when there are stereotypes that you are expected to live up to. I am a black woman, however growing up in a ‘diverse’ school, I was an outsider. I was the only black girl in many of my classes in elementary school, while most of the students were either white, Indian, Filipino, Asian, and everything in between. There were certain expectations that were placed on me purely for…
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Summer Memories Last a Lifetime
Maybe sometimes we feel afraid, but it’s all right The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change Don’t you think it’s strange? Put Your Records On by Corrine Bailey Rae Watching this video brought me back to my childhood. Watching this video brought me back to this one summer of pure teenager happiness. Growing up, I didn’t have many kids my age that lived in my neighborhood, so I excelled at playing alone, and getting lost in my own imagination. This imagination still lives on today, which is why I sometimes prefer to sit in a quiet room alone and let…
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Flooded Timelines with Love and Travel
And you can never go back To Avalon Stolen with the bold and the beautiful Those days are gone Don’t you know those days are gone And you can never go back You Can Never Go Back by Jon McLaughlin Love is such an interesting concept in your 20’s. I am in the point in my life where my entire timeline looks like nothing but weddings, babies, and engagements. It is a place that was unfathomable even a few years ago for me. A few years ago, I was just happy to have one of my crushes acknowledge my existence. Actually, I was just happy to…
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Who are you Loyal to?
Tell me who you loyal to Do it start with your woman or your man? (Mmm) Do it end with your family and friends? (Mmm) Or you’re loyal to yourself in advance? I said, tell me who you loyal to LOYALTY. by Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna Loyalty. It is one of the things that I have been dealing with since elementary school that still comes up. Who are you loyal to, and who is loyal to you? Who can you trust? How do you know you can trust them? This is something I’ve personally struggled with. My ‘best friends’ turn out to be my…
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A Good Life
To my friends in New York, I say hello My friends in L.A. they don’t know Where I’ve been for the past few years or so Paris to China to Colorado -Good Life by OneRepublic I feel like I am in this awkward part of my life. High school is over, college is over, and I’ve moved too many times to count. The friends that I had in high school, I barely speak to anymore. It’s not like we had a fight, we just went to different colleges in different states, met new people, made new friends, lost new friends, lost old friends, and just…
