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The Late Arrival: Growing to "Dad"
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? June 7, 2014. I only called him “Dad” selectively, usually when I needed something. My friends marveled that I had the balls to call my dad by his first name. But it wasn’t an act of rebellion, my mom called him Percy and we just parroted what she said. He never seemed to mind. My eyes blink away the crud of a hard sleep, and they open to see Percy sitting in the visitor’s c...
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The Late Arrival: More Than a Gap and Knock-Knees
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? May 15, 2012. More Than a Gap and Knock-Knees. 8221; A well-meaning person to whom I had just been introduced gushed the compliment. I was around twenty-three, and to tell you the truth, wasn’t even aware of this much-loved gap. I was really checking to see if I indeed had a gap. In fact, just about everyone on mom’s side of the family has one. 8217;” Instead I got:. Both series a...
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The Late Arrival: April 2015
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? April 13, 2015. Today Was 1987 All Over Again Except Better. One by one, names were called and people disappeared through the sunlit hallway into a pitch black gymnasium where they’d ascend the stage and fidget nervously in a spotlight as woots, hollers and cameras clicked away. My nerves glitched up as each name was called. This is totally bad news. Next thing I knew, my name was...
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The Late Arrival: "Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality?
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? This post was performed as a live reading at Milwaukee's Inaugural Listen to Your Mother Show. Such a cool, humbling opportunity to speak words that up until this point, had only been "heard" in cyberspace. More Than Skin Deep. Have you ever heard the adage “Black don’t crack” (meaning that black skin doesn’t wrinkle)? Brushed at it again. No am...
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The Late Arrival: Jumping In
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? May 28, 2015. Jump in, honey! I’m right here. Jamie’s voice echoed above the splashes in the indoor public pool where 3 year-old Georgia was taking swimming lessons. Pigtails on either side of her head created alien like bulges through her orange swim cap. She stood at the pool’s edge, stooped over.thinking, weighing the options.and not jumping. That the solid a job provides isn&#...
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The Late Arrival: The Moments That Are Given
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? July 23, 2015. The Moments That Are Given. I have to try it on. Please.can I? It was my 12 year old’s first foray into heels. A big moment in our little lives. Working full-time when she was an infant had stolen other big-little moments from my camera’s eye - the first time she rolled over, the first time she sat up unassisted.the first firsts. There is no such date. A possibility...
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The Late Arrival: About the Posts
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? Where I Get This Stuff. I'm a native of Milwaukee and came of age during the shoulder-padded, greed-conscious 80's - back when it was popular to have pancake-booty proportions, penciled lip liner inside your natural lips to make them seem thinner, and of course, feathered. Hair Now, look at that picture: none. I love writing and am doing my darndest to get better at it each day...
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The Late Arrival: Scenes and Afterthoughts
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? Dodging Raindrops All Day Afterthought: Shouldda gassed up yesterday. Freaking Out About To Do List Afterthought. Post-Bowling Afterthought: 9lbs feels pretty heavy when it's dropped on a foot. Post-Peeling and Eating Afterthought: Maybe those instructions shouldn't have been taken literally. Junkyard Field Trip Afterthought: Beauty can be found everywhere. School family fun night...
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The Late Arrival: Purpose: The Real Question and Answer
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Finding out everyday that sometimes, late is right on time. The Post I've Feared Writing. Black Don't Crack" Myth or Reality? May 2, 2015. Purpose: The Real Question and Answer. So what is your life’s purpose? It was a question posed in a moderated discussion thrown out to a small group of three. Up until that point, we had been responding to questions in ways we thought would make us stand out as individuals. Or at least I had been, truthfully. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to do?
