Something happens when people use indicators in books or magazines or blogs they write but some people dislike that. I think that’s the stuff of adulthood and real Literature. I don’t believe in censorship.
Is someone played me in a movie about my life I would choose one of the following black actresses:
Kerry Washington, Keisha Knight-Pulliam or Kenya Moore!
Sometimes I think
Oh Esha you’ve come such a long way. (self-talk) Remember to keep going even on difficult days. You are a work in progress. No one has it all together. You have your blog, your poems, your writing a memoir, you have you’re BA, your AA and your HS diploma. You did well!
I love being me. I mean that sincerely. I wouldn’t change a thing about myself except…
Those dog on numbers on scale! I love being black. I love mud and wheat. That’s just the way I am now that I’ve gotten better. I feel so good that sometimes I think I really have an angel.
Chronology is not memoir.
Memoir is not autobiography. Autobiography is chronological and memoir isn’t.
Shared suffering is shared understanding.
It was not until I realized that there so many people with similar problems that I have with different ethnic backgrounds than mine that I really had my first “Ah-ha moment”.
Karite butter is shea butter.
I love to take showers with Caress evenly gorgeous. Caress is a perfume soap that I love to shower with. It smells great and I even exfoliate with it. People say to me “parlez-vous francais? You smell great!” I’m exotic. I’m beautiful.
I don’t see myself the way others see me.
One day my stepfather Neil said I was acting like a child at a wellness appointment when I was calling my mother and I basically remembered him saying I filled out a form correctly. See when people say things about me I don’t just say what they say about me. I see myself as gorgeous and capable and just as good as any other person. I don’t see myself as better than anyone else. I love having the things I have and I really like the woman I grew up to become. I’m the expert on myself. I don’t let other people define me. I’m going to be 37 in January!
God understands difficulty so well.
He’s psychospiritual like Negro Spiritual. The light travels.
Tall women rule!
Height is sexy. Tall beautiful women will run the world one day.