Junie

by Erin Crosby Eckstine

White folks got all kinds of reasons to get married. Money, property, status. See, we only get married for one reason, that’s one thing we got special that they ain’t got.”

“You ain’t the only one with hurt, Junie. This world is full of it, and going through it thinking you’re the only one carrying something is an easy way to lose the bit of love you might have.”

Grief will make you want to waste every breath on prayers that don’t get answered. Use that breath on the people you still got.”