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“Wait until after the first of the year. Let’s not mess up Christmas for everyone else because mine got screwed.”
Mo said, “Auntie, you don’t wear panties. You wear a thong if you wear anything at all.”
Lmao
“I was married before, Monica. So I can’t be the bridesmaid ever again, thank God.”
False!
Needed four doors for kids.
Not really lol. Me and this mustang with two kids has worked.
“Whatever you decide to do, you have to have the guts to follow through.”
“Life is not about doing what’s easy; it’s about doing what needs to be done. I’ve never taken the easy route in life.”
“Olivia is Latin, means a symbol of peace.
Livvy said, “His name is Beale Streets. Is he from Memphis?”
“He’s never been to Memphis. He told me that he’d never been there, but his adoptive parents were blues fans. They met on Beale Street when they were both attending college at the University of Memphis.
“Whatever. Beale Streets. His name is weird. That’s like me living on Crenshaw Boulevard and naming my kid Crenshaw Boulevard. Who does that?”
Right lmaoooo
His words were to her, but I felt like they were directed at me.
And they are. Dummy.
“Never leave a bitch in your house. The queen never leaves the castle for some bitch. Never.”
“A relationship is like a marathon. It can start off rough, but you have to warm up. You have to find the right pace. Not every mile is going to be easy. Sometimes you have to get your second wind and refocus. It’s not always going to feel good. It’s about how bad you want it. You have to be committed.”
I wouldn’t know how to breathe if he stopped wanting me.
It can be a horrible thing to expect so much from someone else. It can be so unfair, asking them to commit to our own selfish needs.
“‘Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.’” She rubbed her nose.
“A memory, even when healed, is never deleted.
