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Dedication For all the girls who have to work twice as hard. You know who you are.
“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out— and we have only just begun.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Is that what Ezra wants? Someone who looks more like his mother than like me? A lump burns in my throat like lit coal, and I have trouble swallowing past it.
The tears overflow, sliding down my cheeks and salting the corners of my mouth. I’m losing something. I’m losing him. I know it. Even though he says he’ll be back. I just know…
This is KILLING ME
“…It feels less like I am getting to know you and more as though I am remembering who you are.” ― Lang Leav, Soul Mates
Daddy used to say don’t talk about it. Be about it. The fastest way to shut up someone who thinks you can’t do something is to do something.
“We are in the League of Extraordinary Bitches.
“My father always used to say whatever you do, be excellent,” Kimba says. “Whatever you do, consider others. Big moves make big waves. Do big things. Make big waves.
“This is some Jerry Springer shit,”
This sums up my thoughts so far.
“Love is not a tidy thing, Kimba. It can’t ever be perfect because none of us are. Someone at some point will make a mess. The test of that love is how you clean it up. Your father stayed and we cleaned it up together.”
