The DMV To The ATL

Autumn Bounty IV: Decorative Maize, Fruit Stand near Dickerson, Maryland, 2021.

Rare Essence Day. 05.06.2018

“A little humility goes a long way. I feel like no one wants to listen anymore. That’s sort of depressing for everybody. It would be great if the anonymity could disappear a little bit, so we could treat each other at least like strangers. I feel like strangers get more courtesy and the benefit of the doubt. As soon as you label somebody it’s over.”

(2/2) “The day I graduated high school was the happiest day of my life. My mom had passed away the summer before my senior year and I was living in Baltimore at the time. Nobody knew I was living by myself. I rented a room in a house in Maryland. I was seventeen years old at the time. I was spending all the government money to pay for rent and go to school. My father was part of the PTA, but no one knew that I wasn’t actually living with him. He had kicked me out. It was the best day when I graduated. I’d finally made it. I don’t believe anyone was there in the crowd for me, but I’d done it for myself. It was really hard getting to that point. Graduating high school was the biggest milestone I’ve reached.”

(½) “My mom had breast cancer and she beat it, but then she came down with bone cancer. That’s when she decided to let go. We all had to get on the same page with her. In a weird way, it’s kind of fine though. I was with her the whole time. She was herself up until when she started dying. If anything, she taught me how to die gracefully. She taught me how to transition out. That was her last lesson for me. I told her that I loved her everyday. I miss her all the time, but I don’t regret not being there or not saying anything when I had the chance. After she passed away, the government gave my family all this money. My brother and sisters were trippin’, but I just wanted to come back to DC to finish high school and I did.”

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Summer Sunset, Washington DC

All are in my heart.

Autumn in the lake (On Explore 10/31/2015) by Dr. Hans Allender