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you deserve someone who will make you happy

you deserve someone who doesn’t make you question if you’re their priority

you deserve someone who listens

you deserve someone who validates your feelings

you deserve someone who loves you just as much as you love them

you deserve someone who makes time for you

you deserve someone who gushes about you

you deserve someone who makes sure you know they enjoy spending time with you

you deserve someone who makes you laugh on your worst days

you deserve someone who makes you go to bed with a smile on your face, not tears in your eyes

you deserve someone who doesn’t make you worry you might say the wrong thing

you deserve someone who is willing to drop everything to comfort you on a really bad day

you deserve someone who pays attention to the little things you like and dislike

you deserve someone who gets you

you deserve someone who sees a future with you

you deserve someone who appreciates you

On this day March 21, 1981

Michael Donald Hanged by Members of the Klan in Mobile, Alabama

On March 21, 1981, 19-year-old Black teenager Michael Donald was beaten, strangled, slashed at the throat, and hanged in Mobile, Alabama, by two members of the United Klans of America. Initially, local police wrongly attributed his death to drug violence, but his family insisted he had not been involved in drug activity and demanded a more thorough investigation. Tests also showed no trace of drugs in his body.

Authorities later charged Klansmen Henry Hays and James Knowles with Michael Donald's murder and charged Benjamin Cox Jr. as an accomplice. Evidence revealed that local Klan leaders had been monitoring the trial of Josephus Anderson, a Black man charged with killing a white police officer in Birmingham, Alabama. When that trial ended in mistrial on March 21 because the jury was unable to reach a verdict, members of the Klan in Mobile sought to make a violent response. "If a Black man can get away with killing a white man," said Benny Hays, a high-ranking Klansman and the father of Henry Hays, "we ought to be able to get away with killing a Black man." Michael Donald was killed that night.

Wash your face. Clean your space. Say a prayer.

What happens when a teenage pop prodigy meets a music legend in his prime?

In 1975, it actually happened — and the studio walls must have been shaking.

Michael Jackson was just 17 years old. Still the shy, soft-spoken kid from the Jackson 5, he was in a strange in-between stage — too old to be the child star the world knew, but still waiting for his solo superstardom.

Meanwhile, Stevie Wonder was already a towering Motown figure. Blind since infancy, he had conquered the 1960s as a child star himself, but by the mid-’70s, he was pushing music into bold, uncharted territory. That year, he was crafting his masterpiece, Songs in the Key of Life.

By pure chance — and family ties — the two ended up sharing the same creative space. Many people don’t realize it, but Stevie and Michael were distant cousins, bonded not just by blood, but by the unique experience of growing up in Motown’s intense, high-pressure machine.

In that studio, you had a teenager absorbing every move of a man who had already reshaped popular music — and a veteran watching the spark of someone who would go on to dominate the next two decades. No cameras, no social media, no viral clips — just music being made, quietly, behind closed doors.

We may never know exactly what they talked about, what riffs were played, or how those days influenced Michael’s later sound. But one thing is certain: in 1975, two generations of genius stood just feet apart, and music history felt the ripple.

 Do you have freckles? 

 Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you take it? 

What was the last song you listened to? 

Do you sleep on your back, stomach or side? 

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? 

Do you prefer drawing or writing? 

What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with? 

What’s your favorite band/artist? 

When is your birthday? 

How tall are you? 

What color are your eyes? 

Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now? 

Fears? 

What’s your favorite color? 

What’s your favorite season? 

Want any tattoos? What of? 

Want any piercings? Where? 

Who is the last person you texted? 

Do you have a best friend? How long have you been friends? 

What/who do you miss? 

How was your day today? 

How much sleep did you get last night? 

Do you believe in aliens? 

When was the last time you cried? Why? 

What’s your favorite decade? 

What are some seemingly childish things you like? 

What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times? 

How are you, really? 

Does it take you a long time to make decisions? 

What are you looking forward to in the near future? 

What are you looking forward to in the distant future? 

If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go? 

Do you sleep with your door open or closed? 

What’s your favorite flower? 

Do you currently have a squish? 

Do you like your middle name? 

Do you prefer dogs or cats? 

Do you have any phobias? 

Do you stay up late?

Do you like the beach? Do you prefer it sunny or cloudy? 

What’s your favorite cartoon? 

Tag 5 of your favorite blogs

Do you have siblings? How many? 

Who was the last person you said “I love you” to? 

Is there anyone you would die for? 

What do you need when you’re sad? 

Have you memorized your phone number? 

Who’s someone you can trust with your life? 

What does your last text say? 

Ego is rooted in fear Confidence is rooted in self trust

1. Ego needs validation. Confidence doesn’t

Ego: Do they think I’m good enough?

Confidence: I know I am, whether they see it or not

2. Ego competes. Confidence supports

Ego: Wants to outshine others

Confidence: Knows that lifting others doesn’t dim your own light

3. Ego controls. Confidence allows

Ego: Obsessed with outcomes, appearances and being liked

Confidence: Trusts the process and is okay with not being for everyone

4. Ego reacts. Confidence responds

Ego: Feels attacked and lashes out

Confidence: Stays calm and chooses peace over power

5. Ego hides. Confidence reveals

Ego: Covers insecurities with masks—perfectionism, arrogance, or over explaining

Confidence: Is okay being imperfect, vulnerable, real

6. Ego proves. Confidence just is

Ego: Needs to show, argue and justify

Confidence: Speaks less, and moves with quiet certainty

7. Ego needs attention & validation. Confidence is secure without it

Ego: Constantly checks for texts, views, likes, compliments