TO SEE IS TO KNOW

MY FIRTS STOP IN N.Y., WAS JAMAICA QUEENS..AS A CHILD, MY MOTHER USED TO DO MY HAIR IN THIS STYLE THAT WE CALLED ‘SPUTNIKS’..I ABSOLUTELY HATED IT BECAUSE MY OLDER BROTHER AND COUSINS WOULD TEASE ME SAYING I LOOKED LIKE A CHARACTER FROM HE-MAN (I LOVED THE SHOW BTW)..I WOULD CRY AND BEG HER NOT TO DO MY HAIR LIKE THAT BUT BACK THEN, KIDS HAD NO SAY IN PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING..AS I GREW, EXPANDED MY MIND & HEART FOR MY HERITAGE, AND l LET GO OF THE SHAME FOR WHO I AM AND WHERE I COME FROM..SO I DECIDED TO RELIVE A MOMENT IN TIME WITH PRIDE! TODAY I GOT A BOOK FROM MY SWEET NEIGHBOR AIXA..IT HAD A HANDWRITTEN QUOTE IN IT (AND I LOVE QUOTES)..IT READ, “IT TAKES US 40 YEARS TO BUILD OUR SHADOWS AND THEN WE’LL START TO ASSIMILATE.” AT 41, I FELT THAT..#Reborn (at Comfy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrjYh9nvl89/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

HAPPY EARTH DAY! 🪴 (at Stuzo Clothing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrWppylv1jj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“I FIND IT QUITE IRONIC THAT THE MOST DANGEROUS THING ABOUT WEED IS GETTING CAUGHT WITH IT.” -Bill Murray- . 📷 @imagesbyelvon (at Stuzo Clothing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrRWF8GP9g9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

SILENCE, SILENCE.. . . 📷 @goyahoney (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrHI8sIvSuW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

DRAGON FLY STONE.. 📷 @goyahoney (at DTLA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrBwe6_vQiF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE TALL TO STAND TALL.. . . . 📷 @laquanndawson . #GlaadHonors #Mola #Stuzo #GenderFree #TwinTowers #Double (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvzhlwPhGv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“THE MORE HE WITHDREW FROM THE WORLD AROUND HIM, THE MORE WONDERFUL BECAME HIS DREAMS.” -H.P. Lovecraft- (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqqtzajvXLn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE HONOR WAS ALL MINE.. @glaad 🤟🏿😌🤟🏿 (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqd4kq0PaqV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“THERE IS NO LOYAL FRIEND AS A BOOK” -E.H.- . 📷 @goyahoney (at DTLA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTf1_ZvnPW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“IF THERE’S NO ENEMY WITHIN, THE ENEMY OUTSIDE CAN DO NO HARM.” . . 📷 @em.zzzz__ @__dgon (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGq8PpP3eK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

24/7 ✊🏿 365 (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cox2-KKyJmV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“ONCE YOU CARRY YOUR OWN WATER, YOU’LL REMEMBER EVERY DROP.” #BHM 💧 (at Mojo Hookah Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CodBNeaP18q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“ONCE YOU CARRY YOUR OWN WATER, YOU’LL REMEMBER EVERY DROP.” #BHM 💧 (at Mojo Hookah Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoahrwtSgEl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE END, LOOK AT THE BEGINNING.” (at The Beginning) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoG8hz4OMy6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

MY BABY SMILED FOR THE SELFIE! 😱 SHE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME..#NoliBlue . . #Twinsies #Us #Smile #TurtleNecks #Selfie #Dog #MichellisPaws #HouseouLove #Stuzo #MyBaby #Noli #Blue (at My Happy Place) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoApcE6vRjg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

IF I EVER LOOK BACK, I’M POSING FOR THE CAMERA.. #SetLife 📸 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSY3E2vTUh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

WHEN YOU SHOW UP FOR OTHER PEOPLE..YOU SHOW UP FOR YOURSELF.. HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVES! #PullUp #23 #🤟🏿 #🍾 #🤟🏿 (at Air Jordan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm42K8SSNpQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=