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=

















