“All of my imaginings about Melody were like sketch drawings in comparison to the vividness of her. And I imagined a lot, but not her warmth, her sweetness, her love for her family, her plans to go into space engineering. She laughed from her belly and it would shake her whole body. She hummed when impatient, she cursed loudly when she was happy. I collected all these moments of her, filled in my thought sketches with color and texture, painted her portrait in my mind. I don't ever want to forget, I thought, the fullness of this woman.” LoveWomanFullnessPortraitVivid ImageryDrawingsSketches Book:You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs Source: You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs