“The still-rising sun is behind him, outlining his broad shoulders and tall, sturdy frame in golden light. As he gets closer, stepping through the rainbow of mist reflecting off the sprinkler's spray, I take in the rest of him.....I can slmost see how a smile would spread across his face, the lift of his full lips... Which i realize are moving right now. Oh shit. He's talking and may have been talking for a long time while I gawked and had a whole R & B slow jame going in my head.” LoveHumorHateRelationshipsFateMen And WomenParents And Children Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary
“You just looks so young!" ....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....” LoveHumorHateRelationshipsFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary
“I fix my face into a tight, plastic smile so my resting expression can't be misread as unfriendly -- or, even worse, aggressive.” LoveHumorHateFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary
“...it was so hard for Pearl to find something with a character who looked like her..." And after thirty minutes of watching her flip through all the books with white kids or animals, only to spend a small fortune on erasers and light-up gel pens, I may have made a snarky comment to the mom at the register.” LoveHumorHateFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary