You Don't Have To Accept The Wrong Kind Of Love, Even If You'll Miss It When It's Gone. You Will Find

My My My.  Collage for Octavia Butler by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, @blackfeministbreathing

“Writing is difficult. You do it all alone without encouragement and without any certainty that you’ll ever be published or paid or even that you’ll be able to finish the particular work you’ve begun. It isn’t easy to persist amid all that. […] Sometimes when I’m interviewed, the interviewer either compliments me on my ‘talent’, my ‘gift’ or asks me how I discovered it. […] I used to struggle to answer this politely, to explain that I didn’t believe much in writing talent. People who want to write either do it or they don’t. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It’s amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.”  Octavia E. Butler (via @merigreenleaf )

There’s no place like home. ✨

Sometimes you just need to go off the grid and get your soul right.

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Look at her go! Brava!

♎💛💃🏿#ArtIsAWeapon #LibraSeason #FollowYourBliss #DancingIsFreedom #BlackGirlJoy Happy 8th B'earthday Sydney! You are beautiful and magical and you brought tears of joy to my eyes this morning. Thank you to your Mom @thoughtsofahomeschool for sharing this moment with us.

Reposted from @thoughtsofahomeschoolmom This year, instead of having a birthday party, we decided to celebrate Sydney’s birthday in Disney World. While she knew about the trip, she had no idea about her princess makeover at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique… Her makeover experience was AMAZING…and then THIS happened! She’s the definition of the phrase #LiveYourNOWDream. I absolutely love her 😍. #WatchTilTheEnd #TraScapades #AllTheSauce #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KDF91FQG2/?igshid=1ej8idkjsttbu

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