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Love Does Not Begin And End

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"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle. Love is a war. Love is a growing up." James A. Baldwin

Giving Up At Something…

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If only people understood this before ridiculing others.

Coming Out Of The Ancestral “Closet”

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Coming Out of The Ancestral “Closet” I find it more than a little appalling that in 2014, I am still being asked “What are you?” Not “What religion are you?” or your average, inappropriate social questions, which, by my standards, are still rude. No, it’s always been “What ARE you?”, with such profound emphasis, as if … Continue reading Coming Out Of The Ancestral “Closet”