I grew up as the middle child in my fam of seven kids. Often as is the case with middle child or oldest girl(I was both) this one has natural role of peacemaker. And I was….most of the time. My five brothers were adorable rascal rowdy mischief makers and we were definitely an early gang ruling the neighborhood because we usually had the …
I grew up as the middle child in my fam of seven kids. Often as is the case with middle child or oldest girl(I was both) this one has natural role of peacemaker. And I was….most of the time. My five brothers were adorable rascal rowdy mischief makers and we were definitely an early gang ruling the neighborhood because we usually had the best snacks and best ideas for games. I was a peacemaker but not averse at all to knocking someone’s block off if they crossed the loyalty line or were mean to the underdog. My dad prob got more calls about me than my brothers. Anyway, I learned how to make peace and I learned how to fight. But I always was the first to tilt up my chin and toss my ponytail and admit who started something, why, and who threw the first punch. So there always are two egos within me and rarely does the fighter for justice get more stirred up than it did this morning.
You embody the values of Valarie Kaur of both loving and fighting, as the situation calls for, while holding both. "Tend the wound." 6 minute video. Her writing and podcasts sound much less airy-fairy.
"2019 NAIS People of Color Conference speaker Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, talks about how educators can create communities of care and use love as a force for justice in the world."
I got into her stuff the last time you suggested her. She’s pretty fierce but with a sweeter countenance and delivery than mine. Quite feminine and deceptive. But I know she’d laugh her ass off at my antics because she’d understand from whence they came.
I grew up as the middle child in my fam of seven kids. Often as is the case with middle child or oldest girl(I was both) this one has natural role of peacemaker. And I was….most of the time. My five brothers were adorable rascal rowdy mischief makers and we were definitely an early gang ruling the neighborhood because we usually had the best snacks and best ideas for games. I was a peacemaker but not averse at all to knocking someone’s block off if they crossed the loyalty line or were mean to the underdog. My dad prob got more calls about me than my brothers. Anyway, I learned how to make peace and I learned how to fight. But I always was the first to tilt up my chin and toss my ponytail and admit who started something, why, and who threw the first punch. So there always are two egos within me and rarely does the fighter for justice get more stirred up than it did this morning.
Salud to comrades and great poets!
Now, I'll always see you with a ponytail and your chin up. Wonderful capsule of you youth, which still holds true.
You embody the values of Valarie Kaur of both loving and fighting, as the situation calls for, while holding both. "Tend the wound." 6 minute video. Her writing and podcasts sound much less airy-fairy.
"2019 NAIS People of Color Conference speaker Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, talks about how educators can create communities of care and use love as a force for justice in the world."
https://youtu.be/P85WOHJprJw
I got into her stuff the last time you suggested her. She’s pretty fierce but with a sweeter countenance and delivery than mine. Quite feminine and deceptive. But I know she’d laugh her ass off at my antics because she’d understand from whence they came.