sex + love

I feel the need to share this. Only because it really bothers me in my heart of hearts when people over generalize. Then people who have no idea about the …
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It’s three in the morning. I’ve been sitting in bed with a feeling I’ve had for a while now.

I don’t think I want to marry you.

It’s quite possible …
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I let him do it.

I let him put his hands into my two-day old twist out.

I let him dig his fingers into the curls, wiggle them as much …
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An unordinary email, on an ordinary day, floated through my inbox and the subject automatically caught my attention, “Can I Date Him?”

My first thought was: Can you date who?

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I have witnessed true love and I have lost it. I have traveled 2000 miles for love. I have put in my blood, sweat, and tears for love. I …
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I’m sick of this E. You gotta do better with yourself.   She sat across from me on the floor in my bedroom and said those words with a pained …
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The past is calling. In the form of an early morning call. Almost disrespectfully early, which in my terms, means before 8:00am. No one should be calling me before 8am, …
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So at first I wanted to talk about this big ol’ secret I’ve been keeping for a little over a year now, but y’all are not ready for that. HA! …
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The first person I told that my stepfather molested me didn’t hear me. Her eyes were glazed over, head leaning forward, attention span engulfed in late night TV. I called …
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He told me that he loved my hair.

How it felt against his cheek, lingering fragrance left on his shoulder, proof of my abandon. How it made a soft, …
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