You are as blessed as the ones you keep around you. The woman on the left might hit me for putting u
You are as blessed as the ones you keep around you. The woman on the left might hit me for putting up a picture of her on the internet – sorry mom. But the woman on the right is the person who I consider an extension of my family. If not for her, I may not be here to tell this story. I met Audra in the lower level of my family home. She was smoking a cigarette in the downstairs kitchen with my mother in law. I could always hear this woman laughing while I was trying to sleep – I was 20 years old and was working sixty thousand jobs. One of those days, I decided to see who the hell was cackling so much. And let me tell you that this woman said something slick out of her mouth. I knew we’d be friends after that. She loved her coffee and a cigarette. Hated bananas like hell. Could talk more shit than a little bit. Would side eye you harder than most. And most of all, she loved hard. Not that tell you kinda love but show you how much she care but don’t get mushy about it. Audra, thank you for every ER trip you tagged along with my stupid ass while pregnant breaking doctor’s orders. Thank you for being the godmother to my son. Thank you for helping me, Eric and the kid settle in our upstairs floors while I looked like I was carrying twins. Thank you for telling me about myself when I wouldn’t listen to anyone else. Thank you for sacrificing your birthday to be my right hand woman for my wedding reception. Thank you for helping me on one of the hardest days of my life: Laying my father to rest. Thank you for showing me what true friendship looks like and how you can choose family. Thank you for the term “fuck shit.” And for being there in the room when I lost my shit on the medical staff when my water broke. For the birth of my son. For being my mentor. For making sure I didn’t catch a case in my 20s for my crazy temper. For teaching me by example to be who I say I want to be and don’t ask a damn person permission to be anything else. Thank you to infinity because without you, I’d still be that lost person you met 15 years ago. Hold a seat at the table for me. I love you sis. Sunset: April 2, 2020 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h0XA7HYMc/?igshid=1st75qdmaokdb -- source link
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