It was a Sunday afternoon, February 26, 2012 and a 17-year-old African-American high school student went out for a walk in his gated community. He was wearing a hoodie and he had a package of skittles in his pocket. He never came home.
A while back while she was in the midst of her yoga certification, my young cousin reached out to ask me a question and about her grandfather and her grandmother, who by that time had divorced. Without much thought, I answered her according to the truth as I knew it—
I don’t know why I’m asking this because it’s really none of my business but is that KC person, a relative of yours?This was a private message I sent to a FB acquaintance on Friday night when the riots over the death of George Floyd were beginning to escalate.Friday, my acquaintance posted the Jimmy…
It’s an interesting thing, the heart.It remembers.Transplant patients, given new life after surgery, often report having acquired some of the preferences of the donor, especially when it comes to favorite foods.Strange but true.