Reading Time: 12 minutesFinding Joy in Uncertain Times: What a Takoma Park Street Festival Taught Me About Community On community, Black cultural expression, emotional well-being, and the quiet power of showing up for yourself. Last weekend, I attended the annual Takoma Park Street Festival for the second time since moving to the Washington, DC, area. I missed the …
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe speak of time as though it were a tangible possession: something to manage, save, spend, lose, or waste. We measure our lives in birthdays, deadlines, milestones, and carefully constructed timelines, assigning meaning to our existence according to how much we have accomplished by a certain age. Somewhere along the way, we began treating life …
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Reading Time: 8 minutesWhat adult friendship, people-pleasing, and learning to be known have taught me at 27. I love the girl group TLC, from “Waterfalls” to “No Scrubs” and all the deep cuts the group has to offer. (“Red Light Special,” “I Miss You So Much,” and “Diggin’ on You” are definitely in my top three.) But one …