If You Don't Go Towards

Oh My Goodness, I'm In Love With Channing Tatum, Although I Think I'm Too Old To Play His Love Interest. They'd Probably Cast Me As His Grandmomma's Friend Or Something Like That, But Anything To Be In A Movie With Channing.

My Dad Worked Two Jobs And Moved Us To The Suburbs, And Just Being A Black Person, I Went Through A Lot Of Racism And Being Called Names And Being Bullied Every Single Day. And It Was Hard. I Didn't Have Any Friends.

When I Was Little I Went To A Baptist Church With My Grandmother. My Earliest Memories Were Of Her Falling Out In The Middle Of The Floor And They Had To Cover Her With A White Sheet. Every Time We Went To Church It Was Scary. The Music Would Start Playing, And Then Everybody Would Start Running And Shouting And Hollering And Screaming.

My Mom Passed Away At 41 From Diabetes. And I'm 42, Thank You. I Didn't Want To Do That To My Son. So Any Time I Was At The Gym, That Thing That Helped Me Do That Last Squat Was My Son Calling Some Other Woman Mommy. And That Would Just Give Me That Extra Oomph To Do That Last Squat. I Want To Be Around For Him.

For My First Wedding, I Cried All The Way Down The Aisle. My Fake Eyelash Came Off. My Nose Was Red. My Eyes Were Swollen. I'm Not One Of Those Pretty Criers.