7 Things that have made me smile in the last 7 days...

In totally disrupted order. 

5. "Why the big girl got her legs open like someone ordered pork?"
  - Geezus y'all. Please know my friend (who is the greatest of all time by the way) was not making fun of big women. But this one particular woman was sitting facing us with her legs wide open. (A separate issue entirely I know. Smdh.) I nearly spit white wine in his lap when he said this. All the ladies who are a size 12 and above. Stand up. You're plenty fly. If she had been skinny heaven knows what would have flown from his mouth. And that is what really makes me smile. I love having friends that you never know what amazing-ness will spawn from their lips. Good, bad, or ugly his authenticity is always welcome and lovely.

3. Getting to be a tourist in my hometown. New York you are brutal, exciting and unexpected. Wouldn't want to look at the world from a different lens than this one. But I could probably be persuaded in the direction of the south or a European country without much effort. If anyone has tickets to the south of France or South Carolina I'm great company.

1. Watching my niece and two friends she made at the beach, jump, crash, and splash in the waves. Don't you want to be seven again? Even for a moment. I do.

4. Learning that sometimes being an absentee friend is actually allowing space for the growth that only distance encourages.

2. Looking at the difference and similarities in the palm of a hand. I have tons of lines on the inside of mine. D has tons of the outside of his. What this means I am not sure. It's fun to think about though.

7. Learning a few of my buddies are fiercely and bravely chopping their hair off to reveal their beautiful faces and textures. So exciting and jubilant. My definition of beauty - the look on your face when you really see yourself for the first time.  Granted I'm no Merriam Webster but I bet you felt that definition a little deeper than word etymologies and synonyms.

6. The phrase "experiments in becoming myself" can't think of a better way to experiment with, for, or towards. Shout out to Outside of the Boxes on youtube for that statement. You really can learn anything on youtube.