Being a First

I have been going back and forth in my head about watching the 2024 Presidential Debate. My heart and body convinced me this offering better serves. Started in my mind at 4:30 AM then shifted to iPhone and finished around 2 hours later.

If you are a first then you understand the complexity of today.  If you are a Black woman it likely sits a little differently. 

Time folds upon itself. 

The past - all that happened before making this moment improbable and necessary. The future - what now is possible and unforeseeable. Meanwhile you are in the present - dancing between exhilarated  and exhausted.  Expectations abound - yours and others.  

A request:

1. acknowledge what it requires of and often takes from you, 

2. thank those who support you being you, and

3. be kinder and more generous to yourself. 

   
   

Today, I celebrate you.

Fully bloomed yellow rose w/ petal edges reddish orange and pink, green leaves with a white picket fence in background photo by jdc taken 5/25/22, Gerstle Park San Rafael, CA