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I want to express my love for my mum. I am who I am today because of her. She is a strong, black woman who doesn’t let anything get in her way...mama kadlali. Her timely advice whenever I feel like the world is falling a part...ungesabi mntanami... don’t be afraid.. be strong everything will be ok...nqinisela kuzolunga.

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Each year I fight the urge to be saddened and grieve the loss of my brother who passed away unexpectedly in 2013. Recently, I began going through old things and pulled out a jersey he bought for himself even though he was not a fan of the team. He was a University of Michigan fan and would often tease me b/c I chose to go to Michigan State University. After weeks of looking at the jersey knowing that I couldn’t throw it out I reached out to my nephew, his oldest son. I asked him if he’d be interested in taking it and as I expected he said yes. It’s hard to let it go b/c it holds such sentiment. I’m learning to extract memories...

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Likkle brown gal from Kingston. Look pon she. She a go a farwren. Mumma decide fi take up 'self and galvant a farwren. She a go a Englan' widdout de pickney dem. When she leave 'er yard, she left Ivis, and Ilyn, and Dennis wit' granny. "Me soon come fuh yuh"; she tell dem.

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I love solitude, and its breaking. I love being surprised by small, fragile, fleeting moments. I love feeling something deeply, even if its sadness. I love dreaming - of the world as it should be, as well as all the worlds that exist outside my own.

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I have had this affair for many years
I confront and abort my feelings each month, but something always reminds me of this love, and I go running back.
Last week, I interrupted my plans for you.
You’re not the best for me, but you’re what I want.
I would consume you daily, but I know it would end in heartache.
My dearest pizza. Love tastes so good.

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I love to be intoxicated
I love to drink in life NO gulp in life,
I love feeling intoxicated and full from newness
new surroundings
new adventures
new places and new people and new adventures and
new ideas and new things to fall in love with
in nature in humanity
I love love

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My cats consume many of my free moments in my house. Although they obviously do not speak English, we communicate frequently. When Izzy is hungry, she will make sure I know. She bites me, guides me to her food bowl, and wakes me up at 3 am to make sure that I know that she’s still there and still hungry. Tobin loves grass. He is the most fearful car in the world, but show him some grass and he turns into a superhero, empowered by his secret juice. He will meow and meow and meow when he needs a fix, and when he’s done, he will purr and purr to let me know he’s appreciative.

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I didn't know how much I loved my parents and siblings until I lived far away from them for years. My life changed and theirs too and it made me feel a little distant compare to how it used to be. It scares me to feel this might continue that way. This is why I make sure I keep contact with them. I

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"Dooset daram" is I love you in Farsi, the language of my father and his family. It's unfortunately not my language. I only know a few phrases, most of them not particularly useful, like "Pedar sag," which means your father is a donkey. I'm not sure if this is even appropriate to write! Here is a picture of my Ameh Farangiss, my father's sister who grew up in Iran and stayed there when my father moved to the U.S. She is such a loving, beautiful person, and I wish I could spend more time with her. She now lives in Vancouver.

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You are my structure, both my backbone & the scaffold that allows me to climb higher than I thought possible. I float through each day on a cloud of possibility fueled by your belief, trust, & forgiveness. Who I am is built from who you inspire me to be.

You are my fate, my sweet. I carry your heart.

I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is
Now you’re in the world

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I want to express my love for my father who acknowledged how different I am from everything he wanted me to embrace, yet, I didn't. He accepted and supported me without using the power granted to him by society to mold me into what I "should be" instead of "who I want to be".

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- I encourage you to use another language you know or use your L1 while writing this
- I encourage you to use this space to be creative. Insert a picture of your beloved, your favorite pet/space/thing, etc.