My Sister's Keeper: All things Life & Photography

They told her this was her big break, but it cost her everything. This week’s read is Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson, a fast, unsettling look at fame, control, and how easily a dream can turn into something dangerous. Come ready to talk about power and silence, grooming and red flags, and who gets believed and who doesn’t. Drop your thoughts on this book.

All I was waiting for was for you to ask,
Hold firm in our relationship
In the hopes that you would get there
I would’ve waited
I would’ve been patient and understanding

Is that a surprise?
I would have accommodated and given you all of the support you said you needed
But I realize that’s not what you wanted
There’s some awkward pleasure in the ...

We’ve seen all of the talk pieces and “intellectuals” and the ones who’ve made it, run million dollar businesses and have figured out the key to success. We’ve been given the 12 steps and ways we’re to change our mindset and all of the ways we’re to buy into making the machine of capitalism work and run smoothly. It gets repacked and resold every few years by the next newest ...

If they want to,
They will,
If they cared,
They will show it,
If you crossed their mind,
You would know,
The imbalance comes when you give and give and give,
And you’re left empty,
If they love you,
They’ll reaffirm you daily,
If you mattered,
You’d know,
Having a real hard time balancing all of things said,
With the vacancy left b...

Finished A Guardian and a Thief; this one is about survival, not right or wrong. A mother trying to leave. A young man trying to feed his family. One choice that shifts everything. The line between protector and thief doesn’t hold. It makes you ask what you would do.

Ma: A mother trying to secure a safer future for her...