Lost In The Moon . Found By The Sun .

Tbh each day's got me feeling a lil less like Madiba and a lil more like Winnie.. you feel me? Cape Coloured in the U.S. *trigger warning for sex-repulsed occasional nsfw fibro. gray-ace/demi. mormon. 25 and my life is a blissful mess. Married 💜 Mama to 1 incredible little girl.

[chandelyer-deactivated20241003]

Paolo Sebastian “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” fw19 couture collection

[lostinthemoonfoundbythesun]

Glow up 2017-2019

[lostinthemoonfoundbythesun]

Each day I measure myself out in pieces. I wrap myself in twine and bows and courtesy in charity in obligation in love and soon they come to claim their piece. Hands stretched out for more than their share. Until all that's left is what I had hidden away and that too I divide. I know the crumbs remaining will not satisfy tomorrow. And yet, with the sunrise He multiples my morsel. And, thus anointed, I set to measuring again.

[rianphin]

everything in my life will work out and i will have my dreams and so will you!!!!!!!!! and that’s tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[feministism]

[miricastor]

I

[valtsv]

adult person: life gets faster as you get older!

me aged 10: sounds fake but ok

me now:

[prepare4life]

NATO Standard Phonetic Alphabet,

The phonetic alphabet was developed as a way to spell things out over radio communications that may be less then ideal, I.E. a lot of static or weak signal. All the words were chosen because they have a distinct sound that is easy to pick out. Military and police communications use the phonetic alphabet heavily and can be helpful to know for talking over CB’s or FRS (walky talky) radios.

[stark-raven-mad]

I’m sorry guys, i had to

[moiras-damage-orb]

I cannot fucking believe it is the yEAR 2017 GOD DAMMIT

[rabbittiddy]

No. Just no. The NATO phonetic alphabet should not be used like this.

[gatoaburrido-blog-blog]

[saying]

[prestonhymas]

Why do we not discuss clouds more?

I mean look at that. That’s water.

Flying water.

FLYING

FUCKING

WATER

LIKE WHAT THE FUCK, WHY DO WE EVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS

WHAT IS THIS

HOW IS THIS EVEN

AND NOW THE FLYING WATER IS EATING A MOUNTAIN

GOD DAMN, WHAT

[lostinthemoonfoundbythesun]

People lemme tell you bout my best friend 😍😍😍 cuddle time with my baby girl

[sixpenceee]

Suspicious looking egg (Source)

[cwote]

You are worth more than second thoughts and maybes.

[kimreesesdaughter]

I just left a plantation tour in Louisiana. I have a lot to say…

[purplechocolatekisses]

SAY IT!

[kimreesesdaughter]

I honestly thought I knew everything about slavery. Not so.

The owner of this particular plantation had it built by slaves for 3 years. Every brick was handmade. Over 120,000 bricks on 2,000+ acres of land (this place was huge.) The clay used for the bricks came from the Mississippi River. The majority of the slaves are buried under the Levees and water. Some are buried with their Masters. Not allowed to live with them but could be dead with them.

Before you enter the house, there’s a list of slaves who lived here including their age and how much they were purchased for. 124 total. Some slaves were worth as little as $25. As young as 5 years old.

On this particular plantation, the owner was big on punishment…he used noise making neck restraints. Imagine three 4lb balls around your neck with bells inside. Children were restrained by ankle locks that connected between their ankles.

This was a sugar cane plantation, one the worst practices to involve slaves because of its danger. A lot of slaves were decapitated, amputees and killed from the fields and machinery. A lot of kids lost their lives creating sugar. Speaking of children, a child stood in the living room and operated the fan with a string while guests ate dinner. As young as 3 years old.

Here’s what shook me even further: Before the Civil War, a lot of slave owners were going in debt and could not afford their properties and were not producing enough cotton and sugar to maintain their lifestyles. Slaves were used as HUMAN CREDIT CARDS. Slaves were a guaranteed line of credit. You could get HALF of your property’s value depending on how many healthy and able slaves you owned.

My people were human credit cards and lines of credit to BANKS. We were property. We were labeled as equipment and nothing more.

There is no such thing as a good slave owner. They owned my PEOPLE and used them as checks and balances. This cycle continues with prison and brutality. I do not want to hear shit about “Why can only Black people say this or that?” I don’t want to hear shit about “we’re all human.”

And by the way, not one of those slaves are at rest. Those spirits were so alive, you could feel their presence, their pain and someday, their revenge.

[kimreesesdaughter]

The front of the house and yard. This plantation was huge. Just thinking about my ancestors tending to all this land…

SOME of the enslaved names, ages, race and purchase price.

The living room.

Interior.

The dining room. That piece hanging above the table is ORIGINAL to the house. That’s the fan that a slave as young as 3 years old had to operate manually with a string.

The view from the balcony in the main hallway. This is how they looked over the slaves while they worked in the yard.

*sigh* Names of the enslaved that occupied the shacks. Children included. Their names are written inside one of the shacks. I’m not sure if there are other names inside other shacks because I could only handle 2. After I saw the punishment equipment, I left.

Slave Shacks. These are NOT the original shacks. These were built to imitate them.

Slaves for Sale Ads.

The landscape of Slavery throughout the United States in 1860. JUST 1860. Let that sink in.

Note: The last time the home was OWNED by a Louisiana citizen was 1972. This is her original bedroom, her lipstick is STILL on the dresser. This is why the house has been updated since slavery times because it was occupied up until 1972. Regardless, this used to be where house slaves slept.

[yourlocalforeign-deactivated202]

This really fuckin happened, don’t let white people tell you that it’s in the past & to let it go.

[minkypinkypoo]

Imagine having to go here as a black child because it was “state history ” .

[sunsetquotes]

“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”

— Lemony Snicket

[hiatusboyz-deactivated20180512]

The Cheetah Girls aint even have to make Cinderella…but nigga they did that for us.

[lostinthemoonfoundbythesun]

NOW .. This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there- I’ll tell you how I became a mommy and wife this year.

#Oops! #Today is our due date!! 5/2/18💜👶🏽 #happy #its a girl