💙💜My Life With Kidney Failure💛💚 @macaroni-toni1995 - Tumblr Blog

There are hundreds of millions of great Americans who care for one another and give love and kindness to those searching for hope.

They are just not conservatives who gave up all morality to enable their false idol.

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In this time, Christ would not be born in a manger, but a wire cage.

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where’s my oscar for acting like i’m not falling apart

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AMEN

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Why is Smokey so jacked? I feel like this artist is going to turn out to be a furry porn artist.

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A dead giveaway you aren’t from California. There are posters of Smokey the Bear all over here, and I’ve never seen one where he wasn’t ripped.

Just sending some love! 💖💖💖 I just randomly found your post about being lonely. I hear you! I don't get many messages myself. I hope this makes your night!

Thank you love, I really appreciate that more than you could ever know☺️

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Black girls and women don’t have the luxury of washing off our dark pigmentation. It isn’t some self tanning lotion that we can easily purchase from a store. We were made dark in the womb. We were born with it. We will die in it.

Having this skin gets us killed, raped, denied housing, healthcare, jobs and so much more. We get ridiculed and shamed for our skin to the point of self harm and suicide. Life isn’t some dress up game for us. Racism and Misogyny is a full blown real concept with scary consequences if you have a certain skin tone.

I have never been so disgusted and enraged in my entire life; to witness such selfishness and delusionalism; to have a bunch of conventionally attractive privileged white girls claim blackness is seen as “more desirable”.

Do you know how many black girls and women cry themselves to sleep every night because society tells us we’re ugly, vile, undesirable for having dark skin, broad facial features, kinky-nappy hair?? Do know how many mixed race children are denied by their non-black families for being black?

Utterly ridiculous and disgusting

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I just want to make it clear again that this post is only about Black Girls and Women

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This was a wild ride

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Friend: hey can you hang out today?

my disabled ass: idk man I already completed one (1) task today so i am pretty wiped

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Depression & Self-Esteem

Depression is an everyday fight. Everyday is a challenge and everyday I become a little less than who I once were. It’s much easier to heal physical wounds, however, it’s the mental ones that kills you. It’s the restless night, the days without eating, and the constant sleeping that drives you to insanity. You don’t know tired until you feel as if breathing is no longer an option. And it’s like no one hears you until you flip out.

No one expected for me to try and kill myself, I didn’t even expect it, but the signs were there! LISTEN, THE SIGNS WERE THERE! I’ve never felt good enough, I’ve never felt pretty enough, smart enough, or any of the attributes that boosts one’s self-esteem. When I look in the mirror all I see is scarred skin. Holes that barely healed, bruises. Weakness! Ugliness! It hasn’t been a day that I can absolutely positively tell you that I love the skin that I am in. Suicide was bound to be attempted. I just didn’t think passed it not working and still having to live with this burden. It’s like the world is on my shoulders 24 hours a day. I don’t know when I’ll flip out or start crying. My biggest fear is my anger. I know the strength of the rage that I have inside and if I really wanted to I could seriously hurt someone with my bare hands. I’m just damaged goods; I don’t know what to do. I’m here, I’m there, I’m all over the place and absolutely no where. I say this with so much conviction, I’M FUCKING TIRED. I don’t know which is driving me insane the faster; my mental health or my physical health.

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Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.

Franklin sold more than 75 million records during her life, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. She took soul to a new level and inspired generations of singers who came after her.

No one’s life can be condensed to one word — but Aretha Franklin came close when she sang one word: “respect.”

“Respect” was written by the great Otis Redding. In his version, a man is pleading, offering his woman anything she wants in exchange for her respect. He sang: “Hey little girl, you’re sweeter than honey / And I’m about to give you all of my money / But all I want you to do / Is just give it, give it / Respect when I come home …”

Aretha changed those lyrics to demand parity. “Oooh, your kisses,” she sang, “Sweeter than honey / And guess what? / So is my money …” In her hands, “Respect” became an empowering song — for black women and for all women. It was a No. 1 hit in 1967, and it became her signature song.

Franklin was 25 years old when “Respect” was released. But she had been singing since she was a small child in her father’s New Bethel Baptist Church.

Aretha Franklin, The ‘Queen Of Soul,’ Dies At 76

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April 27, 1995 - August 10, 2018

The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back

Today is the day, I can’t take it anymore. I’m not meant to be here. I don’t want to be here. I can’t even breathe here. I’ve researched and this is the least painful. Remove my dialysis caps and bleed out. Go cold, get numb, and die. I haven’t eaten, I barely drink, I have nothing to live for and I’m better off dead anyway.