#thatmomentwhen intentionally staying in bed a little longer to read a chapter turns into having read half the book because it’s that damn necessary for my spirit to hear someone affirm that “You Are Your Best Thing”… I’m at chapter 4, and only stopping because this was meant to be my birthday vacation book, to be read on the beach surrounded by all the elements. That will still happen. This book will be read as a many times as it takes for me to read them without crying. Because that’s when I’ll know I’m truly free of all that the world has attempted to bind the magic of Black Women. If you don’t have this book yet, but it! If you do, send one to you sister, your mom, your auntie, your gam gam, or your daughters. We all deserve to know the truth about ourselves, the way that only other Black Women will ever tell it. #bookstagram #truthbetold #youareyourbestthing #magicbeablackwoman #goodreads #necessarymagic #blackwomenwriters P.S. I also need to give @tanyadf some bouquets. Reading this chapter and having watched your journey for the last ten years, I can imagine what it took to write this. I thank you for writing it. I thank you for your choice to be free and pave a way for all of us. For being so publicly vulnerable and courageous. For shining through the shit this world tried to dump on you. For reclaiming all the bits of yourself that had been stolen and building a solid foundation for the future to build from. I’m proud of you. I’m inspired by you. I hope you know you are deeply appreciated and I’m honored to be living in a world where you exist fully. Please keep writing. The world deserves to hear your words. https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0pZpojv5k/?igshid=17nrcvr7o01fx
