Life Without Hope
“Let him know I wasn’t doing all that bad. For the first time in my life I had no regrets about accepting the car from thug, Life.
I put on my dark shades, turned up the volume to my boom- ing car system. My girl Mary J. Blige was crooning, “Not Gon’ Cry.” I drove out of the parking lot bouncing to the rhythm. That was my song, haay! Now it held special meaning. There’s some- thing about a break up that can either zap your strength, or be very empowering, if you’re determined to be an independen...t Black woman like myself. I drove all the way to the campus with a new-found resolve for myself.
It was like being back home after being gone for so long.
FAMU campus is like one big happy family. I was suddenly filled with a feeling of euphoria as I watched students perambulate the campus grounds. I was scheduled to graduate that year.
I pulled into the student parking lot, waved at a few of my friends and chatted with some. As I was unpacking my things from the car, I thought about Life’s words, you’ll be back .MoreLess
I put on my dark shades, turned up the volume to my boom- ing car system. My girl Mary J. Blige was crooning, “Not Gon’ Cry.” I drove out of the parking lot bouncing to the rhythm. That was my song, haay! Now it held special meaning. There’s some- thing about a break up that can either zap your strength, or be very empowering, if you’re determined to be an independen...t Black woman like myself. I drove all the way to the campus with a new-found resolve for myself.
It was like being back home after being gone for so long.
FAMU campus is like one big happy family. I was suddenly filled with a feeling of euphoria as I watched students perambulate the campus grounds. I was scheduled to graduate that year.
I pulled into the student parking lot, waved at a few of my friends and chatted with some. As I was unpacking my things from the car, I thought about Life’s words, you’ll be back .MoreLess
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