You’re not alone — When I see another quiet black girl, I’m surprised at first. Usually, I’m the only one in a room. After that, I think: Welcome! I’m just like you! (Well not exactly like you, of course. But similar.) Was your upbringing like mine? Loud aunties connected by blood or culture talking over…

Just another day in high school — Camera on Smile on Eyes on Face on Posture on Social on Me off Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed my writing, use my link to become a Medium member and I will get a small commission at no additional cost to you.

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Or what adults and kids have in common — Adults are children who count their life in decades forgetting that “In my 30s/40s/50s…” compared to Infinity is a clever knockoff of “I’m 7 and a half.” Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed my writing, use my link to become a Medium member and I will get a small commission at no additional cost to you.

A bookworm imagines — How come real life doesn’t Go like the page The scene formed slow letter by letter The emotions made clear sentences flowing into paragraphs And then a twist WAIT pause scene (I refuse to turn the page) Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed my writing, use my link to become a Medium member and I will get a small commission at no additional cost to you.

And that’s okay (and do those “other girls” even exist?) — I used to be “not like other girls.” “I’m not a girly girl,” I’d think. “I’m a tomboy.” (This was a term learned from my mom, a self-proclaimed tomboy when younger.) And I had evidence. My sisters and I didn’t act like other sisters I saw. We didn’t steal each…

How I manage this ancient problem — I check my Instagram and notice a budgeting page is starting a new podcast. I’ve followed this mom’s business journey for over a year now and silently cheered as her hobby became a thriving business. Her budgeting system was the first that made sense and actually worked for my brain. …

An autistic adult wonders — My goal is to write clearly about chosen topics but this topic might be less clear because I’m connecting a theme across multiple subjects. So bear with me, okay? Thank you. In 2021, I learned about stimming from autistic content creators and authors. I let myself stim more at home…

But I’ve done it my whole life — When I first realized I was autistic, I felt sad because I didn’t have a major trait: I didn’t stim. At least, I thought I didn’t stim… And then I watched more videos by actually autistic people. I listened and watched. And I remembered. At church, we stood and sang…