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When I think of my history of best friends, I think of the movie Titanic. There is a part of the movie where the old lady is talking about her love life. She says, “a woman has many lovers in her lifetime.” This may not be the exact wording of what she said, but you get the point. I have had many best friends in my lifetime, starting in my childhood. In my childhood, my best friends were White. Moving into middle and high school, some of my closest friends were diverse, but it has only been in adulthood that I can say I have Black best friends.
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I have to get something off my chest. This is not only for my own comfort, but also to acknowledge and take responsibility for places where I have fallen short in the past.
To my LGBTQIAP folks.My friends, coworkers and associates. I see you and your life matters. If you follow me on social media, you know that the yoga studio I call home closed suddenly. I have made it known how I feel about the manner in which the studio closed- it lacked integrity, transparency and any bit of advance notice. It felt violent and I have been going through moments of anger, disappointment and disillusionment.
When COVID-19 hit Charlotte, our studio created a Facebook page that teachers, clients and any others who wished to be kept abreast of what happened at that studio could join. We frequently posted pictures and some teachers shared posts of what classes they were teaching on Zoom. Although only a small percentage of the entire studio belonged to the Facebook page, it was nice connecting to some during this uncertain time. So here I am. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is VoNique. My friends call me Vo. I am a wife, mother, educator, fitness enthusiast and lover of the arts. I love people. I crack a lot of jokes. I move intuitively. I am an extrovert, but have retreated some as of late because your girl’s an empath and stuff is a lot.
I have known for years that I was supposed to be writing in some capacity. I’ve known that I was to have a blog for years as well. Fear and other things (mostly fear) got in the way. I, like many, have been ignited by recent incidents of racially motivated injustice in our nation. I find that I have so much to say and I really can’t keep my mouth shut. So this is my space to say what I want authentically and unapologetically. |
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