A little bit of light, and I forgive you.

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Queens. Hello! Today I want to get straight to the point. 

Today was picture day for my favorite campus org. We literally spent the day chasing the light, trying to get the perfect scenery and background to take our pictures. 

After a little trial and error we finally found the perfect place, and it was smooth sailing from there. 

But something about the light though, how much it mattered, how amazing we felt when we found the one spot that made the melanin in our skin glow, made my heart feel all sparkly inside. Now let me explain how this relates to you. 

So queen, this is what's on my heart for you. Do me a favor and strive to feel the light. Too often in life, we get caught up in seeing the light, seeing our situations get better, seeing what’s going to happen next......

But I just don't think that’s how life works. Queen, the best way to grow, the best way to shine is to feel the light, feel life and feel your situation. 

Queen I think it's those situations where we are able to be honest with ourselves and those around us that we are walking in our truth and basking in our own glow.

If there's anything I need you to take from this post, it is that even when you're frustrated, overwhelmed or stressed. Even when your foundation is a little cracked or your heart is a bit heavy, you still have that light in you. 

Understand that your glow never goes out; sometimes we just forget how much greatness we have within us. 

One path I would like you to walk in this year Queen, is forgiveness. If there is one way to feel the light, it is to learn how to forgive those who have wronged you. 

I believe that all people are good, that everybody has a heart and that we make mistakes because sometimes life gets difficult and we lose our way. But other people's imperfections or downfalls should never have the opportunity to stifle your light or your joy.

The world is not a bad place Queen, and not everybody has bad intentions. What I need from you is to understand that at every point in your life, you still have the power to create your own change. To be your own light.

So for the people, who have wronged you queen, forgive them. For the situations that didn't work out, let them go. For the battles that aren't yours to fight, give them up. 

You are walking in your light now. You are starting a new chapter, with a light heart, a wise mind and an open soul. 

When I was a little girl, my mom said all kinds of things I didn't understand. She's like the GOAT of dropping mad quotes on you lol but when I would get frustrated; she would pull me aside and say, "It's okay to be a little broken baby, that's how the light gets in."

I finally know what this means now and I want to share it with you. Don't be afraid of life queen. And I know that sounds crazy, but believe me when I say that at all moments in life, good and bad, the light has a funny way of always finding its way back to you.

You want to know why, because you queen, are your own light. 


Know your worth. 




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What 3yr Old Gabby Knew And The World Didn't

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My name is Gabrielle. I am19 years old and i have a passion for journalism, pink, Lauryn Hill,and all things politics.

When I was a little girl, maybe 2 or 3 years old, I fell in love with flowers. Now to be fair, this love affair began with me over watering my mother’s garden and ultimately becoming the downfall. Truth is, I cared so much, I loved them so much that I watered them, over and over and over again. 

I wanted them to grow. I wanted to love them. And I wanted to do everything in my power to make it happen. So I was her helper. 

I had a red pair of little ladybug rain boots, two pigtails filled with sandy brown curls and a watercan bigger than I was, ready to watch life happen.

And I watered them, every day. I would go outside grab the hose and let loose. Now as you may have guessed I ruined my mothers little patch of garden on the south side of St. Louis. The petals had fallen, the stems were droopy, and the soil…... Chile it was soaked. 

I was DEVASTATED. How could something I worked so hard to maintain, to love and care for, just die like that. It made no sense. I was 3 and I had just encountered my first lesson about life, love and never giving up. 

My mother later explained to me that loving something, loving anything takes compromise, takes patience and takes sacrifice.

Just because I loved those flowers didn’t mean that I had to water them every single day, because little amounts of love, of water was enough. And in doing so I was still playing an intricate part in their growth. 

She told me that when you love something you HAVE to allow it to love you back. So even if it meant not watering those flowers for a few days, eventually, if i was patient enough, I would see the progress. I would see the growth. And I would feel love too.

At 3 years old, I realized for the first time that being the type of person who cared too much, could sometimes hurt. 

But I’m not 3 anymore. I’m 19 and I still love flowers. I still love caring about people. I love weddings. I love baking. I love reading, old school hip hop, museums, making peoples day and no matter what, no matter how tough life gets, trying again.

People with stories, with narrative and character interest me. I embrace stories of struggle because we all have one. I look at scars from the past as battle wounds, because in my heart, those only show how strong you are. 

So maybe at 3 I cared a bit too much, and maybe at 19 I still do. But i don’t care. Because moral of the story queens, you are amazing, you are flawed but still fabulous in those moments. From the very moment you touched down on this earth you were important.

And believe me when I say that nothing, and no one can change that. Your worth does not decline due to the inability of another person to see it. 

So keep caring, keep watering your flowers, keep loving your music, keep dancing to Sweet Dreams by Beyonce (yas bc I had to throw that in there). 

Keep being you. Because when you are yourself, your fullest, truest self, you attract all amazing aspects of the world.

Don’t second guess it, don’t change up. You got it. You are amazing and this life is yours! 

As always, Stay Strong !

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......And maybe it's about who you become after the fact!

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Hey Queen, it's been a minute. I'm sorry we haven't met as often as we usually do. Life has been moving SOOOOOO fast, but it's been amazing and I'm so thankful.

Sooo let me tell you what I did today, brace yourself. I CRACKED MY PHONE. Yea I know your hearts are dropping in disbelief but it's true. It's shattered.

Surprisingly though queens, I'm okay. I'm not mad and going off into my typical tangent where I blame any and everyone who's around.  Wanna know why? Because I've grown.

Okay so whats the point of this story? Well I want you to take 2 very important things from this.

First and foremost queens, please celebrate your small victories, the minor battles. I say this to you time and time again, it is the small victories that win the war, that get you to where you want to be. Sometimes where we want to be seems so far away, and thats okay because good things don't come easy.

What I'm asking of you queens is to not act like the road won't be hard, because that's not reality. What I need you to do is to acknowledge points in your journey when you may not be exactly where you want to be BUT you ARE FAR from where you WERE. And that, that my queen is a testament in itself to your true strength.

Every step of the journey is a celebration for the simple fact that you are still going, you are still moving forward. Understand this very fact queens, you only lose when you stop trying, when you give up. Don't give up.

My second point is simple. There is peace in remaining calm when the rest of the world is expecting you to react, blow up, break down and fall apart.

Unfortunately there are people in this world who want to see you fall, unhappy, etc. The truth is that ugly in their heart will only affect them, not you.

So do me a favor, remain in your peace, walk in your truth and move forward, one step at a time.

I want to remind you of one more thing and then I'll let you get to your weekend.

Time is everything.

 It is important to understand queen that the world doesn't stop just because we make a mistake, our phone breaks or we're angry. Unfortunately that's not a luxury given to us.

But what I can tell you is that time is precious and to spend it wisely, because I for one know that we don't get it back.

So if your phone cracks, you could spend hours on in upset....or....you can decide that you're going to get it fixed, get Starbucks and go about your day.

It's not that I wasn't disappointed that my phone was broken, because I was and I still very much so am. The point is that, that phone isn't the end of the world. It's fixable and I am still okay.

Sometimes it's not about what you lost. Maybe life's about what you gain after the fact, who you become.

I love y'all! Stay Strong!

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