Call to mind your best memories and write them down. - Nathan Lowdermilk
Taking my first cruise with my good girlfriend, Nikole, which encouraged me to write Cruise Chronicles.
My mom and I getting held up at TSA when she accidentally forgot her tooly in her purse.
Hosting my first girl’s game night which ended after 2am.
Attending an insanely fun beach party in Miami with my good homegirl, Taylor.
First family beach day with my nieces.
Scooping up my baby niece after she fell trying to jump the CTA turnstile. She had a huge knot on her forehead.
Filming a cover to Beyoncé’s If I Were a Boy track for a project helmed by the boys and girls club in Hawai’i.
Eating wild catfish I caught for breakfast.
Starting a friend group in literally every city I lived in.
Learning how to swim with my brothers.
Moving to Chicago by faith.
Hiking around Colorado.
My former partner surprising me for my 22nd birthday.
Kayaking in Florida waters with my best friend, Zahira.
Visiting Zahira in big ole Texas.
My amazing friends visiting me for Pride in the Chi 2024!
Zahira visiting me in DC to help my college move in.
Attending thee Howard University which greatly impacted the relationship I have with myself.
Winning the tough cookie award by not giving up on first grade curriculum after skipping kindergarten.
I feel like I can go on and on as one memory floats into another and then catapults me into a different year with even more flashbacks. This is honestly inspiring me to mindmap each new year of my life. Sometimes my memories feel scattered from one another. I’m not thinking chronologically. Sometimes the noun of the memory dictates where the next recall comes from. Like creating a dance routine with friends on the playground in elemenatary prompts me to creating a step team as a senior in high school.
You know what Friend, I must pause right here. I need to write about what’s currently pressing my spirit. Talk soon!