In Love
*my brain* don’t say it, don’t say, do not say it….It’s been awhile, but, I’m back. Due to life’s transitions I hope to spend more time here thinking out loud and theorizing my experiences. Since 2009 I have been intrigued by the idea of love. Specifically the realms of being in love and soul mates. I know it was 2009 because I was a senior in college sitting in the grad seminar for my work with SOLHOT, Revolutionary Acts I. We were sitting in our circle and somehow two of my homegirls expressed how as best friends they were “in love” with one another. Up until this point I had only heard of in love in terms of romantic relationships and not platonic or homegirl friendships. My intrigue also peaked because it was probably not until that year that I’d even started telling my friends that I loved them. Like too many American families “I Love Yous” were implied and not heard enough. I knew I was loved by my family and friends, but like anything you do not practice,...