Until Trayvon I Could Fool Myself

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Saturday March 24, 2012 · 11:55 PM PDT

2012/03/24 · 23:55

(Content warning for racism, sexual assault discussion, and violence. If these are triggering to you, please consider if you are in a space to read farther before you go on.)

"OMGOMGOMGOMG" That was the subject line of the Facebook message from my then-14-year-old daughter. The date was 26 November, 2011. The rest of the message?

http://deviantwear.deviantart.com/...
XMAS Ideas maybe? For me? Especially the hoodie
[♥] Love you!

A simple holiday request message from a teenager who knows what style she likes. So simple, right? And it was, for privileged me. Why should I care what she wears, so long as it is clean and won't get her arrested? In fact, we had a deal: She got good grades, stayed clean and had clothes the same, and had an active social life. In return, I would not police her choice of hair or clothing color, cut, or style. She was keeping up her end of the deal, and she made it easy to keep up mine.

That was four months ago.

Devichan

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Wednesday September 08, 2010 · 10:43 PM PDT

2010/09/08 · 22:43

I'm taking a deep breath and plunging into my first phone banking tomorrow at 10am...

Devichan

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 10:12 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 10:12

I am looking forward to so many things.

Devichan

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 12:28 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 12:28

The day dawned cool for NC, but with a wonderful snap to the air. MrDevi and I got Foxytoddler into her Obama Baby onesie. She was proud to wear it, as she always is. She likes the Obama symbol in the rattle. (It weirds me out that at close to age three, she can still wear it - I have a teenykid!) I threw on my ObamaMama shirt, and we headed out the door.

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Until Trayvon I Could Fool Myself

Beginning to phonebank tomorrow...

I am looking forward to...

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