All Wet
This was a turning point in my life … and it`s a long story. Hell, it was a long weekend. One that left me soaking in memories that still walk with me to this day.
To make it short and wet, I was 17 & thought I was “ready to love” like an India.Arie song. It was with a girl that I spoke to on the phone and saw occasionally. I wanted to take a long walk with her as if she was Jill Scott, because of her style, her smile … I really dug her company.
This “goddess in my own mind” was having a family reunion in New Jersey and I decided to go and surprise her and tell her what was good. On my way out there that Saturday afternoon, I steeled myself, determined to effuse my feelings upon the woman I adored.
To paraphrase a popular song at the time, she was my “Tender Roni.” (more…)
