Maybe One Day…She Will Skip
<p>My daughter loves to skip. For me there isn’t a bigger indicator of her living her best life than seeing her skip down a sidewalk without a care in the world.<br />
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But she knows that when we are out (especially at night) there is <strong>NO SKIPPING!</strong> Last week we were coming out of the grocery store and just as I reached into my purse for the keys, she grabbed my hand, looked up and said, “Remember Mom… <strong>NO LOLLYGAGGING</strong>!” A phrase she’s heard me say on countless occasions. She understands that we have to be aware of our surroundings at all times.</p>
<p>My mind flashed to the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/27/us/jacksonville-florida-shooting-sunday/index.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">racially motivated attack</a> on 3 innocent lives lost in Jacksonville, Florida at a Dollar General Store.</p>
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<p><strong>The victims were identified as Angela Carr (52) an Uber driver dropping off a passenger. Jerrald Gallion (29) a customer inside the store. And Anolt Laguerre Jr. (19) a new employee at Dollar General. All of the victims were black.</strong></p>
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<p>I scanned the parking lot as I always do but this time, I had an even more heightened sense of awareness. It wasn’t just my being a female and the fear of getting robbed or assaulted; it was the thought that just my mere existence and the color of my skin could ignite something inside someone to the point that they would want to take my life. All because of the melanin in my skin.</p>
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