The Brokins http://thebrokins.com Fri, 18 May 2012 15:23:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 I Killed My Brother http://thebrokins.com/2012/05/18/i-killed-my-brother/ http://thebrokins.com/2012/05/18/i-killed-my-brother/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:19:56 +0000 Jasmine http://thebrokins.com/?p=1854 “Hallelujah! He didn’t die from cancer, God healed him over that… just liked we believed,” said one of the parishioners from the church I grew up in.

I hated when they said that. As if dying from heart and kidney failure was a better thing because at least when they prayed for his Leukemia to go [...]

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I am slowly learning that the price of not being myself is too costly. Even the perceived  or real rejection has [...]

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I spent Mother’s Day being, well, a mother. No simple task, by any means… Before the day was over I wanted to take a moment to mourn with those who mourn. I have met so many people, women in particular, who were raised, for whatever reason, by [...]

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.We are not post-racism.

This Gawker article pissed me the fuck off….and it should you too!

 

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We decided to go off trail and discovered this awesome tire swing over a creek. It was so fun! Nature is healing

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Ingredients:

A large handful of Lavender leaves (don’t do [...]

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