I can never express the immense amount of gratitude I have for my one older sister though. Never. I don’t know how I could ever make up to her all of the things she did for me and all of the ways she kept me sane and fed and alive. Even if I paid her back literally (which I hope to do as soon as I can) I don’t know how to let her know how much she means to me
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5 oils good for hair growth…they actually penetrate your hair instead of just coating it.
Good to know I use all of these
I use coconut oil, neem oil, jojoba oil, and avocado oil.
IM SOBBING THEY R THE BEST
lmao so I learned like the beginning of this dance
Azonto is the best dance ever tbh
Big ups to fathers who are fathers.
To mothers who played both roles.
To grandparents.
To older brother.
To older sisters.Big ups to anyone who was a father figure to anyone.
(via simplisticallysimple)
Men who commit domestic violence against their partner, or their children, should not be allowed to have access or custodial rights over those children.
Heresy, I know but I do not believe that a man who is violent to their partner can be trusted to be a good father to their children. After all, not abusing the mother of your children isn’t exactly a high standard of parenting.
A man who abuses the mother of his [step]-children is not a good father.
It doesn’t matter if he never directly physically or sexually assaults the children; the fact that a man abuses his partner negates his ability to be a good father. Forcing a child to live with a man who abused their mother is psychological child abuse and we are all complicit in a culture which is psychologically abusing children.
Men who commit domestic violence should have no legal rights to their children. They should be legally required to pay maintenance to support their children as the failure to pay maintenance is child abuse.
Men who refuse to pay child maintenance are not good fathers.
Children are not possessions. They do not ‘belong’ to their parents. What are we teaching our children if we allow them to live with men who emotionally, physically or sexually abuse their mothers?
What are we teaching our children about women’s bodily autonomy?
What are we teaching our daughters about their value? What are we teaching our sons: that being violent is the only way to be a man?
Children are entitled to live in safety surrounded by people who love them.
Children do not deserve fathers who are “good enough” when “good enough” ignores the history of male violence.
(via doyayoda)
Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes.
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ahh kolam is a very spiritual process, used for the purification of the spirit and to represent renewal, joy, n creation
(Source: panoptic)
- Saying no sometimes
- Wanting to be alone sometimes
- Saying no to sex
- Saying yes to sex
- Not being sure about your life career
- Deciding to study instead of going out
- Getting rid of the toxic people in your life
- Ending a relationship that is hurting you
- Not liking the things everyone else likes
(via mendmyheart)
Graffiti in Cairo, Egypt by Bahia Shehab that reads:
“You can crush the flowers but you cannot delay the spring”
(via theyoungradical)
“Tolstoy said, ‘If you want to be happy, be.’ Sometimes the things we strive for don’t really make us happy. That’s why you have to look at the big picture.”
“Have you ever reached a goal only to find that it’s not what you want, and you are not happy?”
“All the time. Success, however we may define it, is often brief if not ephemeral. That’s why you have to enjoy the journey and not the destination.”
(via doyayoda)
