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In the year of our Lord 1986, we went to Sears to take family photos. Last night we tried to replicate the picture😂😂 #Yardies
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i didn’t get a RAP IT UP feature for my birthday, but i did get prettier 🙏🏾💕
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Congratulations year 2020-2021 PA Graduates ! 🎓 Your earnest hard work paid off, You did it! We are unbelievably proud, and excited for your new beginnings! We can’t wait to see you all thrive and blossom in your next chapter 🤩 Thank you for leaving such a huge mark on PA 🥲 The love, energy, and personality you all brought to the team will forever remain, especially the ones no longer physically here with us!! Special shout-out to Naomi for being a badass scholar 🙏🏽❤️ We wish you all nothing but warm love and support ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥And remember, whatever you put your mind to, you can achieve ! 🙏🏽❤️🏆
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Pensive Tuesday. 

It’s January so I am looking back in order to move forward. My latest look back  takes me to Boston, well Waltham,  and my time at Brandeis. 

I was an assistant to the fencing coach and I opened the gym on Saturdays for the Celtics to practice. 

I developed an unlikely friendship with Reggie Lewis. He was kind and generous. Before and after practice we would laugh together. 

He even made it possible for me to go to Grenada to study the revolution and invasion. He asked all the Celtics players including Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to sign a ball that I auctioned to pay for the trip. 

On the day after my return from Grenada, I delayed my meeting with him and did not go to campus. He unexpectedly fell ill on the court and died that afternoon. 

I have not watched a Celtics game since. 

Last week on my trip home to see my mom, I stopped to see my neice and her store had this sweatshirt. I felt compelled to buy it. 

Oh, how I wish I could go back to those days. I miss him and his jokes. And in rare moments I even miss dealing with his two sidekicks: Dee and Rick. 

Reggie was special and today I wanna honor him and the gift of his friendship, and his investment in my education. 

#love #spiceisle
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