Reposting and filing this away for safe keeping. Something tells me I might need this later:
“In the predawn quiet before the world reanimated itself, my phone lit up, announcing an incoming call from a friend I absolutely love. She’s an early riser like me, so we have high-energy conversations at obnoxious hours of the morning when everyone else is still asleep. But I was on deadline this particular day, so I blew a kiss at the smiling, tabloid-sized photo of her on my screen and whispered, “I’ll call you back, girl” (because it’s much less offensive to avoid someone’s call if you say something gentle and sweet as you ignore them).”
Source: For Colored Girls in Their 30s and 40s Who Feel Like Life May Have Passed Them By
Simone Samuels 