I'm a little early but eh. Happy Birthday to my Day 1 since 1989. Love you always, sis. @justniki13
I’ve been trying to navigate this new life without you. It has been difficult. Your number is still in my phone. Your clothes are still in my closet. Your picture still hangs in the living room. There are remembrances of you everywhere because I need them to keep going, to remind me of the woman you were and the woman I need to be. But it’s so hard. Every Christmas, every birthday that passes, every professional milestone feels...less significant without you here.
On Chiraq.
My old neighborhood, and the block where my sister was shot 11 years ago.
Eleven years ago–seven years after the murder of our brother–our sister nearly became a Chicago homicide statistic.
She was out with friends at a neighborhood restaurant when someone in her crew got in an argument with someone else. That someone else left the restaurant, returned with a gun, and attempted to murder everyone…