Please vote in five months. It won’t erase our problems or remove our pain, but we deserve leaders who understand America and know we only make progress together.

A working list of Black-owned businesses in Charlotte, and how you can support them: charlotteagenda.com/220407/how-to-…

Tear gas hurts people's lungs, making them more susceptible to coronavirus infection -- and making it more likely to spread in tight protest crowds. "If somebody has COVID-19 and they get tear gassed, they're going to be coughing more." KQED News trib.al/jBGuv3I

Racism makes it impossible to live sustainably. "Climate change is more than parts per million and greenhouse gases. ...The people who are feeling the worst impacts of climate, their voices have got to be heard,” says Robert D. Bullard in the The New York Times: ow.ly/VvTp50zZK6I

Eat ice cream before dinner. You deserve it.

If newborns can recognize the sound of their parents’ voices after listening in utero, pretty sure our kid is going to be verrrry familiar with the cacophony of our exceptionally vocal cats.

If you felt the 5.1 Sparta, NC earthquake then be sure to submit a “Did You Feel It” report. Keep up to date on any changes at: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

“Now that we have a kid, it’s okay to have these in the house.” - 🪦blah’s explanation for the Costco quantity of corn dogs in our freezer. Our child is 1 month old... 🤔🤷‍♀️

Why does the Tour de France™ logo look like a ‘90s energy drink? 🤔

It’s the kind of day where I catch a falling (recently watered) hanging plant with my face.

#selfcare in the form of throwing lemons down the garbage disposal. Ideally after being squeezed for a cocktail. 🍋

*kisses my baby* “I’m sampling your biome!!”

“It can play DVDs, too!” -🪦blah trying to convince me that buying the latest PlayStation was a good purchase

Am I eating spoonfuls of leftover Thanksgiving Cool Whip? Maybe. Maybe not... probably... okay, yes. And with a spatula.

Does your brain ever Rickroll you? Mine thinks it’d be fun to have “never gonna give you up” on repeat for the past week.

“It’s NOT going to be dessert coleslaw!!” - 🪦blah getting defensive about the amount of sugar he added to coleslaw

Perhaps the best part of adulthood is deciding to eat a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch right before dinner because I can. I make the rules.