And I just look at her and I'm like, no. Yes. Kind of. And I'm still crying. And we just ended up having this great conversation. She was so warm towards me. She was genuinely concerned about my state, if I was actually okay and if she could offer anything
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:58
Wow, that's such a great story. I'm sure she feels really connected as well to having been in that position for you because it's kindness as a gift that keeps on giving, right? It's so nice. It sounds like you've had such an incredible few weeks based on what you've been sharing on as well. You made me remember back in the early 90s when I moved to San Francisco
Michael Slade
@Freshslade · 4:59
I always ask myself, and not that I want it so bad, but I ask myself, like, that's just weird. Like, how come everyone else seems so buddy buddy with each other? And I'm not? I largely feel like it's the subconscious effort that we put in
Debra Barb
@RumpelSoulSkin · 4:54
I'm trying to figure that out and I think some of it is rooted in just the strength that I know black people have. Right. So for you to be embraced in a church by a strong black woman who sees you as a white woman who needs a little hug and to be pulled in, what would be more comforting than a strong black woman with a big embrace just wrapping you up in a little bit of badass love and comfort
Debra Barb
@RumpelSoulSkin · 3:49
It's like an interesting place to be. I feel that way sometimes at my own workplace. I've been there 15 years at my school district and I kind of look around, there's some new teachers who show up and I've got a million friends all around the whole place. I've been here 15 years. I know like, three people who actually talk to me
But this stranger was like it just fulfilled my soul. It felt like warm, which goes into the conversation of why is it that strangers can feel like home in our hearts and people we've known all our lives seemed like the stranger by definition. I was with my kids. It was really dark in the night, and I can't remember why we ended up down this road
kamryn camiolo
@Kamryn_1017 · 1:24
And then when the parade ended, some guy came over and just gave me a lot of nowhere because he said he liked my shirt because my shirt says Trans Lives Matter or something like that. But no, it says Trans men are real men. That's what it says
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
So like if somebody would have told me that or it was pretty much my job forcing me to get this vaccine card into getting the doses, I would have never gotten it. If I actually had a choice, I would have never gotten it. But I was threatened that I was going to lose my job, so I got it. And then I was suffering from random fatigue, like out of breath by just walking. And this stopped maybe a month ago. So six every month
