How I Found My Black Girl Joy Again
No amount of money could make up for a life that felt empty
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8 min readJul 10, 2019
By Claire Soares, as told to Tomika Anderson
I knew it was time to go when I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning.
At my old apartment in Oakland, California, my bedroom window framed the most incredible sunrise — the kind you see lovers gazing into…