Laraya Billups, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/laraya-billups/ A Home for Black Women Writers Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:23:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Laraya Billups, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/laraya-billups/ 32 32 153713158 The Girls Left Behind https://www.midnightandindigo.com/girls-left-behind/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:00:29 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=79023 2011. The first boy I ever loved had dimples in both cheeks, a passion for basketball, and a smile that could melt the heart of the most strict teacher in school. In elementary school, we were friends, back when we were unaware of the anxiety of insecurity. He was kinder than most boys at that time. He had perfect melanin skin that glimmered in the sunlight at recess, and I could distinguish his handwriting from everyone else’s in the class because it wasn’t the most legible, but if he ever wrote me a letter, I would cherish every word that

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