Tia Swain, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/tia-swain/ A Home for Black Women Writers Sun, 17 May 2020 20:08:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tia Swain, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/tia-swain/ 32 32 153713158 Not my Daughter https://www.midnightandindigo.com/not-my-daughter/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:01:50 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=76374 “Sit still.” I braced myself for the familiar sting of the plastic comb against some vulnerably-exposed area of my head, neck or shoulders. A few seconds passed and I slowly opened my clenched fists and eyes, relaxed my hunched shoulders, and tried my best not to move as I silently praised God for another escape of the rod (or, in this case, comb) of correction. I’d had plenty of time to get the energy and jitters out, as I was always third in the line-up to get my hair done – whether it was braids, a perm, a Jheri-curl. I

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