Tracey Jackson, Author at midnight & indigo

I Don’t Know How to Swim

Tracey Jackson — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:00:26 +0000

I don’t know how to swim. And funny enough, a little under 70% of Black people don’t. To make things interesting, my family hails from Jamaica. But none of us really swim. Interesting irony. My family, both sides, lay on the shores of rivers and gullies surrounded by lush greenery. Our backs are to the ground and our faces are toward the sky. That’s us. That’s me. I come from realists. We remain planted on the ground somehow, while floating. But not me. My mother says I’m “own way.” I do acts of randomness all the time. Instead of playing

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You Are The Prize

Tracey Jackson — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:00:07 +0000

I changed jobs earlier in the year. It was the type of job that had me jump from plane to plane and airport to airport as a consultant. Seems as I was no longer playing travel hopscotch, I had plenty of unclaimed time to spread my wings and nest in. While people chose things like painting and hot yoga, I opted to indulge in copious amounts of primetime television foolery. Unashamed, I lazily channel surfed on my couch during primetime viewing hours like a boss. One particular game show had a strikingly gorgeous young sistah as one of the contestants.

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