When I Grow Up…

I find all my inspiration in the stories of others. I’m a people watcher. I love talking to random people to hear about their successes, their failures, their lives. And the great thing is, I don’t even have to seek out people. EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY, someone random will just start talking to me, no matter what I’m doing (working, eating, sitting in silence, reading). I don’t know what it is. It used to annoy me because I’m too polite to say, “Oh, I’m sorry I’m trying to work” or, “Hey, I don’t want to listen to you. Thanks.” But now, I welcome it, because it gives me characters, story ideas … and I actually genuinely enjoy hearing about other people’s exciting/dramatic lives.

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Having parents that worked a lot of hours, television played a large part in keeping us occupied. In 4th and 5th grade, I would let myself in from school, fix a snack and watch my shows until my Mom or Dad came home. And back then, PBS was the most watched channel in our household.

With programming that included Shining Time Station, Ghostwriter, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Square One, PBS offered hours of educational and entertaining parental approved television. Also, people like Bob Villa, Julia Childs, Bob Ross and Mister Rogers became part of our family.

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Sending love + gratitude to Honey’s original founders, Joicelyn Dingle and Kierna Mayo and Suede’s founding editor-in-chief, Suzanne Boyd. Thank you for truly seeing girls like me and allowing us to see ourselves.

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