AFRICAT
will she take this walk with me?
Jun 23, 2009
i would like to share a story about someone i have been thinking a great deal about this afternoon. this friend of mine is accomplished, and beautiful, and professional and earthy, smart, quirky, sexy and adventurous. this chick is bad.
we call ourselves the afrolushes (not a type-o, just a play on words) because we've begun meeting up every friday for wine tastings and we always end up being the flyest women there. and of course, we are two luscious culturemamas that have the distinct pleasure of being black.
so i facebooked her today, just to tell her that my surgery date had been set. hours later, she calls to say that the state agency she works will pay for her surgery, let her take a month off, and also *get this* a body lift afterwards. all with no copay and no pre-approval from her primary!
now i am trying to convince her to go through with something i have not even done myself. her body mass index has mine beat by about 4 or 5 points, though to me, she has a dope shape and her ass ain't *nothing but the truth*.
i believe she is hung up on the fact that her momma had a bad experience with bariatric surgery, got sick, lost mad weight, then gained it all back but this was like 20 years ago. i keep telling her about the medical advances since then, so i hope she listens to rational facts instead of her mother's insecurities, although i totally empathize with where the mom is coming from.
this woman is an incredible dancer but complains of joint pain...that would be all the reason i needed to go through with it if i were her. she moves so passionately! the thing is, men seem to find her sensuality a bit overwhelming and we both suspect that it's because of her weight.
another thing...BOTH OF US are tired of only being able to buy shoes, never clothes. we want to go to trunk shows and runway events without looking like a joke. it's so wack to be confined to the periphery of the artistic world when you fit in but you *literally* don't fit in.
i don't know about anybody else, but i'm over that. i'm totally down for taking this walk together. you feel me? i already know ya'll do. alright, beloveds...
adios and ciao ciao,
AFRICAT
