Bonita’s Tiffs

Every time I open a social media app I feel like somebody’s bout to hand me information I didn’t emotionally consent to.

“Shout out to all the folks that’s in therapy, okay.
The trauma ain’t your fault. But the healing is your responsibility.”

~ Duran Bernar, Cadillac Chronicles

Another story from my blog collection 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑑 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. Read along as I practice writing flash fiction — short stories inspired by my friends, memories, and maybe a little pettiness.
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#Felt

“You hit publish, and nothing happens.

No likes. No shares. Silence.

But writing isn't about applause.

It's about leaving pieces of yourself for someone else to find.

Sometimes it takes days.

Sometimes it takes years.

But write anyway.” #bvm

Dissonance pt. 1 & 2

It’s my right palm so I hope the ancestors were on to something. If it’s ever my left I hope they lyin

a little girl wearing glasses and a headband is holding a teddy bear while sitting next to a woman . ALT: a little girl wearing glasses and a headband is holding a teddy bear while sitting next to a woman .

Fr??! I had no idea

My palms been itching for two days. If no deposits show up by Friday, I’m filing a spiritual fraud claim. Bc somebody lyin

Taurian from The Red Velvet series

The night the Red Velvet burned down, folks didn’t cry for the building.
They cried for Uncle Ray’s microphone. #bvm #TheRedVelvetSeries #128Stories #ThickCannon #Fictional #Allegedly

Intermission from The Red Velvet series

He walked past The Red Velvet like he’d never been inside.
Like he’d never been inside me.
As a soldier should.

📜 Intermission — a Harlem story of jazz, memory & unchosen love. #bvm

The phrase, “𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩,” is criminally underrated.

It’s a flashlight in the dark. The compass you never needed—until the GPS failed.

And somehow, it’s one of the most underused phrases we have.

Not Netflix asking us to distinguish who’s lying: Juicy Smollette or Chicago PD. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗫: “Who’s lying?”
Jussie Smollett or Chicago PD?

𝗠𝗘: “Yes.” 😆

We ain’t doing this journey alone. Your voice is needed, and I’m grateful to remind you. ✊🏾📚🪮

If you ever feel some type of way about your work, just remember, the first cars had reverse gears but no rearview mirrors. 🚗🙅🏾‍♀️🪞

It doesn’t have to be flawless to be fruitful. 🌱💖 #bvm

The grocery store won’t keep my fave ice cream stocked and it just feels like a plot against my happiness 😔😒

Defiance is a whole 𝙁𝙇𝙀𝙓💪🏾✊🏾🪮.

I heard “a hard head makes a soft behind” my whole childhood.
Turns out they were half right—thanks to snacks, hydration, and therapy, my ass 𝙞𝙨 soft. And my man agrees—slapped, flipped, rubbed down… with consent. 🙌🏾

Ewww

lol “Oui”
Very clever

S A M E!!!

I mean, I guess we can only write what we know..?

Sometimes honesty can be both your imperfection 𝙖𝙣𝙙 your credibility. The message don’t mean nothing if it ain’t passed through the mess.

Your rage, your grief, your petty, your pained honesty—
All of it becomes holy credibility when you stop trying to make it pretty and just make it true. #bvm

He’s a 10…

… when he wakes you outta your Sunday coma talm bout “baby I gotcho tacos.”
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…but he’s a 13 if he remembered the green sauce 𝙖𝙣𝙙 brought napkins without asking.
#AndDid
#Dayumthesetacos🔥

Thank you 🙏🏾 ✨

Unhidden I’ve spent years being the strong one, but today I cried because no one noticed I was quiet. There’s this thing I do. Every few weeks—sometimes days—I’ll open one of my social media apps with full …

This one…bled a little.
Thought it was just a scratch.
Turned out I needed stitches.
I prolly would never say any of this out loud. Thank God for the ability to suture with pen and paper. #bvm

😆

😆 I didn’t know this!
I love hatch chile

I think the US is 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 credited with it. But chile who knows

Jamaican me want some oxtails rat nie

You’re good! I’m still working on 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 saying more with less.

Thank you for pushing for clarity tho. That part is real. If I came across claiming invention, then it was in error. The post challenge was to name one way the US made the world 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. Ijs the US added a verse to the song.