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ehime ora
@ehimeora
Author of SPIRITS COME FROM WATER & ANCESTORS SAID. Founder of @ancestorssaid @theiwoki. Researcher. Edo-Urhobo Ifá Priestess. AuDHD. [email protected]
nyc/ibadan 🇳🇬
Joined July 2016
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    She just looks so pretty.
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    There’s someone out there that thinks they’re lazy when they just have undiagnosed ADHD.
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    Over-explaining yourself really is a trauma response.
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    I hate being around people who mistake my childlike wonder as naivety or weakness. I am simply a war general who loves to giggle.
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    My toxic trait is thinking wild animals would sense my kind spirit and leave me alone.
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    I don’t want friendships where I’m always the mother, the nurturer, the healer, the teacher, the processor. I deserve to be held too.
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    I forgive myself for viewing someone’s lack of reciprocation as a challenge to convince them of my worth.
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    I am a crier. I cry in joy, I cry in grief, I cry in laughter, I cry in rage. This is how my body processes experiences in real time. And that’s okay.
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    You’re gonna be shocked when you find out just how much African tribes have horns on their masquerades and how it has nothing to do with European constructs
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    I have not been the same since I read this.
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    Oh baby, you’re about to be huge. I’m so proud of you. Congratulations in advance.
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    Lately, my heart has been craving a very particular type of love that I’ve never seen before. Yet, a love that I know exists.
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    The white girl dying suddenly after trying to summon Papa Legba is why folks in African/Diasporic traditional religions really act like gatekeepers. Yall don’t know what the fuck yall doing with these real ass spirits
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    The child who is taught that their emotions do not matter, becomes the adult who struggles with acknowledging their feelings.