Age is Nothing But A Number

Nothing But A Meeting

Imagine this. After sixteen years of hard work, sweat, and let's not forget all the tears and mental break downs caused by school, I was almost done. Today was my first and last day of school ever and I couldn't be more excited, so with that in mind I started my morning by dancing. I'm was a very energetic person as you can tell and the morning was my prime time even though I should have been dreading it since I was getting ready for work but today was Monday and i only had one class. So I smiled in the mirror as I pulled on my work uniform which consisted of a blue jean skirt with a bright yellow top that complimented my dark skin. I starred at my waist length kinky lion mane figuring out what I could do with it. Once I detangled my hair I decided to wear it half up half down with stray curls falling In front of my face bringing attention to my round face and chubby cheeks. Once I finished my makeup I starred back at my figure in the mirror. My stomach was flat and a very bright belly piercing could be seen shimmering against the light. My hips flared out and I had very thick thighs with a huge butt that I use to bullied and ashamed of but let me tell you the power of self love is amazing. I've become so content with myself over the years and I absolutely love the person I'm becoming so much that no ones opinion really bothers me anymore. The growling of my stomach brought me out of my thoughts. I quickly opened my bathroom door trying to get to my kitchen but I was greeted with my Great Dane coco standing outside the door.
"Hi momma's baby how are you?" I spoke to my baby while getting on my knees coco attack me with kisses while I giggled. I pulled away from his loving kisses as my phone began to  ring. I noticed my  mom name flash brightly on the screen and as soon as I pushed ion the answer button my moms happy voice filled my room.

"bonjour mon amour comment vous sentez-vous sur votre premier jour d'école dernière(hello my love how are you feeling on your First last day of school)"

"bonjour maman je me sens grand et tellement excité(hello mom I feel great and so excited)"

"That's great my love I'm so proud of everything you've done. And how is my baby coco?" my mom said switching back to English which was our first language but when i was thirteen my mom got promoted to a huge fashion company in Paris where we moved and every since then we both fell in love with the language and city. Although I decided to move back to America to attend Stanford my mom continued to stay in Paris.

"Thank you mama and coco is doing great as big as ever and very hyper but I love and miss you tons. I hope everything is going well in Paris, I have to go now but I will call you after work! Tell Pablo I said hola" My mom and I said our love you's and I talked to Pablo before we hung up, promising to call each other later. Pablo was my moms fourth husband and I know what you're thinking. Yes she was married four times but my mom is a hopeless romantic and she had a really tough time when it came to love. She had been a single mom almost my entire life and just started dating or getting married when I was sixteen. She is the type of woman who knows what she deserves and when the other men either raised their hand to hit her, cheated or didn't treat her like the queen she was they were old news. It didn't really bother me that my mom had been married so many times because I know she did it all out of love plus it's her life and I'm not here to judge her. She is a beautiful fifty year old woman who didn't look a day over thirty and all I ever wanted to do was be like my mom. She taught me that black was beautiful and being an African American female had not been easy especially being a child of a a single mother the majority of my teenage years but my mom taught me how to be content with myself which I would forever be in debt for. Pulling myself out of my thoughts about my mom coco followed me to the kitchen and I fixed his food and water in his bowl before eating my self a bowl of cereal. Once we were both done eating coco followed me back into the room where he watched me slid on my gladiator sandals before I grabbed my apron to "The busy Bee" diner I work at, my keys, and bag. I have coco a big kiss and told him I'd see him later. looking at my watch and saw it was eight a.m.. I began humming as I locked my apartment door and made my way to my little Honda. I loved my baby she was old but she got the job done. My job was at least ten minutes away from my apartment so I made it to work in no time. Hopping out of my car I tied my apron around my waist before walking into the dinner.