Snapshots: Say Cheese! The World Is Watching
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Complete, First published Jun 26, 2019
Mature
Snapshots explores a more intimate legacy, one that is relatable to most women. It explores the legacy a mother leaves with her daughter implicitly and explicitly. If a daughter models what she sees, what happens when the model is dysfunctional? Hypocritical? Yet expecting success and social assimilation? Snapshots describes what daughters saw at home conflict with the desire to break free of cultural expectations.   Snapshots culminates into self acceptance. It expresses a victory over social pressure yet establishes a peace through what links women together: our ability to persevere, our ability to mother, our ability to be culturally engaged without sacrificing ourselves.
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~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~ A collection of poetry and philosophical questions made to question the relations and views we have of ourselves and others. I encourage readers to explore themselves and allow their thoughts to run unfiltered while reading. I hope that the question series inspires such introspection. ~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~ Some of these poems or questions may be considered triggering to some. I ask that readers please monitor how they feel while reading and remember to take a break when needed. The 'INTRODUCTION' chapter will explain in more depth.