On Saturday (June 24), Solange Knowles celebrated 31 years of life. So, of course, as a proud mother would, Tina Lawson took to Instagram to honor her youngest with a sweet and empowering message detailing the A Seat at the Table singer’s unwavering courage.
“Happy Birthday my beautiful baby girl. 31 years ago today you entered this world (when YOU got good and damned ready to come)! 10 days late! We were all in love!!!” she wrote.
“You’ve been walking to the beat of your own drum every since!!” the caption continued. “I don’t know anyone who is as headstrong and determined to do it their way , no matter the consequences. I admire your courage , Boldness, intelligence , beauty , refusal to conform to others definition of (traditional beauty , your kindness, loyalty, love of family , great mom skills, fashion sense , work ethic , activism. I could go on.”
Tina went on to share a heartwarming story of how Solange has always been one to speak up and have her voice heard, even as a child.
“The Asst. principle called me when you were in the 6th grade and said you started a petition to discipline a teacher because she continuously allowed a student to harass and disrupt the class and keep the other kids from learning!” Tina said. “She said you were disruptive and too grown, at which i said ‘go Solange’ I was as proud as I could be! I told her so. You were always lite years ahead of your time. We are always here and got your back !! I love you with all my heart!!!”
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Everyone has to compartmentalize at some point in life. If you get tragic news during your best friend’s wedding—on the happiest day of your best friend’s life—you’re not going to interrupt her first dance with her husband to cry to her. You’re going to put on a happy face, try to still take in some of these rare and precious moments, and address the news when you get home. But that is a very specific and rare type of situation, and in that situation, compartmentalizing would feel very hard to do. But that’s good! Compartmentalizing should feel difficult because it isn’t natural. If you find compartmentalizing hard to do then that means you allow your emotions to flow, and you don’t deny things. Meanwhile, if compartmentalizing comes easy to you, that’s a concern. Do you compartmentalize too much?
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If you are a vegan, think back to when you weren’t. I know—it’s tough to recall memories of eating burgers and turkey sandwiches. But try. You probably took a lot of convincing to change your diet. In fact, the first few people who tried to get you into veganism probably drove you nuts. You may have thought they seemed entitled, pushy and even like they were in some cult. Now that you’ve recalled that, maybe you can be a little easier on your meat-eating friends who are resistant to your lectures on an animal-product-free lifestyle. We get it: you feel very passionate about your lifestyle, and you want to pass its benefits onto your friends. But sometimes what you intend to come off as loving comes off as judgmental, and even insensitive. Here are things meat eaters wish vegans would stop saying.
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If you’re in a loving, committed relationship then sometimes, when you’re having a bad day, there’s nothing better than a hair-pulling, dirty-talking, sweaty session in the sheets with your significant other to shake it off. Sex, as a stress-reliever, certainly has its merits. But you run into a problem when you use sex to “fix” problems in your relationship, and in your life, that require real thought, time, effort and solutions. Because sex gives you an instant boost of all the feel-good hormones, it can give you the illusion—at least for a little while—that everything is better. Since sex makes you physically close to your partner, it can make you believe you are emotionally closer—even when you aren’t. But ultimately, it cannot fix large issues. So, do you use sex to fix your problems?
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The general public is only barely beginning to grasp the importance of gut bacteria. Did you know that your gut bacteria communicate with your immune system, telling it when to kick it up a notch and when to pull back? Healthy gut bacteria can even reduce your chances of conditions people rarely associate with the gut, like depression and cancer. Those little bottles of probiotics that health food stores sell aren’t just trendy optional items to add to your diet; you should consider them essential items on your shopping list. If you do suffer from conditions like inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome, the first thing you should look to adjust is your gut bacteria. Doing so could improve your symptoms drastically and quickly. Here are ways to boost your gut bacteria.
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To the brides and grooms out there, when you look at your wedding photos, your friends are going to look so happy. They’ll be dancing and drinking, seemingly without a care in the world. But don’t be fooled; most of them dipped into savings they had put aside for a mortgage one day to make it through wedding season. Now you know why your guests take such advantage of the open bar. June through September can be a rather stressful time of year for people in their twenties and thirties. Why? Because it’s wedding season and those are the ages when people tend to get hitched. If you’re in this age range, you’d be smart to pinch pennies throughout the year. Remember that in addition to the vacations you’d like to plan for yourself, you’ll also have to travel to weddings. The struggle is real: here is what wedding season is like for the broke.
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