“If you want something done, your best bet is to ask a Jewish woman to do it, Jewish women — by our tradition and by the way we were raised — have an ability to cut through all the reasons why something should, shouldn’t or can’t be done and pull people together to be successful.”
-Gabrielle Giffords
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Keepin' it real
Found this in some old files from my old computer. It's from 2006 but of course, still applies, everyday:
I am from Brooklyn.
Raised in Brooklyn.
I love this place, Brooklyn.
It is my home, it defines me and shaped who I am.
When people ask me I say proudly, Brooklyn.
With an eyebrow raised and an “oh!” for a response, I note the tone of surprise in their voice.
I am from Brooklyn.
Not Queens, not the Bronx, not Manhattan and most certainly not Staten Island…
I know neighborhoods and streets like the back of my hand.
Take the girl out but it stays in her heart always, for all days, for always she is from Brooklyn.
She knows the street names and the bus lines. She knows the subway stops and the good delis.
She left it some years ago, thinking it would be best, but it turned out for the worst.
She forgot about Brooklyn. She let it slip and almost lost her grasp.
But now she remembers she is from Brooklyn. She has back her edge, her pride and her Brooklyn slang.
Her mind is in Brooklyn, her thoughts are of Brooklyn and her edge is Brooklyn.
It’s time I get back to my roots, in Brooklyn.
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