we read and hear a lot about the importance of the balm of forgiveness how it heals the giver and as well as the given too but i think we dont think enough about the power of of asking for forgiveness to knit together what feels irretrievably broken im sorry my stylist recommended regular haircuts to avoid awkwardness see mullet when i had long hair i rarely got a haircut short hair requires effort in the words of my stylist growth requires maintenance pixie cut regret and the art of nonattachment my family did the best they could but like in many caribbean and africanamerican families the symptoms and afflictions of depression were never addressed at best you get prayed over or in my case you get offered the option of an exorcism my story of depression culture and community