My sister Nina is PURE ATLien….it’s so funny, because when you look at her in her haute couture clothing and her little frame, you could never tell…..your first thought if you saw her walking on campus at Spelman would be, “this young lady seems really quiet and sweet”….but she is the crunkest person I know….

One time I was in the club and i saw this girl who was no more than 5′3″ and had to weigh under a 100 pounds and she was THE CRUNKEST girl there….she was in a whole different world….and I think that’s probably how Nina is when she goes to the club (I’d immediately leave any club I actually saw her in of course)….

Nina called me last night, and her call couldn’t have come at a better time….I was feeling grumpy and I really don’t think I could have started my school year that way (today is the first day of official classes….pour out a little liquor)….Nina’s call really put a smile on my face….

As she told me about the antics of my little cousins all I could do was laugh….she told me that in Atlanta they had “Southwest Atlanta Day” and “Ben Hill Day” which she described as “mini-freakniks or like Mozley Park when people used to cruise through there on Sundays”….and she was out in the midst of it….she even ran into my cousin Steve while out there….

In alot of ways, whether she knows it or not, I live vicariously through her….we have our differences at times, but I really admire her so much….she’s just like my mother, but she got just a little bit more of my dad’s outgoing personality than I did….I can make a charming outgoing appearance but she is genuine with it….when everything was going haywire in 2001-2002 she was the one of us to hold it together the best….she’s one of the few people in my life that I KNOW I can talk to honestly without fear of being judged or back-stabbed….

I really hope I get a chance to spend some time with her really soon….but just talking to her for that hour or so was enough to get me through for a while…..