Makieba Hatton
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Makieba Hatton is a grass roots community advocate with a vast knowledge base of community resources and an unquenchable passion to implore all members of society to have an equitable seat at all tables.
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Relationship Values
Relationships of various nature, or on any level can be perplexing at times. How do we begin to simplify them in hopes of learning what works? He said vs She said; They said vs Them said; Venus vs Mars but what does it all truly mean? Recently I've admired yet pondered the greatest catalyst that drives my romantic relationship to work for both of us, as well as if that same catalyst drives my other relationships to work (i.e. family, professional, friendships, social, business, etc..) I suppose I should dismiss the elephant in the room and disclose to you that I've determined the greatest catalyst driving my romantic relationship's success is RESPECT! Admittingly I'm a hopeless romantic so I've always envisioned the greatest catalyst to be LOVE to successfully propel a romantic relationship. Imagine my surprise when almost three years ago I discovered RESPECT to be more vital for me than an Eros-based LOVE. Could this be why the masterfully and musically gifted Mr. Otis Redding penned the song Respect? Could this be why the great, incomparable, musically regal, and "Queen of Soul" Ms. Aretha Franklin covered and tweaked the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T arguably making it the song of the century? Could this be why the unconventionally skilled and famous comedian Mr. Rodney Dangerfield coined the phrase "I get no Respect" in his stand up and television comedy? Maybe we all found the common battle and possible mistaken prioritization of Love vs Respect to be more commonly shared within the various types of relationships.
By Makieba Hatton4 years ago in Humans
Fender Benders
So, I took my partner out for a slice of pizza and a sweet treat at a creamery in the Montrose area of H-Town. We returned to our vehicle after purchasing to waffle cones filled with sheer ice cream goodness to enjoy our ice cream in our vehicle. After we were secure in our vehicle we noticed a driver of a very new Ford Ranger truck having difficulty pulling into one of the more than generous empty parking spaces. The driver pulled into the parking space crooked yet within the two yellow outlined lines but decided to back out and attempt to pull into the parking space evenly. Well of course the driver increased the degree of difficulty in parking as if it were a gymnastics routine and the front left driver's side of the Ford Ranger obviously hit/scraped the back right passenger's side of a four door compact vehicle. My partner and I watched as the driver of the Ford Ranger completed the driver's goal of pulling into the parking space evenly, and the driver and the driver's minor-aged son exited the vehicle casually strolling into the creamery without any regard for the vehicle the driver just struck. The driver walked in a manner that reflected possible dizziness or balance concerns but none the less carried on as if nothing out of the ordinary just occurred. Could it be that the driver had no idea that the driver hit the compact vehicle? Could it be that the minor-aged son who appeared to be maybe eight to ten years of age had no idea that the driver hit the compact vehicle?
By Makieba Hatton4 years ago in Humans
