Joy Tilley's Portfolio
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I Am...
I am from the backroads and the country breeze.
I am from Myra and Rajesh,
A warrior, a lion.
Believer of spreading kindness and speaking the mind.
I am a “eat with your hands, Kana,” and “use your southern manners.”
I am from incense and Hindu temples.
The smell of curry lingering throughout the house.
I am from waking up every morning at 6 a.m. for Bible study.
Mormonism and clothes-to-the-knees.
I am from Gary and Connie. I am from a home of love but we make mistakes.
I am from no coffee and destined to be a wife.
In a house with emotions waiting to overflow. I am from the horizon of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the smell of chicken trucks.
A house with a fridge full of Mtn Dew and the smell of cornbread cooking in the oven.
The tunes of the Temptations and Jackson 5.
I am rolling in the grass, wearing shoes until they break, and blasting music with the windows down. I am here, there, and everywhere simultaneously.



