Softer …

I like a clean refrigerator door. No magnets, pictures, etc. Just smooth stainless steel.

But this word from Nayyirah Waheed means so much to me, I had to break my rule—it’s been living on a handwritten post-it on the left door of my fridge for the past two years.

A forever reminder …

…

be softer with you.

you are a breathing thing.

a memory to someone.

a home to a life.

— nayyirah waheed