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gratitude

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Gah. I’m honestly so relieved my parents didn’t have a Ring cam on our house back in the day, or the ability to digitally track my movements.

We did have a home security alarm, but I got pretty good at quietly disabling it whenever I needed to make a late-night escape. I was everywhere — up to no good and doing hood rat things. I often times snuck out at ridiculous hours, had rendezvous with my then boyfriend and friends, and major shenanigans at Perkins.

There’s receipts, pics that we snapped to memorialize those nights.

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20 responses to “gratitude”

  1. Hazel Avatar
    Hazel

    The escape at night sounds interesting, Rojie. Seems like a bad girl.😍 A memory of youth.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      lol I was a very mischievous girl hehehe

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  2. Jesse Pallante Avatar
    Jesse Pallante

    It sounds like you had an extremely good time, yester years.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      I had some really good times back then 😂

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  3. ibarynt Avatar
    ibarynt

    Those cameras now seem to be a necessity.

    But you do have to appreciate, the times you grew up in is not like today. Nowadays, it feels like you don’t know the people you know. And strange things going on.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      Yasss now it def is a necessity with porch pirates and people robbing homes left and right

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  4. Violet Lentz Avatar
    Violet Lentz

    Ain’t that the truth! That would have ruined everything!

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      😂 I woulda been canceled, that’s for sure

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  5. ianmdudley Avatar
    ianmdudley

    I remember sneaking out at night in grade school to toilet paper houses. Not often, but it felt so exciting and liberating in the moment.

    It was somewhat dangerous to do in the world of my childhood, but I shudder with terror to think of the Kiddos sneaking out these days.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      Now they don’t even wanna leave home lol

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      1. ianmdudley Avatar
        ianmdudley

        Don’t want to. And can’t afford to.

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  6. Jesse Pallante Avatar
    Jesse Pallante

    I bet 😆

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  7. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar
    Nicholas K F Matte

    Jesus!!!! I did the same thing!! My family though put bars on the basement windows for a near theft that occured, it really stressed me out to find another way out lol

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      😂 I dislike being caged

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  8. Info-Man Avatar
    Info-Man

    lol living here , makes it impossible to escape 😂

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  9. Dee❤ Avatar
    Dee❤

    Why do I want to know what you mean escape at night. Honestly, it’s those shenanigans we look at as we grow older and busier

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      Haha my parents were rather strict so I would sneak out often

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      1. Dee❤ Avatar
        Dee❤

        Ah I totally understand

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  10. Willie Torres Jr. Avatar
    Willie Torres Jr.

    We sure did some bad things when we were young. What our parents don’t know about, they no longer need to know… hahaha.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      Hahah that’s right!!

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