Yadriel asked, yanking out a small, orange-stained Tupperware. 😭😭😭

I'm not even Latinx (my dad is black and my mom isn't) but yes, I did have to stop a mere few pages after just continuing to read again, because this overwhelmed my heart with the same sort of fullness and warmth as The Wiz (1978)'s opening dinner scene. Or when Queen Latifah is getting ready in her mother-in-law's house (iirc?) in Beauty Shop (2005) and you just knew there were leftovers packed into Country Crock containers in the fridge 🥹

This line thought 'tall, dark, and handsome' meant Denzel Washington until they were a grown adult.

This line was perplexed by [white] people saying grocery bags just end up going to the landfill so it's good that they're not offered [for free], because yes, unfortunately they do go to the landfill! But only after they're added to the bag full of bags and then reused for the bathroom wastebasket/s or to scoop the litter box or to color hair. And is it really better to just have to buy bags separately, though?? (Genuine question, but also no one has to actually answer it 😅)

Idk maybe I'm projecting or there isn't as much of a cultural? socioeconomic? divide as I've been made to believe 🤣 But I just had to take a moment to appreciate this tiny detail, whatever the case is 😂

(rip trying to format this lmao 💀)