A Juneteenth Reflection on Black Joy & Liberation

I remember attending my first ever “Freedom’s Eve” also known as “Watch Night”.

It was on December 31st of 2016.

Leading up to that night I had spent the day doing nothing much of anything other than being alone with my thoughts.

The afternoon was spent in my hometown of Nyack down by the river where my Nonna and I used to go, and the place I often find…