Challah and Callaloo
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Leah Tubman had no way of knowing the informational interview she had in 2008 with the shapely marketing manager would lead to her planning a same-sex Southern wedding, complete with a rabbi and rum cake, seven years later. She and Patricia Goldman may come from different faiths, but their love knows no bounds.
When the two women meet, they don’t need a Supreme Court decision to fall in love, but thanks to the split June 2015 ruling making gay marriage legal in the United States, they plan to make their interracial mixed love affair official with a fall wedding. It takes an allergy scare and a brunch complete with sex and syrup to bring them close to wedding bliss, but Leah wouldn’t have it any other way.
La Toya Hankins
La Toya Hankins is a native of North Carolina and currently resides in Raleigh, NC. A graduate of East Carolina University, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in journalism with a minor in political science. During her college career, she became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and later served as second vice president for one of the largest graduate chapters in North Carolina.After working as a regional reporter and features editor in the Charlotte metro area for seven years, she entered the world of banking. Presently employed with the State of North Carolina, she divides her time between being a proud pet parent of an 8-year-old terrier named Neo and volunteering in the community.Currently serving as the co-chair of Shades of Pride, organizer of the annual Triangle Black Pride, Hankins is an active supporter of LGBT issues and addressing health disparities that affect her community. Her literary influences and loves include Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Anne Rice, and Pearl Cleage. Her motto, borrowed from Hurston, is “I do not weep at the world, I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
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Challah and Callaloo - La Toya Hankins
Challah and Callaloo
By La Toya Hankins
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To my Jamaican-Canadian, who has opened my mind to new experiences and the promise to always be by my side to claim free birthday meals wherever they may be found.
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Challah and Callaloo
By La Toya Hankins
You know I’m an ordained minister, right? We can get two of your friends over tomorrow, set up in your living room, and get this whole wedding situation nipped in the bud,
Leah Tubman’s office manager said while the two stood waiting for the office coffee maker to finish brewing their morning salvation. The mechanic purring of the twelve-cup appliance punctured her offer. Completing its task, the deliverer of all good things hot and black sat waiting.
I mean, I’m not trying to be all up in your business, but I hear you on the phone, trying to coordinate everything. Some days, you make me want to pull my hair out. That is saying a lot, considering how much I paid for this sew-in last month.
I appreciate the gesture, Stephanie. But, after the work Patricia and I put into getting a rabbi and a Baptist minister to agree to co-officiate a lesbian wedding, I think we are going to stick with the plan.
Leah poured her first cup of the day into her blue and white sorority mug. I will say, the fact you mentioned doing something to your hair is a major indication of how serious you are. We both know how committed you are about your ‘dos.
Stephanie responded to the wide smile on Leah’s espresso face with a gap-toothed grin. Even though technically Stephanie worked for her, Leah valued Stephanie for reasons beyond her work ethic. The Charlotte, North Carolina, marketing firm Leah cofounded with Stephanie’s husband and another business school classmate of theirs was an hour away from opening. Leah and Stephanie always arrived first so they could start their day with coffee and chit chat. This August morning, the main topic was Leah’s upcoming, mixed interfaith, same-sex marriage.
On the outside, Leah portrayed a sense of calmness and order about her wedding. Inside, however, she churned with feelings of exhilaration mixed with exhaustion. There was so much they had done, but still so much yet to tackle to make sure their special day didn’t end in disaster. Despite the couple being official for close to seven years and participating in a commitment ceremony, the recent Supreme Court decision two months ago had motivated them to have a traditional wedding.
As if anything concerning Patricia and Leah’s relationship could be considered anything less than out of the norm.
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