{"id":573,"date":"2025-07-10T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:01:30","slug":"bunny-rabbits-fireflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Rabbits &amp; Fireflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?resize=1360%2C901&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-rabbits-eating-grass-at-daytime-33152.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bunny Rabbits &amp; Fireflies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, I sat on my deck and watched three bunnies nibble at the morning dew in the grass. Not for the first time, I noticed how many rabbits are out this summer\u2014seems like they\u2019ve taken over the neighborhood. And honestly, you can\u2019t be mad while looking at bunnies. Even Buggs made us laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At night, the yard lights up with fireflies\u2014more than I remember seeing as a kid when we used to catch them in Mason jars, turning them into our own personal lanterns made by nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I write a lot about heavy things. But every now and then, I write about joy. Black joy\u2014the kind that can\u2019t be manufactured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, I woke up frustrated. A conversation from the night before was still sitting on my chest. My ritual is the same: gym first, where my thoughts get sorted out on the treadmill, then a cup of coffee and my journal outside to capture whatever\u2019s rising to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My plan? Verbally ether my current adversary through a well-crafted series of texts. I even opened my phone to Google a definition I needed to drive the point home. But before I could type a single word, I looked up\u2014and saw bunnies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first word I wrote in my journal was <strong>\u201cBunnies.\u201d<\/strong><br>Not anger. Not frustration.<br>Bunnies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just like that, I chose joy. I made a phone call instead of firing off a text. I let softness lead instead of ego. 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