After Lives is a new podcast about the life and legacy of Lélene Polanco, a transgender Afro-Letina who died tragically on Rikers Island jail complex.

Justice for Lélene.

Léin loved to dance, she loved to sing. She was just happy to be alive.

Stepping foot on Rikers Island has been widely acknowledged of potential death sentence. Listen to AfterLives, available on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your

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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that you don't need to wait for someone else to make your day.

You can make any day special all by yourself.

So this episode is airing a few weeks before Valentine's Day.

If you have a partner or kids, it can be fun to show

a little love to them on this day. In particular, if you have a partner who is going to

expect you to do something, you might want to get on that.

But if you personally don't know that your partner is going to get you what you want or you aren't partnered up with someone this Valentine's Day, why not give yourself

whatever it is that you would actually like? You can treat yourself and be your own Valentine, whatever anyone else happens to do.

So go ahead and buy yourself the exact flower arrangement you would like.

Pick out your favorite chocolates.

You could even take yourself out to a fancy dinner.

I mean, maybe not exactly on the 14th as you risk being the only solo diner in the restaurant, but any time around then.

Or if you have friends who all want certain things for Valentine's Day,

you can team up with them and give each other exactly what you all want, with none of the

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