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Can you imagine what it is like to wake up every day in fear, knowing today could be the last you see your fiancé because of the color of his skin?As an African American woman, I constantly live in fear my fiancé or myself will not make it home to one another every night.I fear that one of us will be stopped by the police for a broken taillight and shot down in fear, like Philando Castile. I fear one of us will be gunned down after heading to the convenience store for skittles, like Trayvon Martin. I fear we will be out together, enjoying our evening, and one of us will be shot down for laughing, like Rekia Boyd. I fear I will call upon a neighbor for help after being in an accident and be shot down, like Renisha McBride. I fear my fiancé will be out celebrating with friends the night before our wedding, and be executed because a cellphone was mistaken for a gun, like Sean Bell.I am afraid that because of how I look, I too could be executed regardless of the circumstances.