Warning: This is going to be one of those long, personal and reflective posts. I’m (newly) 28 years old, and I’ve never been in love nor have I been in a real relationship. The closest I came to a relationship was right out of college. It was with a guy I was hooking up with …
Title: Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Rating: 5/5 Stars Publisher: Harper Teen Year Published: 2020 Start Date: July 2 End Date: July 3 Goodreads Summary: Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, …
I participated in #BlackOutTuesday on Instagram on June 2 because, even as a Black person, I am not very outspoken about racial injustice or even my own experiences as a Black person. I, too, wanted to take time to reflect. To be honest, I am not very knowledgeable about the history of my people in …
Quarantine Day #30. Well, we are currently in a global pandemic. I'm not going to spend any time here explaining what the coronavirus is and the situation we're in here in the U.S. I'm just going to assume my audience is well aware. I've been working from home since March 18, which was coincidentally my …
About two years ago (I'm guessing), I decided to live a little, to try something new. Do something bold. Be vulnerable. I turned my read receipts on. I was inspired by a friend of mine who recently joined the iPhone family and purposefully left her read receipts ON. When I asked her why, she said …
For three years now, I have been a Sabbath School teacher at my church for the junior/youth class, roughly ages 11-14+. Not only is my class in the pre teen and early teen age group, it is also all girls. CRAZY! Naturally this experience has taught me a lot thus far, and I decided to …
By "it" I mean haven't updated this thing in months. This isn't the first time it's happened, and it certainly won't be the last. However, I am happy to report that while I have not kept up writing in this blog or in my personal journal as much as I would like, I still have …
I have kept a journal since the third day of seventh grade. I wish I could tell you what inspired a 12-year-old to start documenting her day to day activities, but I do not remember. What I do know is, since I started journaling with that first spiral bound, 70 page, college ruled notebook, I …
I recently finished reading a book called This I Believe, a collection of essays from people of all walks of life laying out their personal philosophies. I was intrigued by the idea because I have always been interested in people and their stories. I have struggled to figure out and articulate what I believe personally, so …
The most annoying part about being single is not even the simple fact that I am single. No, it is how others react to my being single. As if there is something inherently wrong with the current stage of the life cycle I am in, since it is not in line with theirs. These annoying, …
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