Election 2020: An Emotional Rollercoaster

Where do I even start?  So much has been written since Election Day that there probably isn’t much I can contribute that you can’t search out on Google yourself.  I think for me, what has impacted me the most was how much this one hurt. I thought when Trump was first elected, that that would …

The End of One Thing…The Beginning of Another?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about endings and beginnings. This pandemic has ended one part of our lives — where we live happy and ignorant of what is actually happening around us — but it has created a new, and some would argue, better life for all of us. One where we are more …

Nazi’s, Donuts and Facebook … Oh My!

Facebook is a cesspool. Did you know that? I knew that, but I knew it somewhere in the back of my mind, some place where I didn’t really consider it much, but it always lurked there. In other words, logically I knew Facebook (and social media) is a cesspool of trolls and cruelty, but I …

If You Are Offended, Check Your Privilege

I don’t know if I’m your flavor, but … It was those words that got my attention when my future husband first emailed me on an online dating site. His words got my attention, and I found his way of finding out if I dated outside my race charming and kind. He left me a …

It’s Okay To Be Seen

Don’t Be Ashamed… I’ve read a couple different things recently that have really made me think about something women face their entire lives, something that we don’t even maybe realize we are doing to ourselves: This idea about women being ashamed to take up space. To be loud. To make themselves seen, heard, and known. …