On the morning of my 33rd birthday I peeled my eyes open not to a slew of happy birthday messages or notifications about successfully making this trip around the sun but rather to news headlines about the school shooting in Texas. That’s OK. I mean it’s not OK for the school shooting to happen but […]
Category: politics
delayed seasons greetings
Holidays and Corona are a dangerous duo. When Thanksgiving was coming around, I remember standing on an island of jealously watching as my friends fled away to their different adventures. Italy. Germany. Spain. I refused to take flight and stayed rooted to the ground due to my inability to believe that opportunity to venture would […]
it’s not over yet
It was instantaneous, the moment those letters screamed at me through the screen my heart dropped to my stomach and my feet were full of lead. I can’t get sick, I don’t have insurance. Please dear God, do not get sick. Shit, what about Mom and Dad? What happens if something happens with them? I […]
RBG && the American Dream
I woke up on Saturday, thinking it was going to be a day just like any other. The sunlight shimmered through the curtains, birds chirped outside my window and the world was at peace until I saw my phone screen. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away while I was sleeping and suddenly it felt like […]
a wanderess tale 