Jacksonville, Illinois, is where I was born and raised. When I was 11 I moved to a small town in the mountains of Colorado. A brand new school, brand new start, and a brand new life as my dad would...
My understanding of diversity has changed and grown, as I have become an adult. Diversity has been an ever-present theme throughout my life. Having been adopted from Guatemala by two white women has made my diverseness outwardly obvious. As a...
I grew up my entire life in a safe, middle-class, liberal neighborhood within San Francisco. When I was a senior in high school, the infamous Westboro Baptist Church came over to picket gay marriage and we students responded by having...
I remember it clear as day. Doctors were screaming, nurses were running, the heart monitor… flat. Nerves ran through my body as shocks from the defibrillator ran through my precious newborn brother’s. I had imagined my baby brother as typical...
Everyone has a right to express how they feel. Everyone has a right to opinion, however, that does not mean people have the right to discriminate against others for how they express themselves. That is the problem with many people...
I bought my condominium for one main reason, a 1,000 square feet patio at the edge of the downtown business core. It is in a semi-mature neighborhood, surrounded with many trees and flowerbeds, attracting squirrels, cats, birds, and rabbits. It...
The power of love is an amazing thing. It’s an emotion and belief that anyone from all walks of life can stand behind. I believe in the power of love. I have always tried to live my life with one...
The most perfect words ever uttered were, “love your neighbor as yourself.” This is, of course, taken from the Bible and is spoken by Jesus. Whether you are a religious person or not does not really matter because these words...
I believe that Impulse is the devil. There are some situations might encounter in daily life. Such as accidentally heard colleagues talking something bad about you in the bathroom, the neighbors’ loud stereo reaching to the point of unbearable at...
