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  • Happy Birthday!

    Welcome back family! Today is the one-year anniversary of this blog! Over a year ago, I had a life changing experience at the Defiance YMCA. I was hurt, angered, and encouraged to share my story. The first round of posts was about my personal struggle with three illnesses and how they affected my life. The…

  • “O” is for “Opportunity”

    Hello family! I am back with a heavy heart. I have been waiting to write until I had something to write about and the time to. I just finished my junior year at Bowling Green State University and that was a struggle due to COVID- 19. I was laid off and still had to go…

  • Never

    I’m back! A lot has happened recently with the world, corona and it has affected my life and many other students because we are being forced out of the university dorms and housing in such a short period of time and are transferring to online schooling. There is a lot of stuff that we have…

  • M is for Mamba Mentality

    The “Black Mamba” also known as Kobe Bryant, passed away last week alongside his daughter, Gigi “Mambacita” Bryant, and family friends and the pilot in a helicopter accident. When I heard of the news, I was about to lie down to take a nap, then my baby brother came, rushing into my room and said…

  • “L’ is for Love

    At Pandora at Franklin Park, Hannah and I were just browsing around and one of the store representatives came by and asked if we needed help. We told her we didn’t and carried on browsing. Instead of the representative finding something else to do, she followed us, step by step. I felt so uncomfortable. I…

  • “K” is for Keep the Faith

    Welcome Back, Lovies! As we embark on a new year, many of us want a change to happen in our lives. Every year it seems like everyone says “New year, new me,” and especially this year as it is 2020 and a start of a new decade. I know that we are expecting new things…

  • “J” is for Joy

    Welcome back, lovies.This is the season of joy and the start of a New Year and decade. In reflection of this year, all I can think about how much joy this year has brought me. At the beginning of the year, I kicked off my Pi Kappa Phi membership with being a proxy at Pi…

  • A Letter from Congress Sequel

    Welcome back, lovies! Life Update! Remember back in the summer I wrote to my representatives in the United States Congress about the “crisis at the border.” I wrote to my representative, Bob Latta, and to my two U.S. Senators, Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman. In the summer, I received a letter from Congressman Latta and…

  • “I” is for Integrity

    “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” – W. Clement Stone Welcome back, lovies! Story time! A couple of months ago, a defining moment in my personal life and leadership…

  • “H” is for Hope

    Welcome back, lovies! Sorry for the wait. This semester has been trying and testing me, but it’s finally over, so I can write. As of now, I am a little over halfway through college! It has been a wild, thrilling, emotional ride, but I am grateful for it. At this halfway mark, I have accomplished…

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