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  • Chi Town

    Hi y’all, I have not posted in a while because there have been many life changes since my last post.  I never know how candid and real I should be in these posts because it is hard to be vulnerable, I do not want to hurt anyone, and I don’t know if you all even…

  • Big Bird and Me

    Big Bird and Me

    It’s Big Bird’s birthday today for the 50 something time turning 6. A couple of years ago, I wrote about how Sesame Street helped me with my summer youth program and how much it meant to me. This year Big Bird and Sesame Street have meant even more to me. Being a parent now and…

  • “W” for “Why Puppets?”

    “W” for “Why Puppets?”

    I started getting heavily into puppetry since the pandemic started. I was laid off and had a lot of time on my hands, so I started to build puppets. But why puppets? For as long as I could remember, puppets have been a huge part of my life. Like many puppet fans, Sesame Street introduced…

  • 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…