After living here for so long and reading about it in an online magazine, I figured it was time for me to write about it. — While I attended high school, all I’d ever heard about were the parties. While I was in college, I’d heard about the out-of-town college folks our locals would hook up with. As an adult, I started hearing something a bit different. It wasn’t the parties or the waterpark; it was…

The story of how I was conditioned to believe that I just don’t work hard enough and that if I do, I can rest when I’m dead. — My father came from a large family. Due to where his parents came from and how hard they worked to make ends meet, he was raised to work hard from the time he was in grade school. My mother came from an average-sized family. Her father…. Well, let’s just say…

“Save the babies!” “Down with abortion!” “All lives matter!” “Life begins at conception!” — With all of the yelling and bashing I keep hearing, my head hurts. I cried when I heard about Roe V. Wade being overturned. I watched, in fear and rage, women celebrating. CELEBRATING! DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’VE DONE?! Do they comprehend the gravity of the situation?! …

Overturning Roe V. Wade was never about Christianity or being “pro-life”. This is about control. I’ll be honest. I stopped calling myself a Christian a long time ago. Too many self-proclaimed Christians have done everything in their power to proselytize others. They try forcing members of the LGBTQ community to participate in conversion therapy because “God hates gays” when God makes it clear in the…

YouTube is a great place to learn new things. — My husband and I really enjoy watching Markiplier’s content. From watching him fumble his way through video games because he willingly forgoes reading instructions to his “choose-your-own-ending” masterpieces such as In Space with Markiplier. In between things like that, his curiosity will get the better of him and he’ll investigate…

When will it end? Will we ever have a break in grievances? Are mass funerals the new normal? How safe are we in public spaces? — To this day, I cannot fathom why someone would want to hurt another person due to racist motives or even just to watch people suffer. It just doesn’t make sense to me. The Uvalde school shooting happened at the end of May and we’re still talking about it at the…

I know. The headline does not seem like the typical lovely idea of Christmas, but it’s true. — Backstory Before I was married, Christmas was such a hassle. It was always about image. Every year, for as long as I can remember, I would get a phone call, a text, or be told in person, “Be sure to dress nice, please,” about a week before Christmas. That was always…