It's Christmas Eve, y'all! I have loved Christmas since I was a kid. Celebrating the birth of Jesus and spending time with friends and family are what I look forward to the most. During this time of year, I like to watch feel good movies and transport myself into other worlds in the theater. Since the latter isn't an option,…
Y'all, we made it to December. I was a newly minted 30 at the start of this year and I had all kinds of plans. I was going to Martha's Vineyard, Nashville, Mexico, Missouri and Hawaii. I was determined to grow my writing business and land a byline in Vanity Fair. I had so much to do. And then, COVID-19…
Most of us have heard the adage from scripture, "for everything there is a season." This week, I've been thinking a lot about how we respond when our lives call is to something higher. Three years ago, I was driving home from work and I started hearing dialogue for a play in my mind. I ignored it, because I am…
Fall is my favorite season. Fall is the season for tailgating, Thanksgiving and my birthday. Who can ask for anything more? As we enter the thick of autumn, and COVID-19 cases are on the rise, many of us are nesting and looking for ways to stay occupied around the house. From now through the end of December, I'm reviving the…
Last week, I published the first of a two-part series celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The recommendations continue this week with a list of great sitcoms, an awesome cocktail recipe and my favorite Spotify playlist. This is the perfect way to escape that debate debacle. Get into it! TO WATCH: I couldn't pick just one this week, so I decided to list…
It's Hispanic Heritage Month and this week's recommendations are rooted in the Latin community. This is especially important to me, because just last week, a nurse/whistleblower named Dawn Wooten reported that brown asylum seekers in ICE detention centers were receiving illegal hysterectomies. This news came a couple of months after another whistleblower reported that children in immigration detention were being…