May Your Coffee Be Strong and Your Patience Be Stronger

With chaos comes clarity or the chaos wasn’t worth it. When the pandemic first started, the days felt like weeks and weeks felt like months. Here we are more than a year in and days seem like seconds, my to-do list grows as the annoying weeds in my backyard that Mother Nature keeps watering. Personally,…

America, Are We Great Yet?

There is no argument that our federal government has handled the pandemic with gross incompetence from start to finish. It’s time for them to to stop pointing fingers and get to action. Also, don’t forget to vote as this election will matter. The administration (that shall not be named) announced that this was our 9/11 and I’m here to denounce that. At least 9/11 had actual leadership.

I’m a Millennial Mayor

It was our parents that told us that we could be whatever we wanted. I’ve been a secretary (fun), an AmeriCorps member (proud), flight attendant (interesting), IT Business Analyst (weird right), and now I can add millennial mayor to that list. On February 11th, 2019 I was sworn in as Braddock’s youngest mayor. I went…

The Handmaid’s Tale is a Womens’ Only Hunger Games

The Handmaid’s Tale is really not so far fetched. I read the book by Margaret Atwood and watched the Hulu series and it’s not so dystopian after all. Also, I’m like two episodes behind so there will be no spoilers in this post. In case you’ve never heard of the not so dystopian 1985 best-selling…

& Presidential Hangover 

On  November 8, 2016 I fell asleep around 10-11 PM after briefly tuning into the election coverage knowing I should’ve continued my Girl Meets World marathon instead. Although I wasn’t ecstatic as I’ve been in the previous presidential elections, I still felt a need to do my civic duty. I vote in every election no…

& I Must Have The Craziest Views Ever

“If women want to make as much money as men they should get treated like men too & they should have to come to work 2 weeks after birth.” “Women don’t belong in politics.” “I’m sorry to say it but it’s not that fact that he got a girl pregnant but he got a white…