A Quick Happiness Fix: Do A Good Deed
I enjoyed Brownies and Girl Scouts. The distinct uniform, the endless badges to earn, and all the knowledge and learning…
A Recession Garden for Food Victory
In 2020 when our world was gripped with craziness, I got the message to start a garden. Over the years,…
Appearance vs. Reality
At first glance, Tyler appears to be a city where blacks are, for the most part, content. It appears to…
I had an abortion. Here’s why.
In the summer of 2015, I chose to have an abortion. I want to tell you what was and wasn’t…
Open Letter to Our Legislators
The question: Do I really want to share this writing? The answer comes twofold. First, I can’t seem to let…
Maybe – Complicity?
Maybe it’s the faces of hundreds of third, fourth, and fifth-grade students intruding into my mind’s eye? Maybe it’s their…
What about Easter?
It’s Palm Sunday and much of the world is gearing up for Holy Week and various remembrances – Maundy Thursday,…
The Worm Tosser
Yesterday, I joined the hundreds of volunteers who fanned Southside Park and Rose Rudman trail, gloved and toting garbage bags.…
Promise Kept
Sometime during the summer, my kid was sitting in Hawkins Lake while fishing, (he’s efficient like that) and informed me…