Tag: featured
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Children’s Relationship to Overconsumption & the Environment
Dear Readers, When I began my research on factors that shape contemporary children’s rights policy, I made the assumption that the primary driving force behind children’s global rights atrocities would be directly linked to the health of the economy. I wasn’t wrong (and we will talk about that next week), but when root causes were…
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Dear Graduate (During a Global Crisis)
For those of you mourning the loss of celebrating graduation, I am too. Let’s talk about why you are actually this year’s MVP.
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You are the Soldier with the Spatula & that’s a Really Powerful Thing
As of July, Eric and I will have been at military life for 6 years. Our life has been preparedness for war since the day we got into this life. Here is what I can tell you about war. We often think of war as this overt act of battle. We think of troops in…
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The Empath & the Storm
With a pandemic on the rise, let’s talk about all things empathy, and the other important lessons to keep in mind during this time.
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Lets Crowd Heaven
Let’s make heaven crowded. Let’s invite the kind people, the mentally ill people, the downtrodden people, the confused people, the loud people, the questioning people, the black, white, and yellow people. Let’s invite the transgender people, and the foreign people. Let’s ask the all of the imperfect people. Lets take with us both the prostitutes…
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The Power of a Decade
Here’s what I know about decades. About a decade ago, I was expelled from high school. The girls that bullied me so bad that I ended up in the hospital contributed to breaking a sense of my self worth that took me the better half of a decade, a lot of lifestyle changes, and a…
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Seeing Brussels, Belgium
Dear Reader, As this is still among my first of many travel blogs to come in the next few years, I am still figuring out my writing format. I have decided that the first part of the blog will be dedicated to my travel story. It is here that I will talk about things I…
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PCSing Means Drinking Coffee from a Wine Glass
I was recently downing something jalapeño infused out of a perspiring copper mug with one of my best friends over lunch. We were talking about my blog as a whole, and how to grow it. She actually brought it up and said, “We need to get more people to read your material, have you considered…
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Abortion Reform: A Case for Data Informed Policy Decisions
Dear Reader, Before you begin reading this article already planning your attack on its content, assuming that it has anything to do with taking either the pro-life or pro-choice side, please know that the intention of this article is to talk about effective policy, not endorse or dismantle either side of the debate. I didn’t…
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The Five Things you need to Decide Before you Change the World
Dear Reader, I am so excited to be adding the “Make a Difference” section to the blog. I think people getting intentionally involved in their community is a really cool thing. Whether you care about people, animals, the environment, or other, there is always a way we can improve life for one another. I have…
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Seeing Chicago, Illinois
Hey there reader! Welcome to my first travel post! Because I know how inundating it can be to look up travel blogs to get ideas for an upcoming trip, it is my hope that this can be a good one-stop place for you to see my top recommended places to see that I have loved, with…
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The Responsibility of the Traveler
I am excited to be adding a travel section to the blog! Before I get started, please check out this post all about the unique responsibilities of the adventurer.
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Sleeping with Bread
Bread, a historic symbol of hope, inspires this piece that focuses on small ways you can create hope on a daily basis.