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I never thought I would see the day the tragedy of 9/11 would be a bullet point for history text books. I remember that September day very well. September 11, 2001: Around the time that the first plane struck the first tower, I was in my 3rd-grade classroom. Ms. Kennedy assigned us our spelling test,…

TANGENTS! If you ever need anyone to stall long enough so you can make a quick exit, give me a call! What is strange though is that I fill my life with people that often go off on tangents. So we could talk about one thing and end up discussing another, and so on and…

Have I ever broken a bone? I mean, I never broke it on purpose. In fact, I remember that it was the Thanksgiving break of 2005. On my mother’s side, we have some family that drive in from Alabama and Missouri. It’s really the only time of year that we get to see them, so…

During Jinkx Monsoon’s time on RuPaul’s All-Stars All Winners Edition, my husband and I discovered that Ms. Monsoon would be performing as Mama Morton in Chicago on Broadway. This was the only spur of the moment decision to kill two birds with one stone. We bought our tickets to see the show. We bought the…

“If everyone fought only for his own convictions, there would be no wars.” -Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace The summer of my freshman year of high school that would transition into my sophomore year, I forced myself to read War and Peace solely to say that I had read it. After reading the first few…

What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? As a child, Christmas was my favorite holiday. The fun of opening presents, wrapped in colorful wrapping paper. The mystery of what I was to get only grew the excitement in me. As I grew older, I found that New Years Eve became my favorite.…