With the Black Life Matters movement, riots, and peaceful protests plastering the news headlines, it made me bring up the matter of race with Diego, my boyfriend who is Mexican. I asked Diego if the term “Person/People of Color” or “POC” offend him, personally. He stated that, “there are a lot worse things to be…
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I Probably Take You For Granted
In discussing what I should write today, Diego suggested that I write about the things I take for granted. At first, I was offended, but that just means I’m apart of the problem; that I do indeed take things for granted. It wasn’t until I soul searched and dug to find out that I take…
Family Dynamic – Part 2
Where to begin… my mother is an interesting character to say the least. She is the reason behind a lot of pain and resentment that I possess after all these years of severe alcoholism, addictions, cheating on my dad, and her schizophrenia that was left untreated for a long time. Yet through all the hardships…
