I woke up this morning, hit the snooze button twice and rolled over three or four times before dragging myself out of bed. As I walked barefoot into the cold bathroom to turn on the shower, thoughts of...

Many people are unaware of the unique relationship I have with my dad, so when he showed up at my college graduation it surprised a lot of you. My dad has always been a part of my life; except for the...

Lately, my friends and I have found ourselves sitting around and reminiscing about the past four years of our lives. We’ll be graduating college in less than a month, yet it feels like just yesterday...

You ever just stand in the mirror, staring at your reflection wishing you could see yourself through the eyes of others? Well I have, in fact I find myself doing it more than usual. Why? Because I’m...

I have a friend named Maegan that I’ve only known for about two and a half years, yet I feel like I’ve known her for so much longer and I consider her to be my best friend. We met through the job I...

The Super Bowl brings in millions of viewers each year to watch something other than the actual football game – the commercials. This year I was unable to watch either because I had to work, but my creative...

It’s her birthday today, and I posted a picture of us on Instagram. It took me awhile to find a good one of us – you know, one where we looked happy. I didn’t want to write a crazy long paragraph,...

I was fifteen when I entered my first and only relationship. We met at fourteen and became inseparable from then on. What did I know about love? Everyone around me convinced me that I was too young to...

Being bilingual is a great advantage that I will never get to experience. My mother is African-American (amongst other races) and my dad is Mexican. I was about three-years-old when we left my dad in Georgia...

Academic achievements have always been important to me, since a young girl. My family would shower me with gifts and fancy dinners whenever I would receive an award or a good grade. This carried on up...