Aug 17FeelingsSo, if you’ve ever heard me talk about my dating escapades, you know that I have a *type* and it is very specific. How specific? Well, I like emotionally unavailable combat veterans with fancy degrees. …5 min read5 min read
Jun 12DelusionalWe all have delusions… right? It can’t be just me. I guess the balance to strike is to have just enough of a delusion to keep you inspired, but not so much that it disconnects you from the shared reality of the Real World. I read a book on QAnon…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Mar 13, 2022How to Help Ukraine, America, and DemocracyLook, I’m not an expert, on anything. But if you believe one thing I have to say, maybe in my entire life, believe this: Democracy will not survive if we don’t get control of our own decision-making processes. This is what I mean: -understand why you react to emotional triggers in…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Jan 13, 2022I love vaccines and I love politics; but…If you were to graph every human’s love of politics, and lay it over a graph of every human that loves vaccines, I’m pretty sure I would be at the maximum cross-sectional point. Let me explain: I know there are people who love vaccines more than I do. I know…3 min read3 min read
Jan 7, 2022Political Resolutions for 2022After a few dabblings in campaigns, all I can really say for myself at this point, is that I am so grateful that I became a nurse. I’m not sure I want to make a career in politics. I have a career, a career of public service, in a pandemic…Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Nov 18, 2021What is the Ultimate Privilege?I’ll just tell you: the one true privilege (and inherent right) of life is that our journey is of our own choosing. The autonomy to have our own journey, with our one life, if you will I will unpack my thoughts now. Life is inherently a struggle, not to get…3 min read3 min read
Jan 20, 2021And Yet, The Republic Endures“The Republic endures and this is the symbol of its faith.” These words are from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, addressed at the laying of the cornerstone of the Supreme Court building. We are a country of three separate branches of government; and all three branches exist on the social…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jan 6, 2021How To Leave A CultI’m not going to go into a ton of background information about this, because really, I tell the story a lot about how I was raised in a cult. If you, by some chance, have not heard this story from me, go ahead and look up Rev. Sun Myung Moon…6 min read6 min read
Nov 3, 2020Election Eve, 2020.Tomorrow is a big day for America, and that is just fine. We have been through a lot together these past few years — and by “past few years”, I’m not sure if I mean the last four years or the last two hundred. …Election 20203 min readElection 20203 min read
Sep 19, 2020Why Are We Debating Whose Life Matters?(Author’s note: As I write that title, I am already so cautious that any words I say henceforth will be used to further an agenda — and isn’t that part of the root cause of the problem, that we are using human lives as a pawn to further someone’s political…Empathy4 min readEmpathy4 min read