On April 11,2017, I was flying home from visiting friends. My stay in Phoenix was a great time filled with laughter of past memories and admiration of how much we've grown. I was a little tense flying back considering what occurred on United Airlines. Little did I know that this flight would be serendipitous. The [...]
Have you ever scrolled through Facebook to see something that you were associated with negatively exposed? I'm from Mississippi and live in North Carolina so we are constantly in the news for the lack of equality across the board. I'm a Marine Veteran so the picture scandal has been trending for a few weeks. [...]
One of my students walked in the classroom. Both of her arms were outstretched with clenched fists. She shouted "Ms. Williams, I did it! I did it! I did my presentation in front of the class and I didn't cry this time." I rushed over smiling from ear to ear and gave her a [...]
If my grandmother was still alive, she would have had one of her favorite sayings on repeat this year: “We are living in the last and evil days baby.” This year has been filled with celebrities’ deaths; social injustices were a blatant spit in the face across the nation for many groups of people; politics [...]
In the fall of October 2013, I was introduced to a life-changing book by Coach Billie Crooks. The book was entitled “One Word that Will Change Your Life.” At that point in my life, I had retired New Year’s resolutions. My resolution had been the same for the last six years. I would be a [...]
