Waving Goodbye Since I was old enough to peer out the car window, I can remember my grandmother standing by her curtains as we pulled away in our car, waving good-bye, her fingers fluttering gleefully. Every time, as we piled back into the car, I would immediately buckle my seatbelt [...]
What's Mightier? While a pen is mightier than the sword, it seems that the keyboard defeats them both when it comes to informing the public. Between Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, IM, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube, blogs, and email, word spreads in the blink of an eye and the touch of a key; [...]
In the Image of God When I looked up at the stars on one September night, that feeling of my insignificance, my littleness, my absolute minuteness engulfed me. Yes, compared to the closest star next to me, I am close to nothing. I shouldn’t even be paralleled with the seemingly [...]
Childless Mother I am a childless mother. In that, I don't mean anything that may come to mind; I’ve never been pregnant. What I mean is that for almost everyone I know, I act like a mom. I bake cookies. I give advice when it is needed, not necessarily when [...]
Oh, you’re homosexual? That’s great, have fun in Hell. No, my perspective on homosexuality never reached the extreme above, but my opinion on being anything but heterosexual did come to a point that I would now call completely and utterly unacceptable, rude, and shameful. Being born and raised Catholic, some [...]
Bonding Through TV My dad and I are remarkably alike, probably far more than we care to admit. We both hide a gregarious personality behind a shy demeanor. We both have an inability to take things seriously, responding to most questions with something nonsensical or unhelpful. We both become provoked [...]
Robocalypse Military drones, nanobots, autonomous androids, – we are completely surrounded by soulless, fully capable harbingers of death and destruction. Blinded by their current passive role in society, we will be unprepared to defend ourselves when the machines turn on their creators, us. Thus, this brings me to the top [...]
Turning It Off Time is relative. One hour plagued by boredom is not the same as one hour engaged in excitement; one hour of anxiety is not the same as one hour of tranquility; one hour constantly distracted by communication devices is not the same as one hour focused on [...]
Embrace the Chub Being chubby is awesome, not going to lie. I love being chubby. Chubbiness is one of my favorite characteristics and is also a very entertaining word to say. Along with being heavier set, there’s a lot of negative energy aimed at me. First off, chubbier individuals are [...]