“I heard your momma died,” they said. I hadn’t heard from extended family in years. “WHERE WERE YOU THE LAST TWO YEARS? I DID EVERYTHING AND NOW YOU COME BACK?” my brother chided me. “You know, your momma was always smart but a loner,” mentioned my aunt. “She always treated him better,” said another. All family’s have different dynamics and I may have grown up in a completely fractured family that was full of so many lies that you didn’t know what was the truth anymore. However, under no…

A big debate is going on between my school district, teachers and parents whether the teachers should do instruction from their classrooms during distance learning or from their homes. The school district has outlined their argument and didn’t include the teachers union in the decision which enraged some or most…

I am blessed. Counting down to fifty … five more day’s! At this point in a woman’s life, men are trading us in for a newer model. I’m proud to say I look pretty good for 50. A second graders just told me I look 35 and I’ll take it…

A California Haiku Our world is broken. Burning lungs, buildings, and trees. Evaporating.

You haven’t even seen my body language! When I heard the phrase “resting bitch face” for the first time, I finally knew why I was constantly grounded all the time in high school. All through my career, I have been reprimanded for the “look” on my face. What look? I…

What happens when everything you ever believed in turns out to be wrong? My whole life I was proud of my Cherokee heritage and that I was the last legal amount to check that box on the census forms. …

You know when you get to that area when you’re driving and you’ve lost the signal so you can’t listen to Iheart radio through your phone or your iTunes that are on the cloud? You press seek desperately on your radio looking for a station that might have music. You…