It was a warm spring afternoon as I walked through campus on the way to my afternoon lecture: Linguistics 101. At the time I was on the fast track to becoming a marine biologist. But my love for language led me to enroll in the course just for fun. (Spoiler: […]
When I first began learning Spanish in 9th grade there was a song that my teacher played for us. It was the first Christian song I learned in Spanish. It wasn’t my usual style of music but the words stuck in my head. When I went off to college, I […]
I’ve seen racism. I saw it the first time I liked a brown boy. My momma told me I would never be able to date him and our pastor stood in front of the entire southern baptist congregation to say that marrying from another culture was sinful. I saw it when my […]
Being home all day long gives one a lot more time to think. And more time to spend on social media and other informative websites. As stay-at-home orders continue the flow of information about coronavirus, conspiracy theories, and politics shows no sign of ceasing. I will not be addressing any […]
It’s been over a week since I have had any real human interaction. And let me tell you, I am NOT loving it. Yesterday things got a little better when I ventured out of my house to pay my internet bill at the little automatic kiosk. Never have I felt […]
