The Wall was built and NO ONE cared

“KEEP OUT” Mexicans Even if you’re just trying to attend church A funny thing happened a while back. A wave of anti-immigration began to take over the U.S. which then swept over pretty much the entire Hispanic community; after all it’s not like you can look at someone from that community and know whether they…

The End of the Great American Experiment

A bunch of white guys got together a while back and decided they wanted to take over a different part of the world; recreate it into a place where everyone could live in peace. Different races, cultures, genders and beliefs creating utopia. Thus the Great American Experiment was born. That may be paraphrasing a bit…

Defecting to the Sahm’s Group

I never thought of myself as being able to do the “Stay at Home Mom” thing. My own mother was a SAHM for quite a bit of my life before she got her nursing degree. She was perfect at it, she was like June Cleaver or Donna Reed. The neighborhood kids were constantly hanging out…

I Hate My Children and Husband (and That’s Totally Okay)

As I sit here writing, there is rain falling outside in the dark and it sounds beautiful. The window is open next to me, I have on an old Texas Wesleyan University hoodie to keep warm against the cold air that occasionally wafts in. The breathtaking silence that envelopes me amidst the rain drops is…

I’ve already lived in Hell(ish)

Let me tell you how much fun it is to review books…. Whether or not I like a book doesn’t take away from the fact that someone took time to contribute to a society that sorely needs more focus on the arts especially when literacy rates are lower than Trump’s approval score. Come on that’s…