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The Pride of the Lion

Sometimes when I get my feelings hurt, I lash out, like yesterday. So, let me paint a picture around the landscape my mind is in. Currently, the climate of the nation is very depressing. We are under quarantine because of the outbreak of Covid-19. I'm stuck in a place I have no longer wanted to live in, for an unforeseeable future. I want to move out for the same reasons that have happened in the past with my ex-roommate, Brinkley. I don't like being irresponsible and now it has happened a few times, in my new living arrangement. I have had to ask for help with rent. I don't know if I'll ever get to live on my own and it's killing me. I want to be self-sufficient more than ever but I keep getting pushed back. What is going on that I can't see in the future? I also want to move out because I have a roommate that cannot stop inputting his opinions on where my money should go, as much as I love him. I started a new job and there has been stress around my new jo...

The unMasquerade Ball

There's something about the date April 21st, 2018 that will be forever a pivotal moment in my life. "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." ~ Booker T. Washington I love volunteering and seeing an impact on the community.  I for a long time have wanted to give back to the community. So after Jasper passed away and I had volunteered with Horse-N-Around TRC, I came up with The Jasper Tree. Jasper was the most amazing little boy there ever was in a wheelchair. He absolutely lifted me up every day. I loved that little guy more than everyone that has ever been in my life. He is the inspiration for my giving back.  My friends, Travis and Anna, have a family and they had a little boy with peds cancer. I went to them and said hey, I would like to help bring light to your struggles and create an event to honor them. Well, I have always wanted to go to a masquerade ball and by hell, I was going to create one. I had done an amazing amount of footwork a...