Last week I volunteered with the Sheriff’s department for ‘Read-a-Thon’. An event hosted annually that is geared toward reading for our youth. While I was there I encountered a Kindergarten aged boy. He was very shy when I asked him if he wanted me to read to him. He slowly shook his head ‘yes’ […]
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky Part 3 [Final]: I know that this is long overdue and for that, I apologize. I’ve been suffering from what you may call “writer’s block”. It wasn’t that I couldn’t write anything… however, I don’t believe in writing something that isn’t genuine just for the sake of […]
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” –Stephen Chbosky Part 2: If you’ve read the previous post, then you are familiar with my friend ‘Casey’. If you haven’t read the post, I suggest that you do so that this article won’t be confusing to you. Casey and I have another friend named ‘Ashley’. We met Ashley […]
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky PART 1: Recently, I caught up with a friend who informed me of some things she and another friend of ours had been facing. With respect to her identity, I will call her for the sake of this article, ‘Casey’. I met Casey my freshman year of […]
Read more“Have enough courage to trust love one more time, and always one more time.” -Maya Angelou
My Royal Sargent, Kris
When I was 15 years old, I met Kristopher Gibson. An overly critical man with a tailored blazer, cowboy boots and a BMW. He was not my cup of tea, what-so-ever. But I had to suck it up and proceed because he was now my assistant Royal Court advisor. For those of you who aren’t […]
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