Let’s take a moment to look at these words. Black Lives Matter. And for me, after living in this gay world, it feels like only white lives have ever mattered. Despite this movement being about systemic racism, police brutality, and justice against murder, I can’t think about how the lives of my black family members […]
In case you missed it, police in Aurora, Colorado (remember Elijah McClain?) detained and handcuffed a black mother and four children at gunpoint on August 2nd, 2020 after mistakenly identifying the SUV she was driving as a stolen motorcycle. Just last summer, I was pulled over for something similar when I was waiting at […]
“Praying” was written about that moment when the sun starts peeking through the darkest storm clouds, creating the most beautiful rainbow. Once you realize that you will in fact be OK, you want to spread love and healing. If you feel like someone has wronged you, get rid of that hate, because it will just […]
A week ago, my phone charger cord had just broken, and I needed to go find a new one. It was Sunday evening in Grenoble, France, and everything shuts down at 2pm. To top it off, it was raining. “Took [your niece] to the sportsman show on Friday and this picture is yesterday when we […]
I have a way of giving too much of my time to other people and not keeping enough time for myself. Which is funny because I end up meeting some friends at the bar, and I’m flooded with insecurity when I really just want to be at home sitting in my chair, listening to music, […]
This blog started out of the idea “Oh! I work for myself and can work from anywhere! I should write about it!” You may be thinking, “Oh boy, another person trying to do a travel blog.” And you’re right. I am another person, and I am doing a blog based on my travel. But if […]
“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.” ― Jack Kerouac Introduction Packing up my life and moving has always been one of the hardest things for me to do so it’s funny to think that I built […]
We were taking a break from a round of Sunday afternoon volleyball when I got a text from my dad. “England just won the match, 1 – 0!” It was the Women’s Euro Cup quarter-finals, and my friend who plays soccer for England scored the only goal against France, sending them onto the semi-finals on […]
“What happened to sweet, innocent Sean?” My college buddy exclaimed. The shock in his voice was enough to wake the mountains around us. “The world got a hold of him…” I responded softly with drowsy honesty of our early morning on my lips, keeping my eyes on the road. He had never been to Colorado […]
As a backstory for this post, I went to a private Christian university. I was openly gay and accepted by most of my peers, professors, resident directors, staff members, etc. I tried to start a club where LGBT students felt their were acknowledged and not alone on their Christian campus. The club application process was […]
