On being racially profiled and pulled over for a DWB (Driving While Black) in Denver

August 13, 2020 in Life Lessons

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 […]

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Rediscovering Self-Worth After Someone Close Tears It Away

February 24, 2018 in Life Lessons

“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 […]

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Good Grief: 3-Year Anniversary of Losing My Older Brother

February 18, 2018 in Life Lessons

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 […]

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What I Tell Myself When I Think "Someone Has Already Done This Before"

November 3, 2017 in Digital Nomad, Life Lessons

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 […]

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Overcoming My Fear So That I Could Work From Anywhere in the World at Age 25

October 22, 2017 in Digital Nomad, Life Lessons

“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 […]

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A last minute decision to go to Amsterdam because my friend made the World Cup semi-finals for England

August 21, 2017 in Life Lessons

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 […]

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During college, I developed the best community of my life then, I graduated

September 11, 2016 in Life Lessons

“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 […]

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Hear These Words Of Mine

December 12, 2012 in Christianity, Life Lessons, Openly Gay at a Christian College

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 […]

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A Letter To My First Love

November 21, 2012 in Life Lessons

Nothing touches you like your first love. You start spending some time together again and wonder why it ever ended. New lovers come across so demanding, work. As though your relationship is purely this workhorse of facades and impressions that allow you to be together. My first love, You know who you are, and I […]

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We grabbed coffee after my recent coming out and she began to cry

September 9, 2012 in Christianity, Life Lessons, Openly Gay at a Christian College

She placed her elbows on the table and tilted her head slightly downward. I could see her starting to wipe the inner corners of her blue eyes, the corners where our tears tend to manifest. For the past two hours, we had been catching up on life over the past several months, with minor flashbacks […]

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