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 Hi Readers! I hope you’ve had a great April. The last month I’ve been overly consumed by my study obligations. School has been super demanding and caring for my children sucks the rest of my mental energy completely out. I’ve been rewarded greatly and breaking ground however. I was inducted into my school’s honors society this month and had all of my family and friends by my side. That felt amazing and I’ve been trying so long to successfully stay enrolled in school since graduating high school, but life kept getting in my way. It sure feels good to see it all working out in my favor despite the years it’s taken to find stability. God has been truly faithful to me and my loved ones and I couldn’t feel more blessed to have such great opportunities being extended to me. I’m learning a lot of new information these days on other cultures and how they differ from the stereotypical “American Way”. I’m gaining a greater respect for people differences and learning how to better raise my k...

 Happy March readers! It's warming up where I live, besides March's typical wind pattern. It's definitely kite season, but I won't get off topic about how I forget to buy/make my kids one every year. I've been venturing into the wasteful time pattern of skimming through many streaming sites, and I can't help but try to force myself to sit through new shows. My love for writing makes me a sucker for trying new shows to give unknown script writers a chance. If that opportunity falls upon me, I'd want the support, so I try to give it. I won't reference one particular show, but I do want to discuss how irrational some storylines have seemed to me. I know I've been out of high school for a while, but I'm still a millennium so I'm not that out of touch with my memories of high school. Despite this fact, I somehow still can't phantom some of the things I'm seeing on these shows, and I definitely can't get with the glamourization of these...

  Today’s Other Heroes post will feature Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Sadie Turner Mossell has an amazing backstory. She’s apart of a long line of successful family members. She was born in Philadelphia in the year 1898. One of her grandfathers was a minister and she had an aunt that was a social worker and physician that helped create a nursing school and hospital at Tuskegee Institute (Alabama). She also has a famous uncle that was a painter. Her father was a lawyer (the first African American) to graduate from Penn’s Law School. Besides, having well established family members, Sadie also excelled in her academic career. After graduating high school in Washington (where she moved with her aunt and uncle) she went on to college back in Philadelphia, attending the University of Pennsylvania. Afterwards, she attended Penn for economics and got her PhD. It was hard for her to find a good job in Philadelphia so she moved again but to Durham, North Carolina. She worked for a black o...

       The Other Heroes is a short series I'll be writing for the rest of February. It'll be about important black figures that have made contributions to society. Last February, I challenged myself to explore less famous black writers from the past and this February I'm committing to learning about important black people that aren't as mainstream. The first person to kickstart my series is Dr. Charles R. Drew. Dr. Charles R. Drew was a physician. He was from DC and grew up playing sports. After graduating high school, he attended Amherst University with an athletic scholarship. After graduating college, he worked as a college biology professor for a while at Morgan State University in Baltimore (formerly Morgan College) before going to a medical school called McGill in Montreal, Canada. There he earned two degrees, Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. During his residency he was able to learn about blood transfusions alongside Dr. John Beattie. It was around th...

 Happy February! Another month into Winter, and another month closer to spring. I’ve been preoccupied with school and family so my blog has took a snag. I was looking into the topic of “toxic positivity” because it’s something I feel is becoming apart of the culture with everyone stressed over the current issues looming over the earth. But I’m taking a different direction because after my recent birthday, I’ve been on a mental exhaustion field trip. I’m burned out, many of my friends are burned out, my spouse is burned out. We’re all on a nonstop trial run of being millennials. Some of us are married, some parents, others dating with the intent to marry, some never wanting marry. We’re at the “prime” of our time and most pressured. We’re in the generation of being too young for the 80’s, nostalgic memories in the 90’s, thriving in the 2000’s. We evolved with the early workings of social media and dominated YouTube when it was user friendly. Back when instagram had little users, and...

 I’m tremendously blessed to be celebrating another birthday. I’ve been going through a lot mentally and it’s been hard for me to deal with everything. From all the changes still going on in our world to the demands and commands of parenting, I’ve been pretty exhausted. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to celebrate my birthday at first. I thought maybe I’d do a family and friends dinner then a separate intimate dinner with my husband. However, with the short amount of workers at all the restaurants in my city, I didn’t think that was best. I hate when the quality of service doesn’t match the price of the food. In addition to that, a lot of people have been sick or scared of the newest variant of the virus. I opted for a stay at home celebration instead. My four year old daughter asked to plan a celebration with my husband and give me a day off ( I don’t know how kids come up with these things) We ended up decorating with some basic party supplies and grabbing Chinese food (my personal fa...

 I’ve been in my first year of college since last summer. I’ve been tremendously blessed to receive a 4.0 for both of my semesters. My next semester is here and my newest assignments are awaiting my attention. A three week break was supposed to be just what I needed. I turned my laptop off and kept it closed. School was the last thing I wanted to think about. I wanted to be rejuvenated, prepared, and ready for take off. I’m dragging my book bag instead, sleep deprived, and mentally exhausted. I can do this though! I keep reassuring myself. A night of full rest, a good breakfast, and some encouraging scriptures will do me some good! Sometimes you just have to regroup and give it a go! I’m burned out now, but the results will be worth it in the end. Are you on the edge of burnout? Don’t let it get the best of you yet! Refresh yourself and give it a go!  Until Next Time, Dx3