Ice Cream Emergencies

"You didn't have to react like that." I give him a look that screams, in expletive filled thoughts, to shut up. But of course he doesn't catch it and continues mumbling under his breath. "For God's sake you almost had the cops called over some icecream!" He looks at me now, waiting for a response, …

The Man in the Corner

An eerie silence settled over them all as everyone sat with bated breath. Waiting. They sat, hands wrung and clenched as they concentrated on the task at hand. It was a difficult conundrum, one requiring more courage than anyone wanted to spare. The risks involved were too dire, too consequential to simply leave everything up …

Believing In God

I identify as a Christian. My husband is a Muslim. And somehow we are making it work. It's not perfect, but we are doing the best we can. At the end of the day, we rely on the simple fact that we both believe in "God." The ways in which we do so are different, …

The Silence of Complacency

Disclaimer: This post was started almost a year ago, but unfortunately is still wildly relevant. The post is political in nature, but was not meant to be a political debate. I was simply writing my feelings after an event last year. The unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. Complacency. In the last few years America …