It’s graduation season again! Kids are graduating High School preparing for College or the Military. Some are graduating College and are about to step into “The Real World” and maybe get a real job for the first time in life. These times make me reminisce back on those days. Dear Nicole, Life isn’t what you… Read More A Letter to Myself at 17: Summer Before College May 2002

I’ve been struggling. I have two scripts sitting on my computer that I haven’t handed over to an editor. Not out of fear or anything but well actually one I am almost finished self-editing and the other is a novel I finished nearly 2 summers ago editing that I need to hand over to an… Read More Getting Back To It #Writing

  I watched the original movie, Dear White People like 10 times when it first came out. It’s still one of my favorites. A movie centering around a student ran radio show that address the dislikes of other white students by a mixed race activist on campus, what an interesting view. But there are more… Read More 5 Reasons I Loved Netflix Original Series Dear White People

  Writing has always been my thing. Often times words come easily, naturally. When I’m really passionate about a subject it can take me less than 3 minutes to compose a paragraph. I love it! I have written stories, articles and have kept a journal or diary of some sort consistently since childhood. I can’t… Read More Don’t Wait For The Perfect Writing Conditions

In addition to writing, I recently opened another Etsy store. I know you’re probably saying another Etsy store, but yes this one is different. I started out making notebooks but then realized that I could take my love of vintage items and move it over to Etsy. From a very young age, I had some… Read More One’s Man’s Junk Is My Treasure

In my previous post, “Life’s Unpleasant Surprise” I shared that I last fall I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease. I am not writing about this to get sympathy but rather to inform others that no one is exempt. I think as young people we assume were invincible and that if we take… Read More 4 Ways To Cope With A Chronic Illness

  What if you were going along one day and then BOOM out of know where you found out that you have a serious illness? Well this happened to me, November 2016. After the loss of our son Nicolas in August 2016, I found out while hospitalized that their was something going on. My blood… Read More Life’s Unpleasant Surprises

Spring and Summer are my favorite seasons. I like Fall and particularly hate Winter. It’s so nice when the trees and grass are returning to that lovely green color. Trees in our neighborhood bloom white or purple and they make the block look simply stunning. But I love that cold Winter air has left (for… Read More 10 Things I Love About Spring