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On Death and Dying: What It’s Like to Live With A Heart Condition During a Pandemic

When explaining my illness and how it makes me feel, especially in regards to other people, I often use what I like to call the “My Car is a Piece…

The Memorial Day Tornadoes, One Year Later

On the night of May 27 2019, I was sitting on the couch after a long Memorial Day when I could start hearing the storms come in. They had just…

Why Should We Exercise?

Imagine: It’s 3 pm, you come home from school so tired that you just want to lay on the couch and sleep because of all the stress of school, we…

Does ‘Selfie Culture’ Hurt Us Societally?

We’ve all done it – you’re at dinner and suddenly you’re thinking ‘wow, I better take a picture for social media of my food!’ or ‘This place would make a…

My Voice: Why Parents should take a Parenting Test

“Arizona Woman Charged with Murder in Disturbing Killings of 3 Children,” read the headline of a Jan. 28 article this year.  “A 22-year-old Arizona woman was charged Tuesday with the…

My Voice: End the Declawing of Cats

Onychectomy (noun): surgical excision of a fingernail or toenail. To humans, this simple surgical procedure yields promise for it not only aims to curb infection from spreading to other extremities…