America. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. Many of us can recount the stories of parents, grandparents or great-grandparents leaving their countries, families and everything they knew in hopes of a better life. Traveling to America, escaping persecution and political unrest in search of freedom. Longing to start a new life, to being […]Read more

I looked out my kitchen window Sunday night, the kids were running down the slip and slide holding hands, full of smiles and shrieks of laughter. It’s the start of summer, school is out, the weather is hot and copious amounts of watermelon and popsicles are being consumed faster than I can keep stocked in […]Read more

I skimmed the headlines, my heart dropped. I could not believe what I was reading and dared not to watch the video. A news story I somehow missed when it first happened and now was just getting my attention a few weeks back, the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. My first thought as I processed […]Read more