Author Archives: drew3470

I write this, not as an instance of TMI about our family, but as a plea to parents, schools, and our government to take the mental health of kids seriously. To be blunt, we have been experiencing some issues for some time now with our youngest child, a smart, silly, outgoing eight-year-old boy, and haveContinue reading “Our Kids are Listening”

With the stores festooned in red and pink and people discussing their Valentine’s Day plans, it’s hard not to think about my love. I know, vomit. While we always say we will not partake in a silly holiday made up by Hallmark to sell cards between Christmas and Easter, I will still inevitably receive aContinue reading “The Path Not Taken”

For once this week, I don’t have to be up at 5 a.m., but here I am, wide awake at 5 a.m., checking for election results like a psychopath. Nothing yet, as I’m sure you all know. I write this as someone who was once registered as an Independent and only joined the Democratic PartyContinue reading “I’m Just Here For the History”

Allow me to preface by saying that when I refer to “my family,” I am talking about the four people that live in my household. There are certainly folks in my broader family that feel differently than we do, and that’s OK. With a gun to my head, I could not even confirm to youContinue reading “My Family and Church”

Even though, between the two of them, Will had had the rougher time in dealing with adulthood, Anna’s road had been rocky as well. She was good at school, but that was it, and after college was over, she had no idea what she was doing or what she was going to do with herself.Continue reading “Chapter 25, Page 146”

I know y’all have probably heard about enough of the back and forth and the pros and cons of re-opening schools. I have as well, I can assure you. I am noticing that most people feel pretty strongly one way or the other, and I feel like I’m kind of in the middle, so maybeContinue reading “The Kids Are Gonna Be Alright”

Welcome to Being a Woman in the Workplace Unless you have been living under a rock over the last week, you have heard Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) response from the floor of the House to Rep. Ted Yoho’s (R-FL) comments to her on the steps of the Capitol. Just to recap, our hero was simplyContinue reading

It is all over the internet. Parents, teachers and administrators are taking to social media, and the media in general if our local news is any indication, to express their concerns about re-opening schools in the fall while we are still in the midst of a global pandemic. As a parent, I have expressed concernsContinue reading “The Great School Divide”

This book is a work of creative nonfiction. Creative license has been used throughout, names have been changed and the ending re-imagined. Although liberties have been taken with the story line, this is an adaptation of a true story and real-life events. Georgia, 1987 Anna Chapter 1 Anna looked out of the window of herContinue reading “Chapter One”

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, as befitting my name, have I got some drama for you. As I was winding down my weekend on Sunday evening with a lovely squat on the couch as the boys’ faces were buried in their iPads, I popped on ‘ol Facebook to see what my friends had beenContinue reading “It’s Hard Fighting Racists”