It’s the last day of 2015. This year has taught me so much about myself. I have everything within me to be great, and I need to step it up a notch in the new year. It’s no secret that I grew up in the church, but I’m amazed at how much things have changed. I’m not sure if we ever discussed where “Watch Night Service,” derives from. Do you know? Also known as “Freedom Eve,” happened for the first…
I currently have over 1,200 photos/videos stored on my external memory drive. I’m able to relive moments from 2007 to the present. The photos that I choose not to share on my social media sites are more than likely there. Well, I should probably say that I have not shared them, yet. I spent three wonderful summers in Richmond, Virginia as an Intern/Intern Supervisor at the Museum of the Confederacy (American Civil War Museum). My last summer in Virginia was…
I’m continuing to unpack my grief, and dedicated to sharing my findings on Periscope and my other social media outlets. My first post on this site is the story of my emotional rollercoaster with education. If you want to read the original post, click here. Within the post I talked about my frustration and bitterness when it came to the decisions that were made after high school. Briefly, I mentioned a story about my dad writing a check for what happened…
If you have been hanging around the site and my social media accounts for the last week I have been talking about unpacking my journey with grief. No, it’s not Tuesday, but I spent my #GriefTalkTuesday talking with others about grief, and continuing to go through my dad’s stuff that was in storage. Okay so I realized something. Well, I honestly saw the pattern years ago but I finally owned it this week. I hoard. I hoard PAPERS! I love…
Yesterday was Tuesday right? I’m an Archivist that not only writes short stories, but I document journeys with grief too. On Tuesday’s I do a segment on Periscope called, #GriefTalkTuesday Well, I dropped a few nuggets in last night’s session: “Archives 101 – No Papers Left Behind” 1. Everyone grieves differently 2. When getting rid of a loved one’s things, what do you keep or toss? 3. Look thoroughly before you toss! #3 is extremely important because #1 and #2…