Veterans Matter
UNITED STATES─It is hard to fathom that we only take one day out of the 364 days we have in the year to pay our tribute and gratitude to the people who risked their lives for us to enjoy the freedoms that we take for granted. Yes, Monday, November 11, 2019, we celebrated Veteran’s Day. It is a day...
Budgets Are Not Easy To Stick To
UNITED STATES—Budget. Yes that is a very scary word for many Americans. We do not like to hear the word budget or the thought of having to be restricted to a specific budget, but it has more benefits for us than we can imagine. How so? When you budget you get the opportunity to see precisely where your money...
Environmentally Conscious
UNITED STATES—I like to think that I am someone who is environmentally conscious. Am I a global advocate to save the planet from wasteful resources? Not quite, but I do my part the best I can to ensure I’m not wasteful in the world’s natural resources. That is the one thing I learned in my environmental biology and geology...
Halloween Safety 101
UNITED STATES—With Halloween fast-approaching it’s time for us to discuss some important rules about safety. While a festive and spooky night, Halloween can also be dangerous. Kids are littered on the streets, and sometimes people behind the wheel fail to realize while driving in residential regions and major streets to slow their speed down. I cannot fathom anything more...
Family Fakery
UNITED STATES—I tell this to people all the time that family are the people who will betray and hurt you more than a complete stranger. It seems the ties of blood forces us to want to forgive and forget even though our gut tells us otherwise. Why do I say that? I recently attended a family wedding, where some...
We All Need Down Time
UNITED STATES—Look, I will just say it: Americans work too much! We spend more time at our workplace than we spend at home or with family during the week. That’s unnerving, that is scary and it just seems wrong in so many ways. Why are we becoming a country that is SO FOCUSED on work instead of family? Yes,...
Fall Has Indeed Arrived!
UNITED STATES—I cannot tell you how ecstatic I am that summer has finally ended and fall/autumn has dawned upon us. All that clothing that has been in my closet that has gone unworn for months I can finally indulge in. I mean the jeans, sweaters, jackets, long sleeve shirts and so much more. Fall is not just about fall...
Just Completely Drained
UNITED STATES—There is no worse feeling than being under the weather. When I say under the weather I’m referring to being ill. Out of nowhere this weekend, I appeared to catch a cold. It started off minor, but it seemed to get progressively worse as the days moved along. How so? For starters, I had a runny nose. Nothing...
College Admissions Scandal Fallout
UNITED STATES—By now, most of you are well aware that actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced in her role in the college admissions scandal where she paid someone off to alter the SAT scores for her daughter to help her get into an elite college. Yes, when the news first broke several months ago it left many people quite...
September 11, 2001 18 Years Later
UNITED STATES—It is hard to fathom that it has been 18 years since the United States was dramatically changed forever when we were attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001. It was a day that forever changed this country as we know it. Never have we seen such violence, horror and absolute devastation in this country. Every American who...