Down 25 Pounds in Eight Weeks: This is How I Did It

By MissGradStudent So I’ve been unhappy with my weight for about a year now, but my attempts to do anything about it were halfhearted at best. But being stuck in a rural city that I don’t like and in a job I’m less than happy with has given me a new type of motivation. It’s…

Made Inferior

By MissGradStudent They told me, when I was young, that education is the great equalizer. I could overcome my circumstances with thought, dedication, and handwork. So I worked. I took AP and IB classes. I went to a great college. I took the right internships and landed the right jobs. I isolated myself from my…

Miracles happen everyday.

Miracles happen everyday sometimes we see them and sometimes we don’t. Today was an exciting day partially because we were able to go to the beach and see the ocean and that I was able to spend time with my family. Mainly because an angel was looking over us today, and part of it I…

When you think you’ve made it.

We all get to a point where we feel like we are on top of the world. Life is handing us roses and sunshine and we are unstoppable. We are meeting our goals and potential is all around us. Then of course it starts to rain, the clouds hunt you for an endless amount of…

Browned skinned woman.

Remember the phrase, “its not you its me” and how stupid it is? I hear this phrase all the time but in a racial context. A repetitive reasoning that the color of my skin is why life is harder, even if its’ not 100% true. Sometimes that voice wins and eludes me to think that…

Learning how to read

One of the most difficult things in being a parent is feeling helpless. I seem to experience this feeling consistently with each child. In particular my son has always did things in his own time and speed. Although he was born early which was definitely out of my control, he does everything at his own…

Seeing the Forest

By Ms60sMom There is a saying, ‘You can’t see the forest through the trees.’ This statement is only true is you don’t have vision. If you have your eyes on whatever prize that will make you happy, then you ave vision. Sometimes you just have to take a mind break breathe and exhale. We often…

I Will Never Meet Ed Sheeran

I will never live a life that puts me in the way of remarkability. I am average, one of the masses.

The Slow March to Death

By MissGradStudent “In this life, you’ve got to know what you want. You have to visualize it, and then you have to pull it down. Want it, see it, take it.” – Zadie Smith, Swing Time I sometimes feel that I can see death happening. When I’m in a plane, driving, or doing mundane things…

Educating my Life

I was just rolling along with my career, or so I thought, when all of a sudden, I was faced with the harsh reality that I hadn’t finished college. I kept putting off going back to school to get my bachelor’s degree because I thought I was learning everything I needed to know in the…