Reading and writing through time and space.
When I say multi-racial, I mean multi-racial. Not one, not two, but three different cultures make up me. Some take up more space in my little seventeen-year-old self than others, but hey, they are all equally dear to me, and over the years, I've learned not to be ashamed of being a melting pot of … Continue reading Being Multi-Racial: What I’ve Learned and Why I Love It (as told in gifs)
Canterbury: The king is full of grace and fair regard. Ely: And a true lover of the holy Church. Canterbury: The courses of his youth promised it not. The breath no sooner left his father's body But that his wildness, mortified in him, Seemed to die too; yea, at that very moment Consideration like an … Continue reading Literature Spotlight: Shakespeare’s “Henry V”
Hullo, my friends! As predicted, I have recently finished the fifth installment in the Harry Potter book series: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Wow. Honestly, all I can really say after reading this book is just wow. But, not to worry! I won't limit this delicious opportunity to dissect and analyze a book … Continue reading Book Spotlight: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
"I met this crown; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head: To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth. It seem'd in me But as an honour snatch'd with boisterous hand, And I … Continue reading Literature Spotlight: Shakespeare’s King Henry IV
Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know they are merely human. - Psalm 9:20 (NLT) My existence is an act of compassion. My existence is an act of kindness. My existence is a work of God. When I was born 14.25 years ago, a destiny was written. A life … Continue reading Merely Human
It's like an issue. A girl issue. A "who I am" issue. I never really thought about it too much up until I turned 13. I started to take less pictures and cut myself out of videos. I didn't like my voice, my hair. I wanted to be someone else. It was an identity issue. … Continue reading Know God, Know Identity