I’m hopping on an airplane tomorrow to head “home” to Texas for what will probably be the last time all of my maternal side of the family is together in the same room. Its my grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary. It has easily been 15 years since I’ve seen my cousin Carole – and since we [...]
A Florida church plans to burn copies of the Qur’an on the anniversary of 9/11 – to “raise awareness and warn” of the dangers of Islam. If it were not for our global society, prevelance of media, and basically, the internet, nobody would know about what this tiny little congregation was doing. Sadly, they’ve made international news [...]
A lot has been happening in the past few weeks. I hesitate to say “to me” because that puts control of my life outside my grasp. I’ve had the “opportunity” to gain some insight into other people’s thoughts and perceptions of me. I say opportunity tongue in cheek because while I’m privvy to their opinion [...]
