As most of you know, I left my hometown of Amarillo, Texas to move to Rochester, New York on May 29th, 2020. In the middle of a global pandemic (COVID-19) and the ongoing political and social unrest and demand for justice in the murders of African Americans in the United States, I decided to move across the country. If you know me well, that shouldn’t surprise you – if there was ever someone who…

        I never felt like I belonged in the Texas Panhandle. Where I grew up, I wasn’t what you’d call… popular. Not only were my personal views different than most of the people I knew, but my political and social views were vastly different. There were kind people who lovedon me and encouraged me to care about the things I did have, things like intelligence and a kind heart. Those are the…

I came out to the world in June. I guess they say “came out publicly,” but whatever. For a long time, I’ve struggled with the fact that I waited so long to be myself. I wanted to share a little bit of the reasoning behind the wait and share the truth about how it feels to hate yourself for being yourself.

I remember being young. Being young for me was a war; at home, I was the unwanted accessory…

I’m one of those people who needs to write things down to make them real. I think that’s why I write about love and sadness so much, so I can look them in the face and move forward.

That being said, I’m going to write out the promises that I’m making to myself for 2019. I hate the term “New Year’s Resolution,” I only conjure images of fad diets, full gyms, and “HAH I ALREADY BROKE MY RESOLUTION…

  My house is a church

Worship is laughter

Communion is the scent of rose with a hint of lonely

Brothers and sisters, come to the fountain of youth!

For we are young when we we allow ourselves our childish pleasures of animated movies and popcorn

Couch forts and slumber parties

Giggling in darkness

We are the new millennium, we are the triumphant

Our holy text is the light of a small screen

Our…