Just Charity Things

Welcome back, everyone!  How has your week been? If it has been good, I hope it gets even BETTER. If it hasn’t been good, I hope this week is YOUR week. I have a question for y’all. Have you ever hosted a dinner party? One of those fancy, black-tie events? Who did you invite? Well, imagine THIS: A nice dinner party with all your favorite foods, favorite adult beverages, and yes, you guessed it.. ANYONE WHO YOU WANT TO INVITE CAN COME. Well, let me just tell y’all how MY perfect dinner party would go and who would be invited. If you know me, you KNOW my love for Beyonce. Now I wouldn’t say that I am captain of the Bey-Hive, but I do truly adore her. I have read that she is one of the most humblest, down to earth people ever and I would really love to just get to know her and connect with her on a personal level and of course dance to “Single Ladies”. Another person who I would definitely invite would be Kobe Bryant. He’s had a tremendous  impact on the National Basketball Assoc...

In the first semester of my junior year I took a class called Public Relations Writing with a professor named Teddi Joyce. Of course like all college students, when I selected her class I looked her up on Rate My Professor . She had exceptional ratings so I was pretty excited and then I noticed class would be at 7:30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I thought to myself, Oh well, I'm going to have to take it anyways. I may as well go ahead and get it out of the way." I soon found out that Dr. Teddi was going to quickly become one of my favorite professors. She was funny, kind, understanding, and I could quickly tell that teaching was her passion and she actually cares about each one of her students. During this global pandemic, I think it's safe to say that EVERYONE has had to make some sort of adjustment. About three weeks into the semester, I began feeling terrible. Horrendous migraines, runny nose, dry cough, and chills. I was instantly worried about how the next few weeks w...

  RACISM. Look at me. I'm a black woman. I  was born a black woman and I will be a black woman until I  die. I  love my skin and I am comfortable in my skin (besides these extra pounds I've picked up... thanks quarantine). I  believe Black Lives Matter. I  think people should be allowed to date who they want. I    am pro-black. I  am also a black woman with a white best friend. Where It All Started Me and my best friend, Hannah, have been friends for about 13 years. We met in Mrs. Tisdale's third grade class and have been pretty much stuck like glue since. We've cried together, been in trouble together, snuck out together (sorry mama and Mrs. Kim), had disagreements, and fights but our friendship has never quavered.  We grew up attending Vincent Middle High School, a small 2A school about 30 miles outside of Birmingham,AL (You know, one of those towns where EVERYBODY knows EVERYBODY'S business 😒) I'll be the first to say that Hanna...

  Happy Friday Y'all! This week has been one of THOSE weeks. You know, one of those weeks where you are not mentally where you want to b e, your physical healt h is pretty sucky, or when you just need a break from life and  all  things ass ociated with it. Unfortunately, I've been definitely experiencing one of those week. I  woke up Sunday feeling pretty icky and instantly though, OH NO! I was experiencing a runny nose, headache, dry cough, and just felt really weak. I went home for the weekend and knew I    was in no shape to drive back to campus. I went back to campus Monday evening and woke up Tuesday morning to g o to my universities Student Health Center. In the times of COVID-19, I  w as prettyyyyyy sure I  had caught it and very bummed. I     got tested and it was NEGATIVE!! I    definitely was happy about that but NOT about the sinus infection they diagnosed me with. All in all though, I  am bl...