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This past weekend was a reminder of what I often refer to as my  “former life”. I relived my college years with old friends and forever teammates on Fridays UWMilwaukee Women’s Soccer Reunion. We stayed up into the wee hours of the night laughing, talking, and drinking – just like old times. On Saturday evening […]

Mar 24, 2022

“Mom, you say you don’t care, but it kinda seems like you do,” was what my almost 15 year old son punched into my gut.  “Oh, I care but I don’t want to,” was my only response.  “Maybe you should go sit with that,” he wisely advised.  So, I went, and I sat with it. […]

February 21, 2004 17 years ago this day, I married my first husband. Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into. It was a cold, snowy day filled with love, laughter, music and booze. The path that has taken us to our anniversary today has had some unexpected turns, a crash here and […]

Merrill Hall, Hartford Ave, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee It was 1993 and I was a freshman at UWMilwaukee. All students at the time had to take a certain number of cultural classes with Black Realities being highly encouraged. Mary, a teammate friend, and I decided to take it together. Every Tuesday evening, we’d file […]