truestory – Cardinal Confidence: A Passion Project

You Look Scary

When did being scary-looking become more accepted than looking older?

Wonderful

My mom had to believe and have faith that life would be wonderful someday. Her strong faith was the music. Her reality was the lyrics.

Life is full of contradictions. What I know now is that all those contradictions can exist together and be true.

On February 14, 1992, I was sitting in my second-grade social studies class learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 90-mile march from Selma to Birmingham when the infamous question preyed upon me. What side of history would I have been on? Today, in 2021, I cogitate why I didn’t interrogate my teachers more.Continue reading “What Side of History Am I On?”

Ghost Hugs

I ascended the front porch steps and grabbed the science curriculum. I agreed to tutor my fifth grade nephew. His three brothers and he became homeschoolers in August out of necessity not choice. Their mother, my sister-in-law, is chronically ill. Her body may or may not survive the vaccine. Her body can’t risk COVID-19. WeContinue reading “Ghost Hugs”