I know there are many times I have fallen off my growth, but when I come back to it, I realize I’m a lot farther than I used to be.

Throughout high school, I filled up several journals, read poetry books and performed in Poetry Out Loud. Poetry was my life until it wasn’t

Now, I am able to understand that growth is a process, sometimes stop and go, but a process nonetheless.

Selina Wells interviews a volunteer medical provider in the midst of the Ukraine and Russian war. A closer look at what is happening now.

The only way to really get better at something is to do it, and that’s all I’m hoping to do during this entire process.

The truth is, when it comes to “renewal,” I’m a work in progress, and the progress barely started this year.

It really comes down to folding our clothes, clearing off our laundry chairs, and reminding ourselves why we deserve to re-learn focus.

Like many people, music plays a role in my day to day life. It can help change my demeanor and how I approach my day.

Other times, these words appear during a shift at work, as the sky blackens due to the flow of time.

You can advocate for yourself and for others. It doesn’t matter how small the act is.