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Every Christmas Eve my dad's side of the family as of late we've had a tradition. The tradition is we go over my dad's house, eat dinner and all of us get to open presents. After all of that, we usually hang out, talk and have a merry ole time. But, last year on Christmas Eve, after we had our dinner, my sister decided to play a game and of course we said yes. I don't think anybody wanted to be a bad sport. I don't know the name of the game, but the concept is, it has two sides, one side has serious questions, and the other side has less serious questions and of course we had the side of serious questions and then we had to discuss the topics.  I love my sister's enthusiasm (bless her little heart) but those topics on the card made us release most of our emotions and then we got slightly off topic, the conversations got even deeper.      At this point, I didn't want to be vulnerable especially since it was the holiday season even though there are sad momen...

 During the span of the election, I was canvassing. If people don't know what canvassing is , it's just knocking on people's doors and for this particular canvassing it was for the past election. But in the midst of the canvassing, I got four dollars more on my paycheck than the previous paycheck and I was grateful. Other people might say it's just four dollars, but my employer didn't have to do that. That gesture was little but I was very grateful for that increase, how big or small it was. I would say I was always a grateful Indvidual but now since I'm older and gained a bit more wiser, I would say that I cherish the things that make me whole that aren't always monetary.     Also, I got a bonus of twenty five dollars after the job was over. I was jokingly asking for a bonus; I didn't expect to receive a bonus. This made me think of another thought and the thought is being humble. You never know what being humble and appreciative will get you. I'm n...

 I tried to stay awake for the remaining results of the election, but I went to bed at midnight. I was watching the live commentary on Peacock. I think you guys can imagine I was a bit unsettled and sad for the American people this morning when I opened X (formerly known as Twitter). I don't know a lot of the policies, but I know some vital issues (especially from this past election) that I can make a clear and concise opinion in the political sphere. The issues that I take very seriously and what I know is the abortion and immigration issue.      For any women who voted for Trump must be gullible to bullshit, I'm sorry for the bluntness but if somebody was trying to control my body, I WOULD SAY FUCK YOU AND THEN SOME! Obviously, I'm not a woman but reproductive rights should be for the woman to decide and not the man. This is a crucial issue because if a woman gets pregnant and decides she doesn't want the baby anymore, oh well, you're shit out of luck. You are st...

 I'm an advocate of mental health and I believe I said that in my earlier posts. I have a therapist and I'm very grateful for her because a lot of times she makes me think, oh, I haven't thought about it that way or that's an interesting point after I explain what went on that particular week for me. Other times, like this past week she just listens and doesn't say anything. Listening is crucial too because in my opinion, the receiver of the messages or that said communication is willing to sit quietly and absorb the individual's feelings.      I feel anxious sometimes, the first time I felt anxious was when I was working at the Ritz Carlton and had to leave within nine months (lol) after a management issue. While I was looking for another job, my grandfather died during that time. I knew I had to get some help. I felt overwhelmed, sad and angry. You can say a mixture of emotions was boiling inside me and I didn't know what to do so I decided to seek some he...

 As you guys know, I'm a Clevelander and I will always be a Clevelander. I love the Cavs and the Browns, how can I not?, my hometown is Cleveland. Even though I briefly mentioned the Cavs, I'm going to talk about the Browns for a bit. Every year the Browns say this year is our year and I always want to believe them because that's my team, but most of the seasons weren't winning seasons for them besides last year. Last year was incredible when we got into the playoffs with Joe Flacco.      Even though this current season just started, the Browns are to a rough start. This past Sunday, the Browns faced the Washington Commanders and let me just say, the Browns weren't making me jump for joy. I think Deshaun Watson had a good game minus getting sacked several times. When he threw the ball to his teammates, they didn't catch the ball. Watson threw accurate passes. Mistakes happen but if I got paid millions of dollars, I would put some glue on my gloves to make sure...

 I tuned into the speech late but what I saw was two men acting respectful and cordial towards one another for the most part. I felt like other times, they would've slapped each other silly. I'm going to give you my thoughts about the debate. I think Vance did much worse than Walz and I'm going to explain.     First, I think Walz was stumbling on some words throughout the debate, but those things happen. The stumbling of words isn't something to fret about. But oh man, Vance is another story! First, Vance can't blame everything on the migrants. What have they done to the American people or Vance's inner circle? My response is not a DAMN THING. The only guilty thing that the migrants have done and it's not really anything guilt related, they're just trying to improve their lives for the better. I would buy a blowtorch, jackhammer and any tool to dismantle that MOTHERFUCKING wall and when I'm finished, I'll scream, FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THAN...