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Teenage existence is comprised of a kaleidoscope of feelings. My younger self always felt like a partially completed jigsaw puzzle, running haltingly around the campus of my prep school, with the pieces of myself flailing everywhere along the shrub-lined gates, and across the sharply pressed gravel paths on the quad. It was a true experience…
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I cannot seem to get past the resignation of Claudine Gay, the first Black president of Harvard University, in this past week. The whole situation wreaks of smoke and mirrors, and I keep wondering what exactly it leaves in its wake and the larger meaning of possible future replications of these similar tactics to remove…
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I am not a threat. At least not in the traditional sense. I carry no weapons, have no plans for ill intent. And yet, I know that I will always be an unidentifiable potential harmful element whenever I enter a room. It is perhaps my age, my race… but, most importantly my title. The…
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The announcement of my pregnancy came in a series of fits and starts over time. It began on an early Spring morning when I woke up and felt a gnawing pang in my stomach. I grabbed at it, rubbing it and hoping that it would go away, knowing what was at stake. I was in…
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It was a cold winter’s day when I had decided to go to Connecticut. My baby had recently been discharged from the special care nursery and we were preparing for our first blizzard. My parents had offered some reprieve in the routine that we had of sleeping and breastfeeding as my son had begun taking…
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They came in droves lined one by one, six feet apart. Among the numbers, hearts beating in time with paired breath, struggling. Then carried, draped in sterile cloth with icy feet, eyes glassy and waiting. Given fluids to replenish, skin pierced and cut to infuse, detect…ultimately drained of life. The simultaneously erect and sloping…
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I imagine what people must think with the recent whirlwind of laws being passed in my lovely state of Florida. We have the “Parental Rights in Education” Bill, the “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act,” and I am sure that there will be many more to come in this robust legislative session. I imagine that…
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A timely glimpse into the real-life situation of a pediatrician caught in the crosshairs of politics and morality. I looked on in silence. It was in the middle of the day’s rush and I was in a daze. I glanced across the room, and she was sitting in a chair hunched over and scared. …
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You were never to be ignored. Standing tall with a voice of soft, deep bass. As a child, its tone used to bring me fear, a voice so deep it ran down my spine and shook me to my core with every word. But over time, I began to stop and listen further. Your voice…
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There are many things that go into being a queen. One must have grace, poise, a definite sense of humor…a power to lead and oodles of patience… But, above all else, one must know that they are queen. And that is what I want to speak about today. A woman blessed with numerous God-given gifts,…
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