Some people believe the word ‘picnic’ came from white Americans lynching African Americans and say the word is shorthand for “pick-a-nigger”. The truth is picnic is derived from the 17th-century French word ‘picque-nique’, which literally means “each pick a bit”. It referred to a fashionable pot-luck which may or may not have happened outdoors and…
On Wednesday I searched YouTube for audio or video of Apostle Arturo Skinner, the pastor of the megachurch family I was born into. He died a month after my sixth birthday, so my memories of him are vague at best. But I remember feeling seen and loved very much by him. I have memories of…
I am afraid. People looking at my life probably have no idea I live with anxiety and have for as long as I can remember. In fact, I didn’t realize my feelings are anxiety until a year or two ago. I had always been told I think/worry too much and should “just stop”. Just like…
