From The Desk of David

Growing up, I was always enamored with those who were in the “first,” to accomplish something. Take entrepreneur and businesswoman, Madam CJ Walker, the first black female millionaire through her successful line of hair care products. Or Amelia Earhart, the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on her…

Violin Music wafted through the air like a thick fog. The melodic notes hung around and whispered into the ears of the patrons. The room was lit by candlelight and thick, overpriced white tablecloths draped every table in the room. The patrons were dressed in the finest of tuxedos and…

It was a pleasant afternoon. It was a strange mix of pleasantly cool and a brisk breeze. It was cold and hot all at the same time. I was scrolling through my twitter feed and suddenly, “#AbledareWeird,” appeared on my screen and glowing in a light blue shade. Something drew…

Anxiety lives and breathes off partial pictures—the more incomplete the picture, the more anxiety flourishes.

If I must be honest, I don’t want to write the following words. Writing these words will make it all real and in slight delusions in which I’m still grasping to, I am writing this from my dorm room, still surrounded by friends with the life moving forth with no…