Living Privileged in the Age of Covid Part Two
There are now over 200 million cases worldwide of COVID-19 and over 4.5 million deaths according to statistics. As of 24 hours ago, the...
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Mel Dee
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Social Media and It's False Prophecy
Late rapper, songwriter, and actor Tupac Shakur once said, “I don’t want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is...
Mel Dee
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Living With Addiction
As we recognize today, September 14, as National Sober day, I cannot help but reflect upon so many we have lost to addiction. Most...
Mel Dee
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
Never Forgetting 9/11
September 11, 2001, was a beautiful and bright picturesque summer day. The sun was bright, the air warm but not overbearing. I clearly...
Mel Dee
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Disaster Movie Turn Reality
Wildfires, murder hornets, flash floods, hurricane Irma, super storm Sandy, brain eating amoeba, water shortages, and earthquakes are all...
Mel Dee
- Aug 21, 2021
- 4 min
Living Privileged in the Age of COVID
Coronavirus, COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 are all ways that this hideous severe acute respiratory syndrome has been referred to as. We all...
Mel Dee
- Aug 13, 2021
- 7 min
Journey To Leading A More Flexible Life
The practice of yoga has long been known to hold a wealth of health benefits for everyone who participates. According to John Hopkins...
Mel Dee
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Living with Fibroids
Imagine leaving your home self conscious that you may accidentally stain your clothes. More Importantly, imagine using the bathroom and...
Mel Dee
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Reflection on COVID-19
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman...
Mel Dee
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
Life After the Death of Eric Garner
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was killed in Staten Island. The death was eventually ruled a homicide as Mr. Garner was killed by use of...
Mel Dee
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Are Squirrels a Thing of the Past?
Where are all the squirrels? I never thought I would be asking myself this question especially after one got into my apartment years ago....
Mel Dee
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
Return to Lock Up
Let's face it, some folks belong in jail no matter their race or background. But what happens once they are locked up? Are they really...
Mel Dee
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Legalizing Marijuana: Who Would Have Thought?
We have a long history when it comes to our battles with what can be moral issues versus legal. Currently, we are viewing the battle of...
Mel Dee
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Community Policing: What Does It Mean?
Growing up a child of the 80s and 90s, the concept of crime was not new to me. As a product of a middle class family ( which seems to be...
Mel Dee
- May 11, 2021
- 8 min
Living Healthy With a Chronic Condition
What is exactly Multiple Myeloma? If you are thinking that the word myeloma can indicate something serious and could be a form of cancer,...
Mel Dee
- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
To Vaccinate or Not Vaccinate That is the Question!
We have been hearing this debate for months. To date, at least half of the adult population has received at least one dose of a vaccine...
Mel Dee
- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
Wear a Mask or Face Outcast
After a year plus since the pandemic started, we are still debating the same issues involving mask wearing with friends and family and...
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