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The Advice I Didn’t Understand Until Years Later
There are moments in life that don’t seem particularly significant when they’re happening. Then you look back 10, 20, or 30 years later and realize:
T…
2 days ago
The Party Wasn’t for Me — But the Lesson Was
In the fall of 1987, just days into my freshman year at the University of Tampa, I was invited to my first real off-campus college party on Davis Isl…
4 days ago
The New Normal We Built: Why Gen X Must Pass the Access Forward
For many members of Generation X, success did not come with a roadmap. We entered colleges, professions, leadership positions, and social spaces that…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Conversation That Almost Ended My College Journey
A few weeks into my freshman year, I was pulled out of class and told that I owed the university $900. It was 1987.
My student loan had not been proce…
1 week, 4 days ago
Starting Over Isn’t the End—It’s Where You Find Yourself | Reflections on The Fall of 1988
In this companion podcast to my YouTube video, “The Fall of 1988: When I Had to Rebuild My Life Without My Friends,” I reflect on one of the biggest …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Terrifying Beginning of My Sophomore Year: Starting Over Without My Friends
Returning to the University of Tampa for my sophomore year should have felt familiar—but almost everyone I had depended on was gone.
My best friend an…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Sometimes Your Support System Finds You Before You Find It
We often assume we’re alone when life changes.
That’s exactly how I felt when I returned to college in the fall of 1988.
My closest friends were gone, …
3 weeks ago
When Life Forces You to Reset: Lessons from the Summer of 1988
There comes a point in almost everyone’s life when the original plan no longer works.
In this episode, I reflect on one of the first major personal r…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Truth About Being a Black Resident Assistant at a Predominantly White College
What was it really like to become one of the few Black Resident Assistants at a predominantly white university in the late 1980s?
In this episode of I…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Haircut That Taught Me About Perception vs. Reality
Sometimes the smallest experiences become the biggest teachers.
As a freshman at the University of Tampa in 1987, all I wanted was a haircut before R…
4 weeks, 2 days ago