Brandy Enn
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Stories (39/0)
Liv and Vik Versus the Boomer Bears from Space
Kids love to tell stories. Sometimes, those stories are a little weird. That's why I have started the Weird Kids series. If you submit your kids' story ideas to [email protected] you will see them featured here with credit for the storyline! I hope to one day turn this into a business!
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Families
Ronnie on Skates
In 2014 I spoke with Tommie Sue Fincher-Fleming, a woman who knew my grandfather who passed in 2010. She told me how all the girls loved him. My great-grandparents owned a skating rink in Bridge City, Tx and she had the opportunity to skate with him in his younger days. Upon reaching out to her today for more stories, we learned she passed in 2018. I always thought her words were so beautiful, and it's a privilege to be able to put them into sonnet form.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Poets
Why I'll Never Leave My Husband as an Openly Gay Woman
I was in sixth grade the first time I had feelings for another girl. I remember particularly because of the moment I realized it. We were best friends, but there was something different about her. One night in bed, I couldn't stop thinking about her but I was not sure why. I realized it when I started losing sleep over her. So, as we do in sixth grade, I wrote her a note. It started with an apology for how I felt. The vulnerability was tangible as I explained my feelings and how I had no clue why they wouldn't go away. But she was beautiful. And funny. And smart. And she said yes. As most sixth grade relationships go, we didn't last long. I was just thankful to have met her.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Confessions
Mercury is in Retrograde WHEN?
2021 Gemini season kicks off on May 29 and ends June 22. While you may have planned for a better season compared to 2020, know that the cards are completely in your hands. This season will throw curveball after curveball at you, and you must use your Gemini quick thinking to dodge some of these! Just remember, you are an Air element. Nothing can knock the breath from your lungs if you stay true to yourself!
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Longevity
Reducing Waste with Technology Education
There are endless ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Many say save the turtles by banning plastic usage to minimally necessary levels. Others say we should stop eating meat. However, I believe that technology education is what will make the biggest impact on the slowing of CO2e emissions. We love technology and often spend most days using it for upwards of 12 hours. We want the latest and greatest flagship phones. We are loyal to our tech giants. As a Computer Information Systems major, I am here to tell you why we need to be more loyal to our oceans than our electronics. My personal goal to reduce my own carbon footprint is by teaching as many people as possible about how to lower theirs.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Earth
Interview with a Refugee
If you haven't heard of the Ration Challenge, please give me a moment of your time. This worldwide charity event challenges participants like me to eat the rations of a Syrian refugee for a week. Participants are sponsored, and donations can earn us rewards like spices, milk, or more rice.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Motivation
Dying as a Right
In June of 2009, Superman died an agonizingly painful and slow death, and all we could do as his family was watch. My grandfather suffered for a year as his skin yellowed while he fell ill immediately following every meal every day and could only watch as my mother cleaned after him, turning away to hide her tears at seeing her father in such a state. He would say it was the “cancer diet” when friends would comment about his severe weight loss. I realized my childhood hero would never come back when he lost his ability to speak coherent thoughts, and in this moment, I also was horrified to learn this was the fate of most cancer patients in the United States. Whether at home, in hospice, or in a nursing home, their final days are agonizing and unimaginable, yet still somehow always unexpectedly sudden. Prognosis should not strip the level of compassion shown to the terminally ill, and while this topic may be grim for us, it is far more unsettling to know that there has been an option available but not legalized for some time for them. Physician assisted suicide is the act of providing a well-informed and dignified option to end a life peacefully by consumption of a small cocktail provided by a physician to end the suffering of a terminally ill patient. Physician assisted suicide should be legalized nationwide in the United States mirroring the Oregon Death with Dignity law because it is a dignified end of life process that allows sufferers of terminal illnesses to end their suffering peacefully on their own terms after weeks of counseling is given.
By Brandy Enn3 years ago in Longevity