When I think of February, I immediately see red. Red for National Heart Month, Go Red for Women and yes, Valentine’s Day. It’s a month about the heart, and I couldn’t think of a better time to let some ‘so-called’ friends know just what I think about them. These past few months have been emotionally emotional, and if emotions came with superpowers, I’d be wearing a cape right about now. Our family is walking through some difficult times, including mentally digesting the final

There I was sitting on a Puerto Rican beach. The sky was blue, the waves were high, and the breeze was plentiful. Everything was perfect, and I was sitting there with tears streaming down my face. The beach chair next to me was empty, and it wasn’t supposed to be. None of this was as we planned it, and all I could do was pray a lot and cry a little in the midst of paradise. I’d been praying for old time religion, the kind I witnessed in my grandparents, parents and many of th