I can honestly admit, the death of my Georgia mama took me by a huge surprise. I still think about saying my final goodbye to the shell that once encased a spirit that shone brighter than the sun. But I know she still lives on within myself and in the lives of every person, she loved and cherished. I will always miss her, but I am so happy that she is finally at peace.

Even though the tears come and go, I decided that I needed to get back to work. I have been busy being a mother and a wife, so life has taken me on a whirlwind experience over the past three months. Even in my darkest periods, I still find happiness in doing for my family. So I decided it was time for me to get back to my other family: my readers.

Other than experiencing life, I've watched the news and saw how people are being bullied for not being vaccinated. I see on social media where people are blaming the president for not fulfilling the promise that he ran on during his presidential campaign. Quite honestly, I'm not on board with either one of these ideas. When it comes to an individual person's decision to be vaccinated, they will become vaccinated or remain unvaccinated. It's their choice, remember? Or the herd immunity that the country is trying to achieve will protect them. Either way, this pandemic will come to an end. Unless (and this is just a stretch) we continue to have this virus mutate, and we all become X-Men.

When it comes to good ol' Uncle Joe, I really and honestly think we should have patience. Some of us don't realize that presidential candidates can make any statement to appease some others. That does not necessarily mean that they will have the backing of the House and the Senate. The House and the Senate must mutually agree on the president's plan. If the House approves and the Senate doesn't, whatever the president is trying to do will not be fulfilled. Some people think that the president has all this invisible power. Still, we have to realize that the president can promise us everything under the sun. As unfortunate as this may seem, there are safety measures to ensure that we are not run by a dictator. So I believe we should have a little more patience and see if the House and the Senate can ever come together for the good of all.

My brain has been working overtime when it comes to those two issues. On the one hand, since I'm fully vaccinated, I don't worry as much about the pandemic. I still use the pandemic protocols that I put in place for my household. Still, I feel at ease moving around at the grocery store without extreme anxiety. And as far as the president is concerned, I already know that we're going to keep hearing things about him, good and bad. It comes with the job. He's going to be able to satisfy some and rub some the wrong way. That's just a side effect of life. We win some; we lose some.

With everything I have experienced and heard, I have picked up on this recurring thing: things in life are unexpected. There is no roadmap to this thing called life. No matter how many books you read or even advice from people like me, there is no accurate roadmap to living life. We all were created equal, but we were created as individuals with individual thoughts, individual feelings, and individual points of use. We should learn how to embrace our individuality and agree that things are not going to go the way we want them to go. But when we take the time out to have patience, good things could come to us. We just have to exhibit patients.