Articles written by Andrea B

I am a young mother with a military husband who has just returned from war.

Society & Lifestyle > Racism Defining racism: 4 of 25

Its hard to look at racism and not see traits of it in either yourself or your upbringing. Its even more difficult as a conscious person to try not to offend someone in a hypersensitive nation. Black America struggled when they first were brought to the nation. Hundreds of years later, they talk of their ancestors. Of the st...
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Understanding what constitutes atheism: 13 of 17

I was raised in a Wiccan household. Although my mother was the only "practicing" until we were old enough to know, I remember the first of many rituals we preformed when I was in 4th grade. From then on I considered our family Wiccan. At school I was tormented with the thought that I did not attend church as the others did a...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The truth about military pay: 7 of 9

My husband is currently in his second year of his service to the Army. We are constantly struggling with out money issues. It has come to my attention that people for some reason see the military as a great source of income. Sadly though it is not. There are bills that we must pay( our credit cards, electricity, water) and w...