by Zalise Edwards | Apr 23, 2023 | SuperSelf
I want to understand how Congress is on a bipartisan bandwagon to ban TikTok for possibly being a threat to our Nation’s National Security and not be on a bipartisan bandwagon to ban assault weapons. Isn’t saving children and keeping them safe in our schools...
by Zalise Edwards | Mar 18, 2023 | SuperSelf
I take serene five-minute pauses throughout my day to improve my temperament, productivity, and focus. If you cannot escape to Bora Bora or some other exotic place to relax, reboot, refresh, and recover from all the stresses in life, practice taking many...
by Zalise Edwards | Feb 10, 2023 | SuperSelf
She was matchless, smart, kind, and loving, a thinker, a great mother, a friend, and a confidante. She was Ruth Elizabeth Johnson-Graham-Turner and my mother. Mom was elegant in her own way with an understated style that required no extravagance or fluff. Her skin...
by Zalise Edwards | May 6, 2022 | SuperSelf
My mom grew up on her mother and stepfather’s dairy ranch on Avenue 18 ½ in the previous Dairyland of Madera County, during the Great Depression. Mom would share through multiple stories that she, her younger sister, and five brothers worked very hard at completing...
by Zalise Edwards | Jan 27, 2022 | SuperSelf
I’m on My Tiptoes, Looking Over the Fence, and Just Feeling the Happiness in This Twinkle of an Eye. I’ve gone straight into 2022 with proverbial bells on! I am so thankful to still be here. So, I am making the very best of it regardless! The pandemic...
by Zalise Edwards | Oct 1, 2021 | SuperSelf
I Completed My Routine Mammogram Four Months Ago and I Swear My Breasts are Still Sore. Half naked I stood before my technician becoming a contortionist as she tucked and pulled my right breast between two flat lucite panels. Then she adjusted and brought the two...