Get (GIT) My Name Right
My name is Ilesha. Not Alisha. Not Iesha. Not Alyssa. It’s E-LAY-SHA. Forget it, call me COCO. And so it began, my losing of my name, and in part, myself.
Black vs Blue: When You Can’t Choose Sides
This is my husband-both BlackLivesMatter & BlueLivesMatter. This is our story. We don’t get to choose sides-at times under attack both in & out of uniform. This is our life – more than just hashtags, more than just labels. More than a singular story.