MY NAME IS LARISSA.

Well, here it is: Today marks the completion of my 30th year.  30 is a milestone and truth be told, I'm more than happy to be done with my 20's. 30 sounds so much more respectable than 29 somehow. ;)

It's interesting how childhood beliefs and ideas manifest in our adult lives.

It's a long story, that some of you know some of first hand, but when I was about 14 I became convinced that my meat would not live to see its 30th birthday

Dear President Obama,
   
    This morning you took the Oath of Office and, as the first African-American president of the United States of America, addressed the world. A sea of well dressed people were present in Washington, DC to witness this. I've heard it was an historic turn out. But, even more folks watched you on a screen from some remote locat...