•REJECTED•

Stephanie Arnett | Cotton District by Lura Jordan To be exact, I was rejected twice, in one day Rejection A:  *received by email, before our scheduled video call “We do not need to talk. After looking at your profile, the only things we have in common are being women, and working in real estate. You discuss …

Rescheduled, Cancelled , Rescheduled, Cancelled, Rescheduled, Rental Car, Cancelled, New Airline

JAN to DFW by Stephanie Arnett, 2023 Los Angeles to Mississippi Groggy, I rubbed my eyes, rolled over, and confirmed that I had woken up before my alarm — 230am… again [thanks, Pacific Time] California did not turn out to be the “sunny & 75” I was expecting. Instead, there was a winter weather storm …

• DEFEATED•

**image provided by MissMagHomes.com and Pixel Dawg I consider myself to be a wise woman, and unfortunately, that wisdom usually comes at a high price **WARNING: Before you begin, this is a long post, filled with excitement, confusion, drama, frustration, tears, shock, determination, slander, racism, bullying, and ultimately - defeat It all started with Xan… …

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As I walked along the sidewalk with family, said hello to friends, watched the smiling faces of each small business owner, breathed in the holiday cheer, and listened to the mischievous giggles of over-spenders, I couldn’t help but ponder on how unWINE came to be Several years before the pandemic, our Downtown began fading away, …