Fire Drill Bootcamp
I admit I was never a committed athlete. I have athletic abilities when pushed, but have never developed an interest in sticking with a sport very long. However, I understand the importance of physical health a...
Melissa Carter: The worst phone tag partner to have
It has been awhile since I had the sense my body was about to take me in an unknown direction. I have had health issues a majority of my life, but had found respite these past few years. However, a recent docto...
Melissa Carter: Mr. Carter hits the field
There comes a time in all our lives when things begin to get consistently complicated. I always assumed that time hit around puberty and the introduction of unrequited love, but have since realized it emerges d...
Melissa Carter: Learning to embrace birthdays
A proud Pisces, I just celebrated my 48th birthday on the 11th. As a woman who has never been self-conscious about my age, it was a fun time hanging out with friends and spending the actual day with my son. But...
Melissa Carter: Out Olympic athletes have come a long way
The spirit of the Olympics is in uniting otherwise divided people in a safe environment of friendly competition. Who would have known the recent Winter Games would also provide a bridge between the LGBTQ commun...
Melissa Carter: To the Winter Olympics haters
If you are someone who has spent far too much energy these past few days criticizing the Winter Olympics, you can bow out of this article now. That’s because people like you irritate me. Why in the world would ...
Melissa Carter: The cluelessness of parenting
Parents have no idea what they are doing. I don’t know what I’m doing, my friends don’t know what they’re doing and your parents had no idea what to do with you. Yet, I carry on the age-old tradition of making ...
Melissa Carter: Cowtippers helped me through kidney disease fight
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” That quote from Maya Angelou represents not only individuals in you...
Melissa Carter: Bring the inner kid out in 2018
As adults, we usually enter the holiday season with trepidation. We want to experience the magic that is promised in the Christmas carols we hear or the imaginary clean slate we create for the New Year, yet usu...
Melissa Carter: UGA — and me — headed for the Rose Bowl
When it was announced last weekend that the University of Georgia would be playing in the Rose Bowl, I thought it ironic because I was selected to be in the Rose Bowl parade eight months ago. I have watched ...
Melissa Carter: On letting go and remembering to play
Have you ever realized just how much we adults have been separated from our childhoods? I’m not talking about our more mature bodies, it’s more about our minds and how we automatically react to the world around...