Month: April 2023

A couple of weekends ago was the women of color. The guest speaker of the luncheon was actor Morris Chestnut. This was the 13th annual Women of Color Expo. The Women of Color Expo is to reach out to aspiring and achieving women from all walks of life in our community.

Black-owned businesses get a chance to promote their business in front of their community. They also get a chance to network with other business owners. The expo also has seminars about financial aid, health care, law firms, etc.

The Women of Color expo brings the community together. It also allows people to see a celebrity they admire in person and also get a chance to meet them. It also allows celebrities to see Oklahoma City for its true self. Chestnut also has Oklahoma ties. Some of his close family is from Tulsa. Chestnut talked about his career in acting and how he balances his career with everyday life.

The last part of the expo, which I think is the best part, is the fashion show. Seeing all of the different designs is pretty cool. The show also shows all the talent that is in Oklahoma when it comes to fashion. The Women of Color Exp is a hidden gem that people need to pay more attention to.

The year is 2023, me and my girlfriend, Natalie Haynes, travel to her hometown Charleston, South Carolina, for a family reunion. This is my first time getting a chance to meet her family. I am slightly nervous because she always talks about how weird her family is. Her great-grandfather Donald Haynes was the director of a home for the mentally ill in the early 40s. From what I’ve heard, he has gone crazy from working at the house for the mentally ill. However, nobody knows why he acts so strangely.
When we arrived at Natalie’s childhood home, we were greeted by her mother and father, Pam and Jim Haynes. Jim showed me around the house, and Donald Haynes was on the back porch. Natalie’s great-grandfather. The three of us talked about life and my future. Natalie and her mother were in the kitchen preparing dinner. All day I have wanted to know why the family says Donald is crazy and what happened at that house. After we ate a fantastic steak and potatoes on the side for dinner. We sat on the back porch by a fire. The mood was calm until a noise was heard in the distance. The noise startled Donald. It scared him so bad that he told everyone to go inside.

Natalie asked her grandfather why he got scared. Donald didn’t respond. He mumbled. Jim told him to speak up and tell us what he had said. Then he said, “ I hear the reporters.” Everyone was confused. Jim asked what reporters. Then the room went silent; nobody said a word. Then I thought about what really happened at that home for the mentally ill.

The next morning Donald was sitting by himself outside, drinking a cup of coffee. I went outside and sat next to him. “Good Morning!” Donald said. I said good morning back. Then I asked him, “Who are the reporters?” He then froze up like he saw a ghost. Donald then started to talk about what had happened at the home of the mentally ill.

Finally, Donald started to explain and ramble some more about the reporters. He said he remembered the reporters coming by the home and asking questions about the home. They even asked who built the house. The home was built in 1841 by Hiram Greybriar. The reporters also asked Donald if some of the inmates were famous. Donald also told us he would never answer those questions. I asked Donald why he never answered those questions; he said it was confidential. He also said those reporters returned and bothered them they would disappear.