Meet Cheyenne, Blogger of Little Girl.

While scrolling through my IG feed one day, I stumbled across Cheyenne’s account.  I saw she was a blogger living in Orlando, so of course I had to check out her site, Little Girl.

Moving to Florida after her boyfriend, Rafael Ramos, signed to play soccer for Orlando City S.C., Cheyenne created a blog documenting her experiences and adventures as an immigrant and resident of O-Town.

Much like Lorraine Ladish’s Viva Fifty! site, Little Girl. is a bilingual blog, incorporating both English and Portuguese language.

It’s so interesting to read someone’s experiences transitioning in Orlando, especially when it is a place that I call home.

Orlando Spreads Pride and Acceptance

 

For more than 365 days, I struggled with the gripping reality that a block away from my high school, now Alma mater, 49 innocent lives were mercilessly taken.

The sad thing about living so close to tragedy is the instinctual human impulse to numb the pain.  To move on and try to forget.  Remembering hurts too much.

In these tough and trying times, we, the people of Orlando, defied human nature.

No, we did not wallow in our sorrows.

No, we did not forget our pain.