This is the last post I am writing before the new “era” begins. The last time President Obama will be at the helm of the United States when I hit “publish.”
It still seems so surreal. I feel like I’m bracing myself for a really scary roller coaster ride that I never wanted to be on. Continue reading “So…This Is Really Happening?”
With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror and the rest of the holiday season square in our headlights, there’s lots swirling about for most of us. Life is busy enough, but then add in the extra holiday stresses and pressures, and no wonder “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” can ring hollow. Continue reading “Pardon Me, But Do You Know Whose Shoe This Is?”
Some say we are hitting an exhaustion factor when it comes to thinking about America’s “new reality.” OMG…if I have to read or hear ONE MORE THING about the presidential election, I’m going to lose it! Enough already!
But if this whole experience has taught us anything, it’s that any time you throw your hands up and say, “I’m out,” you lose whatever chance you had to make a difference. Continue reading “One Small but Powerful Step in the Right Direction”
Devastated. Delighted. Dumbfounded. Emboldened. Threatened. Motivated.
These are just some of the words used to describe this past week in America. To put it super extremely mildly, it’s certainly been a momentous time for our country.
Continue reading “Not One of “Those People”? Then Who Are You?”
In less than 48 hours—barring any hanging-chad-like issue, we will know the outcome of America’s 2016 presidential election.
As I pondered last week…what then? Continue reading “Is There Hope to Heal the Great Divide?”
When my husband and I had our son, we knew we wanted him to see the world and its differences with as much love and as little prejudice as possible. We wanted him to know that people are both different and similar and that it made the world more interesting and beautiful. Continue reading “Equality: Believing in It Doesn’t Make It So”
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