social justice
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Recently, I have noticed that many people on Facebook have a purple banner at the bottom of their profile picture that reads, “I AM PRO-LIFE”. Now, I am not one to condemn free expression, since I love my own and hate when people try to silence me. But those little banners annoyed the
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It isn’t easy for me to be vulnerable. I remember a friend from cohort saying to me once that I was very open by not very vulnerable, and I was upset by that statement, because I didn’t think it fair to separate the two out in that manner. Being honest was, in my mind at
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I made a plea for funds on my fundraising page recently. This happens a lot, because I have a lot of financial need at present. I wrote something within that plea about being a human being, and therefore deserving basic human rights. And not long after, I felt this unsettling feeling in my gut. I
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I removed a comment from my Facebook post this morning. Its basic message was “ALL LIVES MATTER”. I was as kind and respectful with the one who commented as I was able, but I could not leave that comment on my page. It isn’t that I think all lives mattering is a bad thing. I’m
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So, this is the first. The first of many? The first of a few? The only to ever be written? I suppose we shall find out those answers together. I never really meant to be a writer. I’ve always loved books and writing, but I guess I never saw those things as lifestyle or career
Learning To Be Whole 