reflecting on various topics
I’ve been faced with a challenge that many women, especially women raised in traditional, conservative environments face: how to be both strong and feminine. It’s honestly something that has challenged me as much in my personal life as it is challenging me as I try to put my finger on the exact tone I want …
I tend to be an all-or-nothing type of person. I grew up with very black and white thinking about morality issues, and have worked hard to see things more in varying shades of grey. But the extreme tendencies are still there, including when it comes to keeping house. I write to you in a messy …
So I’ve been trying to decide what the purpose of this blog even is. I started it as a “bridge” in the Trump era- I though I’d try to speak to conservatives and liberals; try to somehow bring people together. Then I thought I’d talk about hot topics- that I’d talk about racism, Black Lives …
I have a problem. It’s something I’m working on. Whenever I start to feel happy, like really, really happy, a “voice” starts talking in the back of my mind. It reminds me of flaws, problems, and primarily things on to-do lists from years past. It reminds me of things I told someone I would do …
Hi. So… I reached a writer’s block. Maybe six months ago, I started a series on race. My goal was to support the Black Lives Matter movement by taking a centrist position and describing underlying definitions of race and race relations. I’m going to admit that I bit off more than I could chew. I …
A couple years ago, on Donald Trump’s first official day as elected President of the United States, I participated in the Womens’ March in our town. It was comparatively small (maybe 300 people), and it wasn’t an “official” march, but it was affiliated. It was very exciting to me to be able to actually do …
