Shining Brightly for All to See
June is the month honoring LBGTQ rights. On June 15th, we made a big step forward with the courts. An employer can no longer discriminate against you for who you love.โฃ
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that race and color could no longer dictate who you may love creating Loving Day (named after the couple; yes, their name was Loving!)
๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐.โฃ
When I ask you to wear a mask, itโs not for you, itโs for me. โฃ This is me a few weeks ago when I had to be tested for COVID. I was sick. I was tired. I was scared. Fortunately, I was negative.โฃโฃYes, it is America and you still have rights, but please understand…
This is where it happened — Ashton Villa. General Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865, known as Juneteenth ever since. This is Juneteenth.โฃ This is American history, as well as black history. The end of slavery should be everyoneโs celebration as no one is free until all are free.โฃ All should…
I chose this journey for its flexibility and an acceptance of what I could and would do in my real life, not some candy-colored fake life wherein I wear white without stains and never have roots and am IG ready at all times.
Love. Enough said.
Those are words that I once longed to hear. Of course, followed by my name. Otherwise, I can hear it multiple times once a year. Like last night. If you don’t believe me, check out my Twitter feed. I’ve never tweeted that much in my life. Well, I can’t know what the future holds for…
You’ve probably heard of the game. With Kevin Bacon’s vast and varied career, supposedly he is linked to every other actor in less than six steps. And yes, I am aware that it was preceded by a larger more philosophical theory that everyone in the world is connected within 6 steps, but back to the…
Being an artist can be a frustrating life. If you do math correctly, the answer is always right. 2+ 2 = 4. In every language, in every format. But art is subjective. Whether it is the man sitting in the park selling his wares for $15 or Picasso, the quality of one’s work is in…
It is a well-established fact that if you forget something on behalf of your child, they will never forget it. And by never, I do not mean the metaphorical never wherein they remember for a a couple of days and then it has left their little psyche. No, I mean NEVER. This is true even…
Today is the STAAR test and my poor Sonny-Bunny ย is a mess. I wanted to collect myself before writing this. I wanted to speak from logic and not emotion. It’s not going to happen. Because when my baby hurts, I hurt. So if you do not wish to read about a heartbroken mother bemoaning standardized…
Some days, I can’t help but smile. Even hot and tired from a day at AdventureCon, they still want to cuddle on my lap. Must be love. Did something make you smile this week? ***
