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.
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!)
𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.
When I ask you to wear a mask, it’s not for you, it’s for me. 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.Yes, 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. This is American history, as well as black history. The end of slavery should be everyone’s celebration as no one is free until all are free. 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.
Oprah always liked to talk about living your best life. She would bring on a collection of “experts” to tell us how to do it. And I soaked it up like a sponge. (I actually mourned her leaving.) And like all good Oprah-ites, I had a vision of what that Best Life would be. It…
Today’s Prompt is Ten Things That Make Me Happy: When my husband tells me he loves me — after 25 years together, this still makes my world spin When I hear my children laugh together — the moments when they play together without fighting and their laughter fills the air sends my soul soaring Sipping…
Did you ever a dream that didn’t quite happen? My readers know I did. And my readers also know that I’ve learned that a happy life can be created despite these incomplete wishes. That’s the premise of the new film “The One I Wrote for You”. The movie (filmed in San Antonio — yee-haw!) looks at…
Years ago, I envisioned my obituary. It was not too long after my brother died and I was a driven 25 year old headed to grad school. I imagined a list of accomplishments and awards. It would take up multiple columns and a lot of ink. (Of course, this was when newspapers were the epitome…
My dear boy,
I could not have been more proud of you.
Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. I love you.
My daughter loves music. I have written extensively over the last couple of years (and blogs) about this love. This past Christmas, she discovered Justin Bieber – thank you VERY much “Arthur’s Christmas” and loves KidzBop. She sings along passionately and most of the time, it is delightful to watch. I also allow her to…
