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.
Back when I was 38 and Growing, I examined my need to play “What If?”, otherwise known as Traci’s Sliding Doors game. This is not the healthiest of games, as I noted but as time has passed, I have begun to play it a little better. It is easy to play “what if?” when you…
Day 2, Thursday: Educate us on something you know a lot about or are good at. What I know… This should be a pretty short post. I could write more prolifically about what I don’t know. Ironic, right? Yep, that’s me, Ms. Ironic. Seriously, though, you might think I might wax on about acting. But the…
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…
