The Past Few Days 😔

Yes, I’m writing. Yes, I am on top of product reviews like you wouldn’t believe. Yes, I need a break. I am giving myself permission to take that much-needed break.

I’ve done ALL the hard things. I’ve buried almost all of my relatives. I’ve taken care of others to the breaking point. I’ve been selfless AF. It’s time for more self-care and less doing for everyone else. I deserve a break. NO ONE gets to tell me who the hell I am, except for me. ✌🏻 Freeing up my life, but only for fun things with good people. Book your appointments now. 😉

Remembering The Victims of the Highland Park Parade Shooting

This makes me sick and SO very angry. The police in Illinois who knew this punk, who interviewed him at least twice, they all have blood on their hands. He had already tried getting into the local Chabad synagogue, which is two miles from where this took place. Thankfully, the Rabbi turned him away. Still, people lost their lives and so many others were terribly injured. They have since declared an 8th casualty.

Today I Called Out A Politician, Because Freedom Of Speech Is Still A Right Women Have

If I wanted the government in my healthcare, I would have fucked a Senator.

**Said politician couldn’t have been nicer, and agreed that America needs WORK. Talk about a vast understatement. He even extended himself for a meeting.**

The Two Week Mark

“Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave bereft. I am not there. I have not left.”
―Mary Elizabeth Frye

Today is two weeks since my cousin passed away. It’s been a dark time of dissociation. I feel a mess of things which probably shouldn’t be verbalized for a while, and I am working out how to make sure what her family went through never happens to another family again. That’s a tall order, but I’m nothing if not determined. It is easier to try and fix a universally broken system, than it is to be angry. At the moment, I’m both, so I need time. Ultimately, this is not about me at all.

FDA: Lift Restrictions on Abortion Medication Now!

No matter what, I am going to stand behind women on this issue. I have found the sharing of stories and experiences SO heartbreaking, I am sickened to my core that this is even an argument. For me, this is a time when you kick the government OUT of your healthcare. They should not be in charge.

Remember history and who they came for first. It was women. This situation reminds me of the Spanish Inquisition. My family escaped, but so many didn’t. Women should not be forced into horrible situations because old, white men think they’re in charge of us.