@jamesamarcus I read your piece in the urgent care this morning waiting for a Covid test with my two young sons. I was touched beyond all expectation by your writing. Thank you for sharing your experience. It will be something I keep in my mind for a very long time.
“This is my dad, mowing my mom’s lawn. They’ve been divorced 28 years. My mom has bad knees, and my stepdad works out of town.
When my younger siblings questioned, “Why is your dad mowing mom's lawn?”
I told them “because, she needed help, and he knew she couldn’t get out here to do it, so he did” This is co-parenting.
This is how lucky I am to have 4 parents who respect each other, and know that at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is showing your children (Even ones that are 32 years old) how to treat people, and how to love your family, no matter how it came together.
Edit: My dad is humored at how many people have seen this. He wants everyone to know “I’m no saint”, he just wants to show others that you don’t need to act like an angelic pastor on lent, but that we should all choose kindness whenever we can.”
Credit: Codie LaChelle Upp-McPhate
It has been twenty years since a congressional investigation publicly blamed poor leadership for the sexual assault scandal that rocked the Air Force Academy in 2003. Yet based on analysis of Pentagon data, impunity for sexual harassment and sex offenses remains the norm.
Again for the people in the back, 1 in 4 teens miss school because they can't afford period products.
It's expensive and to the women who say, "Schools didn't give free period stuff when I went."
Yeah, you suffered. So why are you a sadist wanting another generation to suffer?
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