I took my pill today: a journey
Something I wrote last night. Making space for mental health is HARD, guys. Fighting the self-imposed stigma is HARD. I’m an advocate for healing, but recently I haven’t done a good job for myself.
Here’s part of my journey. Maybe it’s yours too.
For the record: You cannot have an abortion in the 9th month. You cannot have an abortion after birth. If we didn’t keep banning books, maybe we wouldn’t have to clear that up. #Debate2024
CHRISTIE: “Someone has got to stop normalizing Trump’s conduct… whether or not you agree with the charges, it is beneath the office of president of the United States.” 🇺🇸
The boos rain down, but he is undeterred. #GOPDebate
really missing the fro yo boom of the early 2010s. I am tired of coffee meetings and happy hours. let me put a cup of gummy bears on top of my fake ice cream while we catch up.
I’ve faced the greatest Jeopardy players ever: @bradrutter, @Jeopardamy, that Mormon guy.
In 50+ games I had never once felt absolutely frazzled, completely unable to ring in, merely spectating as an opponent takes over the game…until @mattearoach did it this week. Twice.
One year ago 19 children and their two heroic educators were stolen from their family, friends and community by a gunman who legally purchased his AR-15 at 18 years old.
Following this students, parents, and teachers with @AMarch4OurLives protested at senators offices around the country demanding action. We also had the second March For Our Lives that saw over 50,000 in DC and over 400 sister marches around the country.
Afterward- Democrats and Republicans came together and passed the first federal gun law in 30 years- bucking the NRA. They did this by focusing on what they could agree on and acted passing the bipartisan communities act. No one who voted for that law including the republicans lost their election specifically because they voted for it. Change is possible. We can come together and save lives.
Let us never for get those stolen by preventable gun violence. Let us act before the next shooting and not after. The time is now to raise the standard of ownership. It’s time to address how these shooters get guns and why they pull the trigger. We must address both how they get a gun and why they kill.
Imagine you’re buying a house. You know you don’t want a major fixer-upper, but you also know no house is perfect, so you find a house that seems quite lovely and the only needed repairs are a new water heater and a few coats of paint. Straightforward enough, yeah?