A bird has never paid rent to live in the sky. A tree has never paid to stand in a forest. The sun has never been charged for rising. The river has never paid to flow.
Yet humans spend their whole lives trying to earn permission to exist on earth
I saw my husband differently after something that happened at the grocery store.
We were in line when the cashier, trying to be funny, said, “Wow, you’ve got your hands full. Bet she spends all your money too, huh?”
A couple people chuckled.
I felt that familiar, small smile forming the one women use when they’re about to brush off something uncomfortable.
Before I could say anything, my husband looked at him and said, “She built half of what we have. I’m lucky she lets me spend hers.”
It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t aggressive. It was calm. Certain.
The cashier went quiet.
He didn’t turn it into banter. He didn’t let it slide to keep things easy. He corrected it without making me the punchline.
And in that moment, I felt something settle in my chest.
It wasn’t about money. It was about respect.
He didn’t need a dramatic scene. He just made it clear I’m not the joke in any room he’s in.
And I realized, it’s one thing to be loved in private.
It’s another thing to be honored in public.
That’s when I knew I was safe.
"I respect people who have faith, what I have an issue with is faith being imposed on people...the control over morals or people's bodies; that's the stuff I have a problem with"
He's so real for that ❤️
A 13 year old girl in Idaho showed up to the hospital to give birth, she couldn't consent to her own care because she's a minor but she could consent to the care of her baby.
Make it make sense.
“This symbol is calling for the genocide of an entire nation” be so fucking for real please your country has been burning children alive and starving the entirety of northern Gaza you thick piece of shit