I had planned to celebrate 90k posts. [View all]

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Instead I will celebrate all of you.

Thank you. You have made me laugh , made me think, made me cry and yes, at times you pissed me off! You are my extended family, dysfunctional at times but a family none the less.

I would love to say unequivocally that we will get through this whole and I can't. It is going to take time, a lot of it. We will have to rebuild and start all over again to make the world trust us.


The Hill We Climb

When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?

The loss we carry. A sea we must wade.

We braved the belly of the beast.

We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.

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That is the promise to glade, the hill we climb, if only we dare.

It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit.

It’s the past we step into and how we repair it.

We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation, rather than share it.

Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.

And this effort very nearly succeeded.

But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.

-Amanda Gorman

Love you and thanks to you all.💙