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Tag: body autonomy

Posted on April 10, 2019August 7, 2019

A reminder

Hey, just a reminder…

You don’t owe anyone an explanation about your body choices.

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Former teacher. Current writer and mom of three. Perpetual smart ass. Mostly the last one. Featured on Washington Post, Scary Mommy & TODAY Parents.
I barely slept last night. I knew I was voting tod I barely slept last night. I knew I was voting today and my mind couldn't settle. I thought of the 545 migrant children still separated from their parents. The looming specter of Covid still holding our country firmly in its grip. The lives torn apart. The chaos that has been a constant presence over the last four years- a festering wound that only gets deeper and more painful with time. The voices raised in protest. The strength in the people united. Then I thought of the picture on the left: My youngest child four years ago and the same child now. I came across the picture a few days ago and it was a punch to my gut. A visual representation of how much time has passed since this nightmare began. My daughter was a toddler then. She'd just been weaned months before. She's almost 6 now. "So in another four years she would be..." my mind began until I cut it off with a firm "NO." This morning I stood in that voting booth shaking, full of hope and fear and something else I still can't name. I saw the face of my grandmother's grandmother, who never got the chance to stand in this spot. The voices of the dead, the lost, and the bereaved drummed in my ears. I felt the pain of the stepped on and ignored. The pawns discarded in a game they never asked to play. I felt all of those things in that tiny space between the plastic partitions. Then I took a deep breath, and through the action of a single, trembling finger, I said "ENOUGH." #vote #BidenHarris2020
I've been waiting for this moment for 4 years. I c I've been waiting for this moment for 4 years. I checked the ballot 5 times. #vote #BidenHarris2020
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I'm like a kid on Christmas morning because... ear I'm like a kid on Christmas morning because... early voting starts today in Texas!! #BlueWave #BidenHarris2020
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