Will they hear the fireworks? The children, shivering under a mylar blanket in a cold cell. Will they hear them? This is America. We are in a place, right now, where we can’t say that our darkest days are in our past. And it feels sick. It feels shocking. Unbelievable. But it’s real. Our country is […]
“A lie can travel around the world and back again, while the truth is lacing up it’s boots.” – Mark Twain Words have power. They ignite revolutions, start wars, or they calm tensions. Words can enlighten, or they can spread dangerous lies. Societies have risen and fallen based on words alone. Which is why the […]
Sexual assault is like a death. A death of who you would have been. Who you were before. It is a violation of the body and the mind, but most profoundly, the soul. Many of us survive by allowing that part of us, the innocent part, to die. I died many years ago, that part […]