One day, my children will be ready to leave our home and go off into your landscape. I will take every opportunity to prepare them until that day comes. I will teach them to love their brother, take care of family, say their prayers, and always do what is right. They will know that America is a work in progress, capable of greater good and great evil.
I will teach my children the truth about you, America.
Read MoreHow long since we’ve had something good? You can imagine what this all looks like. It is achingly beautiful. The picture of America as we hold it in our heads, unchallenged by any awful reality.
It is the first time I’ve had that feeling of goodness about my neighbors and my country since November 8th , 2016.
Read MoreHow am I supposed to feel? Tell me. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to tell my son?
Read MoreIt all seems like a pipe dream, I know.
Can we do it, will it work, can we come together?
Before you give me your skeptism, I ask you what choices do you have?
Read MoreI keep my phone handy, with the camera on the home screen. So that if something happens, I can record. Because surely, if there’s a video and I comply, I’ll be safe.
Right?
Read MoreThe morning of The Pulse Nightclub massacre, I cried. I immediately texted a group thread I had active at the time, most of us newly seventeen or eighteen:
"I just want you all to know that I love you so much and I don't know what I would do if something happened to you. Yes, this is because of the news this morning but also for all times. I just want you to know I love you."
Read MorePeople all over the world went to sleep dreaming of a better place to live, and it was you, America. They dreamt of a world devoid of persecution based on beliefs, a world of peace and compassion, and a world of community and cooperation.
Read MoreIn the past five years, I’ve done a lot. I’ve married the love of my life. We’ve made two beautiful brown babies. I’ve worked with and served dozens of local youth on the road of their clinical and mental health. I’ve started a non-profit organization, currently primed and prepared to do so much more. I’ve been recognized by community leaders and received awards.
And you mean to tell me that that was it?
Read MoreAmerica, I guess I don’t have anything to tell you. I have questions.
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