Doesn’t it? I just wan to sit at his feet and listen him to him talk about films, and horror, and childhood, and magic!

I have to assume that’s the case!

I either appreciate the genetics OR the effort to get a good piece!

I mean, at 75?! That hairline is STRONG.

Savannah, slow down 🤚🏾 I am the Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana. Very much remain a free Black woman.

It also allowed my husband to take a break from working, care for our home, care for me during some extremely difficult times, and recover from his own exhaustion. Those years helped me create a better future out of some shitty circumstances. Everybody else deserves that too.

Then two things happened: I sold Somebody’s Daughter AND the ACA became available. This combo allowed me to quit a job that was making me sick, devote significant time to managing my health, REST, find projects that paid me well & schedule them to happen at optimal times, and say no when I needed.

Just as I was getting real traction in my writing career, I had to confront the fact that my mental health was in shambles, and more of my physical health than I’d previously understood. Working full-time did not work for me. My husband, then boyfriend, worked two jobs to pick up my slack.

I’m no longer solely self-employed, and I receive healthcare through my employer, but I’ll never forget how the ACA gave me an option I never thought I’d have. Not just healthcare options, but the freedom of time that allowed me room to do something like heal. That shit takes time.

Oh yes, I still maintain a bird list. It’s important.

Not this bird.

I love this about myself, though I have to watch out for it being warped into hyper vigilance.

The interrogation of our beliefs is paramount, but it’s also important to stop listening to anyone who presents you with an “all you have to do” argument about a complex issue. And a lot of issues are complex. We’re not going to solve the big ones if we don’t practice on the small ones. Together!

Sometimes we get attached to one way of doing things, most likely because we’ve seen it work in ourselves or someone else, but that just isn’t everyone. We need to stop trying to find one way that works for all and settle into the harder work of discerning which way(s) works for which people.

YES!!!