I sat up in my hospital bed, still trying to catch my breathe from that very last push, held our baby girl and sobbed exuberantly into my partner, Kayleigh’s chest . I was relieved we had finally done it, finally made our little family. something that seemed so impossible for me before. When Kayleigh and i [...]
I know we were all taught as children not to call each other names and we know how much racism hurts us as a culture (or at least I hope those reading this blog do) but there as so many more ways we use labels in our lives that shut us off from groups, from information, and from individuals and if you are anything like me, it takes someone pointing it out every now and then for a real wake up call to happen in your life so change can begin to rebuild your way of interacting in the world.
What would happen to this world if the real power couple was Oprah and Gayle King, the editor-in-chief at O! magazine and her best friend. It has been speculated for years and the case is just not so, but let’s pretend and see how the world would change.
I swear recently, I’ve talked about politics more than anything else, at home at least. It’s probably because of the upcoming general election. Well, one of the hottest topics right now is Gay Rights. I was surprised to hear David Cameron saying how “We do need good sex and relationship education. That education should teach [...]
I was reading an article on the election in Maine today, and although it was a fairly positive article in regards to the “No on 1″ campaign, there were a couple sentences that when I read them… they stung. Like a slap in the face. Not gonna lie, I started crying. While the comment itself [...]
