Slowly But Surely
It’s taken me some time but better late than never.
Return The Kindness
My #3 child is still working abroad. She and her partner live in England somewhere near Manchester. The company she works for is an Oregon based company that provides medical and dental insurance for the citizens of this and 3 other states. When she started at this company about 6 years ago she worked with an older gent who left within the first year of her employment. They did not have a ton of interaction but they were on friendly terms. The other day, quite out of the blue, my daughter received an email from this person. They reached out, wishing her well, and letting her know how very sorry he is for how the LGBTQIA+ community is being treated by the current government. Letting her know he is on her side. I think we are going to need to do a lot of that from this point on. For the brown skinned people in our communities, who must be living in fear, for the LGBTQIA+ community, who has no idea what is in store for them in regards to passports, bathrooms, their names, their posit...
Beautiful post! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWell said. Life is a journey of learning and I hope it never stops.
ReplyDeleteTill it’s time to do our final check out.
DeleteSort of off-topic but also, sort of on-topic: you asked my what my favourite book was in 2018. It's "Circe" by Madeline Miller -- a wonderful retelling of the Greek myth which is reinterpreted as a story of how a woman truly comes into her own self and personhood.
ReplyDeleteI’m looking it up now.
DeleteInner peace is the ingredient everyone strives to achieve. It sure makes life feel better.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it does.
DeleteIf we each worked on ourselves, the world would be a better place!
ReplyDeleteSo very true. Some people just walk through with blinders on.
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