Like Father, Like Daughter

When I was younger, from time to time, people would comment, “oh, you look just like your mother.” And I would, of course, frown, because I did not want to look like my mother, lovely though she was and is. I wanted to look like me. As a child, I really disliked any comparison to [...]

A Feminist Rant – You’ve Been Warned

I wasn’t really sure I wanted to post all of this because it’s three days before Christmas and who wants to read about this on Christmas? But it’s been bothering me for awhile now, so much so that I’ve started to have conversations with myself in my head – and when I start talking to [...]

Free to Be You and Me

We hold these truths to be self-evident… When Thomas Jefferson first wrote those words, some 234 years ago, he believed, as I do, that there are some things we just know. We really can’t explain them or offer any kind of proof or evidence. But we know them just the same – we understand, beyond [...]