Truth: I’m dragging a bit.
Being there for Luther as he made his transition last week was exhausting in the way that holding it together when you are needed so often is.
And, I’m grateful. For choices. And love. And blessed travelers along the way. And – frankly – sleep.
Morning comes, though, as morning does.
Wrapped in my paint-splattered flannel sheet with my favorite new cuppa beside me, I took a deep breath and dove into my email.
There, I discovered that today is the 50th anniversary of the original Roe v Wade decision, making abortion access legal in the USA.
The folks who wanted me to remember that were, blessedly, the kind who are hoping I’ll do some reminding of my own, as part of a huge effort to make it so, again.
If you’ve been reading along for more than a week or two, you already know what I think.
It was clearly time to liberate this fabulous new t-shirt from my closet, and start mattering.
Petitions, and emails, and prayers, oh my!
If, by chance, you’re new in these parts, here’s the best thing I know on the subject of abortion:
Abortion is a tragedy. It should be legal. It should be safe. It should be a whole lot rarer than it is.
– Matt Santos, candidate for President, The West Wing, season 7
Making abortion care illegal has never been, and will never be, the answer.
The practical steps to a whole lot rarer are obvious… and expensive. Here are a few from my list:
- Help, for families who need it, with housing and nutrition
- Universal healthcare
- Affordable college
- High quality day-care and universal Pre-K
- Protection of voting rights and access
- Real prosecution of rape, incest, and domestic violence offenders
Then there’s the hard part…
We need to claim – and live – the radical notion that all people matter. That all people have human rights. And one of those rights is to bodily sovereignty.
Or, to put it plainly, women are not livestock!
And I have, as you probably know, 2 very real granddaughters trying to grow up in this country!
So, a meeting, having to do with the Divine Feminine. A bit more painting. (Sirius, the dog star! And the Hebrew word for remember, which also means remind.)
And some more mattering.
Because, when you get right down to it, what else is there?
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Thanks, Sister!!!