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A couple of weeks ago my mom came into town to work on the wedding, and she brought with her an album of my old baby/childhood pictures. (We will have some cute baby pictures of Dave and myself up at the wedding.) We looked through the box at the various photos and I found the photograph of myself and my Ghost Friend.
Did I ever tell you that story? Here is how it goes:
My family went to Myrtle Beach EVERY SUMMER of my childhood and onward. When I was 6 or 7 years old I made a friend at the hotel pool. We would swim and wander around and generally goof off together.
One day we were all down at the ocean “catching waves.” She and I would grab the floaties around our middles and wait on a wave to catch up to us, when we would LEAP into the air and ride it into the shore.
I was telling her a story and not paying attention to the waves when she YELPED and I turned around and was tumbled end over end by a gigantic wave. I remember being afraid and feeling like I had been underwater for a VERY long time. I couldn’t get my bearings, but could see light/dark/light/dark.
When I finally got up out from underneath the water I ran to the shore and started looking for my friend.
She was not there.
I ran over to where her mom had been set up with their coolers, umbrellas, beach chairs, towels, etc. And there was no trace of any of them.
I looked for her for forever and looked for her for the rest of our visit, and even in future summers when we went back, but I never saw her again. But we still have that photograph…
I believe that, next to the wars we are currently waging, the single most important issue in the U.S. today is the discrimation faced by the GLBT community. I have said this before, but will say again that eventually history will look back on this time period and be absolutely BOWLED OVER that such discrimation was taking place in the year 2009. How is this possible??? And I believe that in my desire to be on the right side of history – the right side of what is RIGHT – means I have to do whatever I can to help end the discrimation.
As far as I can tell the most effective way to show bigoted people that humans are humans and deserving of their rights as such is to confront them with the humanity of those people they are fighting.
Ken Starr is attempting to file a suit that will categorically divorce over 18,000 couples who were married in the state of California last year. Family values anyone?! The very people who believe that gay marriage will destroy the family are HELL BENT on destroying THESE families – families that are different from theirs.
It makes me livid.
In response to Ken Starr’s lawsuit the Courage Campaign asked individuals to send in photos with the message: Don’t divorce us. It blows my mind that such a request must even be made.
So here is to the family. Let’s hope these families get to keep that status.
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So, so, so tired. I need to go to bed five hours ago.
This has been the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week so far, but in the midst of all of it, my fiance has been AMAZING. He has made dinner, gotten groceries and kitty litter, given plenty of hugs and backrubs, MADE BROWNIES for my grad class, listened to me, and given wise counsel.
Which is all to say: I got the very best fiance in all the world. I am a lucky lady.
