Hmm, sixty-five years ago today,You entered this world.Twenty-nine years agoyou left far too soon.Up ’til then, I knew you my entire lifeyet, I’m still learning you more each year.This last year, I dug up painful,crushing information.Confirmed details.Connected dots.Formed a picture of a childhood that wasn’t.Saw the end of a truncated adolescence.Now I’m speculating,wondering when thoseContinueContinue reading “Poem: 65 Years Ago Today”
Category Archives: women
Update: Author Review: Patrick S. Tomlinson
This is a lot. I don’t know how this person found me online. What I’ve learned about him in the last two days is alarming and extremely disturbing. **Long post**
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“Thank you, not just for myself, but for all the women in the world that have felt what your touching written words have said.”
Quote: My mother showed me what’s possible.
We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited. Growing up in Soweto, our dream was to put another room on our [one room] house. Maybe have a driveway. [Yet no car.] Maybe, someday,ContinueContinue reading “Quote: My mother showed me what’s possible.”
Quote: Never stop believing…
Please never stop believing that fighting for what’s right is worth it. It is, it is worth it. ~ Hillary Clinton, Concession Speech, November 9, 2017 Transcript to Hillary’s full concession speech
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