I wrote this post right before Lila's 11th birthday. Sharing it here for posterity's sake now. Dear Lila, When you arrived in my life, one of my dreams come true. I had wanted you so, so badly. On Father's Day eleven years ago, you were born -- incidentally looking just like your Daddy. I remember staring at you and not believing that it was all real. You were here! This baby I had prayed for, written to, imagined... was here. In real life. And she was more amazing than I could have ...
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Bearing witness.
To bear witness. To hold space. To not avert our eyes. To speak up. To examine ourselves. To act. This is where my head is right now. I'm hesitant to write this post, though... because this is not my story to tell. This is the story of righteous anger and rage, historical and present oppression, systemic racism and generational grief.This daily struggle is not my story to tell. Instead, my life experience has been one of privilege. Privilege. I can ride a bike, I can jog, I can ...
