

Shameful Politics
…if you can successfully make someone feel guilty, embarrassed, inadequate, like a failure, while presenting evidence that you’re right and they’re wrong, you can succeed in getting people to do what you feel and think they should be doing.

![[Not a] Happy Father’s Day](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646787e012331673ab739be9/1718478986606-EEDBNALB0RWBHX995OD1/father%27s+day.jpg)
[Not a] Happy Father’s Day
Father’s Day is a time of grief and mourning for me… May no one I know ever know what this feels like….

Consistency in Showing up for the Children is Essential
A friend said something that I think about often…to paraphrase, she stated that people who aren’t responsible for taking care of another person EVERYDAY don’t always understand what’s truly involved in taking care of children… I knew that she understood my view on being present in children’s lives.

Out of Stock
I wish people would find the fucks to give. Some of our lives actually depend on it.

Why Get Married?
Before anyone jumps to conclusions and thinks this is going to be a post discouraging people from getting married, it isn’t. Now…