An Open Letter to Martin O’Malley: #JusticeForEthan
Posted: September 6, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome | Tags: Down syndrome, Ethan Saylor, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, police brutality 3 CommentsDear Governor O’Malley,
Please order an independent investigation into Ethan Saylor’s homicide. Saylor was an American, brother, son, friend, and above all, a human being. His family deserves answers. His community deserves to know that a person with a disability has the same right to life as any other human being.
Your office made a statement that you wish to “focus on forward-looking strategies” to prevent any more deaths such as Saylor’s. Without truth and accountability, there is no path forward. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Anniversary, Baby.
Posted: September 3, 2013 Filed under: emotional stuff, marriage, the husband | Tags: cosmic connections, Love, Marriage, relationships, spirituality 11 CommentsDear Love of My Life,
Yup. It has been seven years. Seems so long ago, yet just yesterday when I was moving into that dorm room down the hall from that tall blonde boy with the ponytail. (Yes, world, he had a ponytail.)
You know what I loved about you? Everything. Well, after the ponytail. I didn’t love that. And the handlebar mustache period. Everything else, though, I loved. I swear.
Incidentally, I could never seem to quit you. I’d date other people or even live on a different continent, but you… Seeing you always felt like coming home. It didn’t even matter the circumstances, I just wanted to exist together. Read the rest of this entry »
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