Appreciations Day 5

I appreciate Nancy Pelosi for speaking for 8 hours in defense of Dreamers. She’s 77 years old and this was the longest speech on the floor of the House in history. I appreciate the Black Lives Matter activist whose name I need to look up and add here, because people should know his name, who jumped through police tape to grab a confederate flag out of some idiot’s hands. This guy, the activist, was murdered today. He mattered. His actions mattered. His life mattered. Black lives matter. 

I appreciate JJ for staying home with the kids and having Julia and Lucy come over most of the day as well. Today was a snow day in Tarrytown schools and it was his turn. He was typically grumpy about it being his turn this morning but he did do it for both our kids and the Steinbergs. 

I appreciate myself for trying to think of solutions to problems. For being kind of tenacious about that. For wishing I had the power to take care of people. And maybe for still feeling offended and angry about how awful people can be to each other for no reason. I don’t want to be either cynical or naive. I’d like to still be offended by things that are offensive, better that than ignore it, enable it.