I’m not one for Valentine’s Day. There too much pressure to have some love, visible. Buy cards, flowers, chocolates, dinner out. It’s not news that it’s a manufactured holiday, overblown. It’s not sustainable, it’s not real, it’s a business. But I am for love. And the freedom to pursue happiness. To have equal rights under [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Freedom to Marry’
Something Borrowed (for Freedom to Marry)
This post is written for the OTHER mother, where a carnival for Freedom to Marry is underway. Today is about “something borrowed.” And yes, tomorrow is “something blue.” * * * I don’t think civil unions are enough. I mean, they are a start; they give some legal protection to devoted partners. I cannot imagine [...]
Something New (for Freedom to Marry)
New flesh for this skeleton The sparkle will drip on the new snow. It was gathered on clouds, a silent choir, that only meant to sweep in shallow circles granting to broken brooms, not shovels: The error of gardening. But that crisp is here, a sliver of moons’ last weeping. If truth be not disclosed, [...]
Something Old (for Freedom to Marry)
My old (fill in the blank) doesn’t (fill in the blank) anymore Those faded ideals, left out too long, are transformed. Dried shells. If Oxford updates definitions shouldn’t we? Relics are meant for teaching history and museum outings. For ceremonies of the dead. History is where we’ve been not where we go. Devotion is shopping [...]
