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 the law.
Marriage is [...]
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Valentine’s Day: Celebrate Love (for 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.”
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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 the pain [...]
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, longing will flee to lay broken
on top [...]
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 lists, dirty toilets,
doing someone’s laundry. It’s open
to dinner with friends, [...]
