Cowboy take me away....

 Listening to the Chicks...this song is definitely my mood lately.

Running away, always seemed silly as a child but makes so much more sense as an adult, especially with life now. The culture, the political climate, adult responsibiliries (nod to Tommy Pickles from Rugrats). All of it. Let's go. Let's sell the house, the things in the house and just go. Where? I'm not sure but not here.

Realistically, here we are. So many life changes, every day seems to be something new to add or subtract. One kiddo graduated college in 3 years. We threw a hell of a party. Other kiddo started an adult type job, doesn't pay much, includes a lot of blood, sweat and tears and miles on a car. But I'm proud of her and excited to see her grow and take on all of it. Both are moving forward, that's all I can ask. They are happy, working on getting healthy, but damn, this world right now, it's hard. They both feel the weight of it. I keep reminding them that their generation can make this all better soon, but for now...we try to use our voice for change. It's so very heavy.

With that heaviness is navigating family and friends and coworkers who are on a different side of history in the making. Some are quietly supporting the madness, some are loud and in your face about it. The nice thing with the girls' generation is they've taught my generation boundaries are perfectly fine. And I'm learning. The generation ahead of me, is not so good at being taught that. The generation that raised me, well I don't have the headspace for that one today. Our small circle may be even smaller soon. I will not tolerate bullies and hate. 

Here's to hoping that history books from here out will show a force of resistance that leads to peace and rights for all of us...