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We The People

In the 7 th grade I had an English Lit teacher, Mr. Rumsey, who took us to the library every month to pick out a book we would do a book report on.    If you didn’t pick a book he’d pick one for yah. Well, one month I couldn’t pick a book and he picked out Lizzie Borden (you know, the lady who killed her parents) so the next month, I was terrified of library day cuz, I didn’t want to read about a killer again and once again, I couldn’t find a book so he gave me, “A Diary of Anne Frank.” It wasn’t just one killer I read about it was an army!  I cried my eyes out.    Anne was basically, around the same age as me when I read it.    It was a book that changed me because that girl had her life taken from her in the most horrific event I had ever read about in my young life.   She was talented and in an instant her life was gone, all because some man didn’t like her religion.   I went to school in a small town where everyone looked like me but that book changed me.    I

We Marched

A few days ago, I was very disheartened to stumble upon chatter describing the women who marched as silly and nonsensical. It really upset me because I know a ton of people who marched and they are anything but silly, whiners or poor losers.  How are we bad people for wanting to care for other people and save programs that benefit millions? I'm sure I'm posting to the wind but below explains why women (and men) who marched or supported the March gathered to resist. "To those whom are confused or surprised about why millions of people showed up to protest on Saturday. Women are marching because our children deserve a secretary of education that cares about education. Women are marching because our family and friends deserve healthcare. Did you know that before the ACA, newborns in the NICU would hit their lifetime caps on health insurance coverage. That's right, Babies who had never felt the sun on their skin could no longer get health insurance. Women are marching be