It is frightening to even consider. — I just read an article in Deutsche Welle, a public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German government. I found it disturbing and frightening. The story is headlined: LGBTQ community: Is there a backlash in Europe? Here’s an excerpt: Human rights advocate Neil Datta has been researching the movement’s activities…

My reality indisputable. — “cru·ci·ble: a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.” Over the last five years I have undergone the most profound dissection and analysis of every aspect of my life and who I am to my soul. At 61 years old…

’The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ — When Albert Einstein stated that, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results,” he had the perfect definition for vote-hungry politicians who play to voter fears to stay elected. They use the age old tactic of using social fears to attack the…

A tragedy in a world of tragedies I wrote this two years ago. My memories never leave nor from the friends and family with whom I share these memories with. “I wasn’t going to write this. I was in the World Trade Center on 911. I parked my car in…

I wish I had answers — When I read the BBC news story I mention in my title, my first thought was that America had reached a new low…and then I thought better. Yes, we are a violent nation. As of July, the United States has had over 400 mass shootings for the year, setting the…

What is love? — I am an incurable romantic. I always have been. From LOVE STORY to the PRINCESS BRIDE to NOTTING HILL to ME BEFORE YOU to CRAZY RICH ASIANS, I always have felt moved by the romantic love portrayed by even some really cheesy movies (I do stop at all Hallmark movies…

This transgender woman says, Vote! — I used to be offended every time I saw a Trump flag flying from in front of a house, on a boat, or carried by a follower. I used to shake my head in wonder at how ignorant, bigoted or just plain stupid the person was for their very visual…

Selflessly sharing your heart is the greatest gift you can offer the world — I’ve been thinking about the human heart lately. The media would have you think that the only place for the human heart is on the Hallmark channel. The six o’clock news has 55 minutes of human misery and five minutes of stories involving cute puppies.

Seeing through to the truth as a parent. — I saddens me deeply when I read stories in the LGBTQ community, particularly within the transgender one, of the scarring pain inflicted by a parent who rejects their child for failing to follow the rules of an antiquated binary-gender world. Their child is just trying to be who they are…