Greetings
As if we didn’t have enough on our plate, those of us in CA have been battling this horrible air quality! The indoor play places aren’t open (thanks Covid), and now the kids can’t run around outside… To say we’re going a little nutty around here would be an understatement! Case in point: I was chasing my 3 year old around the house, trying to get him to brush his teeth before daycare one morning. I finally resorted to saying “It’s hurting my feelings that you won’t brush your teeth”. He stopped, turned to me and said, “Mom, just take a deeeeeep breath”. 🤣 Wisdom can come from any source…
Top of mind today is the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Supreme Court Justice. She lost her battle with cancer at the age of 87. She battled 5 types of cancer over her life, and regardless of one’s political leaning, she’s an inspiration – someone who has fought for what she believes until the very end (quite literally) as a champion of justice and of women’s rights. The whole system feels a little less stable with her passing.
A podcast episode from NPR’s Throughline has totally caught my attention this week. It’s about the history of events leading to mass incarceration as we know it today, and admittedly, a lot of this content was new to me. Check out the episode here: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/05/899441920/reframing-history-mass-incarceration
#purposetoprivilege #blacklivesmatter #sendallthewine
Talk soon,
Jessica