Despite how often I post and tweet about various annoyances, errors and crimes, my #Gratitude List is actually quite long. Beyond having food in my belly, a roof over my head and multiple families of love, I’ve lived long past my 1980’s life expectancy. From experiencing the arrival of Marriage Equality (in the USA and Canada) to a growing, if not universal, acceptance of the beautiful diversity of gender identities and sexual & gender expression; the arc of history bending, ever so slowly, towards justice.
I’ve made progress of sorts in my work to recover and process repressed memories as well as repair the deep emotional & mental impact of childhood abuse, and then living through the eruption of grid/ aids/ hiv in my communities. Life is good!
There are events or circumstances that are much deeper desires in my heart than the physical items on Wishlists I’ve created of things I’m saving to buy (but which could be gifts if someone’s looking to buy me something; just sayin’).
See Also:
Gratitude Redux;
Teddy Bear Tears;
Ancestor Work.
