Loved this story about you and your mother having the same name and how that complicated your efforts to cast your first ballot. Heartbroken at the recent Supreme Court decision.
Thanks, Jill! My mom has been gone twenty-five years. I think of her every time I vote. If she were still here, we’d be at the same poll. I know she’d insist on going to vote instead of mailing in her ballot.
Thank you, Steven. Election Day has so much meaning for me. I’ll write about the other reason it stands out for me in a future post.
John Lewis. He is someone I wish I had met. I recently finished reading JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg. It is excellent 🙌🏽💯!! I could relate to many of his experiences. Some experiences I had, but most through stories from my mother and memories of those my grandmother shared. I plan to write about some of the shared experiences in the future. The book is long but worth reading.
Loved this story about you and your mother having the same name and how that complicated your efforts to cast your first ballot. Heartbroken at the recent Supreme Court decision.
Thanks, Jill! My mom has been gone twenty-five years. I think of her every time I vote. If she were still here, we’d be at the same poll. I know she’d insist on going to vote instead of mailing in her ballot.
Showing up at the polls in person honors your mother, your country, your faith.
Thank you for this personal reflection and powerful message about the importance and constant endangerment of voting rights.
We can’t let ancestors like John Lewis down - I know he is watching us and cheering us to keep going, especially when the chips are down!
Thank you, Steven. Election Day has so much meaning for me. I’ll write about the other reason it stands out for me in a future post.
John Lewis. He is someone I wish I had met. I recently finished reading JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg. It is excellent 🙌🏽💯!! I could relate to many of his experiences. Some experiences I had, but most through stories from my mother and memories of those my grandmother shared. I plan to write about some of the shared experiences in the future. The book is long but worth reading.