The Glass Ceiling

The Glass Ceiling

The messages I heard from society growing up:

You can’t be a priest, you’re a woman

You can’t be an astronaut, you’re a woman

You can’t run a marathon, you’re a woman

You can’t work and have children, you’re a woman

You can’t be President, you’re a woman

Hmmmm…two of the three of these still need shattering (so says Mary).

One issue, I have a say in, and the other I don’t. As a forever registered Independent, I vote. My paternal grandmother would have been in the first cycle of elections where women in our country could vote.(My maternal grandmother did not become a naturalized citizen until the 1940’s)

Here we are, a bit more than 100 years later, and I am so scared for our country.

I just finished reading Erik Larson’s brilliant, The Demon of Unrest. So many of the issues our country is currently facing, are the same which Mr. Larson researched and wrote about as those before and during the Civil War. I highly recommend this book.

     What to do? Vote. Be kind. Be loving. Be strong, not violent. Speak up and out about solutions where we all are working for the equal opportunities of each person and protection of our Earth which of course includes the creatures on the Earth.

     You can disagree with me. That’s fine. I just ask that you do so in a civil manner so that we can discuss and not degrade one another.

Remember, hitting the “Like” button doesn’t mean you agree with me. It just means you read my piece. Thank you for that. What’s on your mind?