What a great Coffee Klatch! I loved it! Thank you, Professor Reich, Heather Lofthouse and Michael Lahanas-Calderon, for keeping me sane during this campaign and election cycle! I have proudly cast my vote for Kamala Harris/Tim Walz and have been busy talking, talking, talking to people. I have been driving voters to the polls and I won't…
What a great Coffee Klatch! I loved it! Thank you, Professor Reich, Heather Lofthouse and Michael Lahanas-Calderon, for keeping me sane during this campaign and election cycle! I have proudly cast my vote for Kamala Harris/Tim Walz and have been busy talking, talking, talking to people. I have been driving voters to the polls and I won't give up until Tuesday, November 5! I have been on this earth for 72 years and I have to say, I'm afraid I grew use to being able to make decisions for my own health care and my body. I enjoyed reading whatever I wanted to read and being with whoever I wanted to be with. I was quite active in the 60s and watched my heroes like John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Lewis and so many others make a huge difference to our lives. I never dreamed the very rights that we have taken for granted could be taken away just like that! My daughter is gay and has been with her partner 25+ years. I am worried for them and I think that is why I have been so active during this election cycle. I want my children, grandchildren and on down the line to be able to enjoy the rights, freedoms and liberties I have enjoyed during my lifetime. My mother had five children and four stepchildren and we were all girls! She was a strong woman and taught every one of us to be independent. She would tell us, "You don't need a man to tell you what to do. Think for yourself. A man should be your partner and you work together to make your lives good." Apparently, I got the independent part right, but I was abysmal at working with my partners. I've had two marriages. The first was good and we remain friends, the second was a narcissist who behaved much like the orange man. Needless to say, we do not keep in touch! I hope the women out there know their vote is theirs and theirs alone. No man has any right to tell you what to do. Thank you again for a great Coffee Klatch! Onward and blue!
I can't believe how similar your story is to mine! Except that I have a gay/transgender son, and my first marriage ended with my husband's death - my second was with the first man who showed an interest afterward, and he turned out to be a psychotic meth addict(I believed he was just a bipolar artist and poet who needed a sane partner - haha). I was a hippie back in the 60's, and had the same heroes. I'm actually far more politically active now. Maybe because I have the time to be.
Women like us are the backbone of women's rights and saving Democracy. ☮️💙🇺🇸
So true, Paula! The weight of it all can sometimes bring you down, but we must do every single thing we can to save our Democracy for our kids, grandkids and on down the line. Onward and blue!
I’m your same age but I was raised by two feminist parents, mom and dad. I thought the way I was raised was normal. It’s incomprehensible to me that women obey their husband’s directive of who to vote for. WTH???
My parents always talked about elections very seriously and each made up their own minds of how to vote.
I’m watching the early voting results and it looks like Harris/Walz are definitely ahead. I’m feeling more optimistic now that there are data available.
Thank you, Victor, I agree. My mom was the greatest! I guess all kids say that about their mom, but mine was a beautiful wonder to me! I miss her every single day. I think to myself, if she were alive today, she would be right there with me doing everything she could to ensure Kamala wins the election. In my mind, Victor, she really was my true hero. Thank you!
What a great Coffee Klatch! I loved it! Thank you, Professor Reich, Heather Lofthouse and Michael Lahanas-Calderon, for keeping me sane during this campaign and election cycle! I have proudly cast my vote for Kamala Harris/Tim Walz and have been busy talking, talking, talking to people. I have been driving voters to the polls and I won't give up until Tuesday, November 5! I have been on this earth for 72 years and I have to say, I'm afraid I grew use to being able to make decisions for my own health care and my body. I enjoyed reading whatever I wanted to read and being with whoever I wanted to be with. I was quite active in the 60s and watched my heroes like John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Lewis and so many others make a huge difference to our lives. I never dreamed the very rights that we have taken for granted could be taken away just like that! My daughter is gay and has been with her partner 25+ years. I am worried for them and I think that is why I have been so active during this election cycle. I want my children, grandchildren and on down the line to be able to enjoy the rights, freedoms and liberties I have enjoyed during my lifetime. My mother had five children and four stepchildren and we were all girls! She was a strong woman and taught every one of us to be independent. She would tell us, "You don't need a man to tell you what to do. Think for yourself. A man should be your partner and you work together to make your lives good." Apparently, I got the independent part right, but I was abysmal at working with my partners. I've had two marriages. The first was good and we remain friends, the second was a narcissist who behaved much like the orange man. Needless to say, we do not keep in touch! I hope the women out there know their vote is theirs and theirs alone. No man has any right to tell you what to do. Thank you again for a great Coffee Klatch! Onward and blue!
I can't believe how similar your story is to mine! Except that I have a gay/transgender son, and my first marriage ended with my husband's death - my second was with the first man who showed an interest afterward, and he turned out to be a psychotic meth addict(I believed he was just a bipolar artist and poet who needed a sane partner - haha). I was a hippie back in the 60's, and had the same heroes. I'm actually far more politically active now. Maybe because I have the time to be.
Women like us are the backbone of women's rights and saving Democracy. ☮️💙🇺🇸
Brava!
So true, Paula! The weight of it all can sometimes bring you down, but we must do every single thing we can to save our Democracy for our kids, grandkids and on down the line. Onward and blue!
I’m your same age but I was raised by two feminist parents, mom and dad. I thought the way I was raised was normal. It’s incomprehensible to me that women obey their husband’s directive of who to vote for. WTH???
My parents always talked about elections very seriously and each made up their own minds of how to vote.
I’m watching the early voting results and it looks like Harris/Walz are definitely ahead. I’m feeling more optimistic now that there are data available.
Peggy Freeman, thanks for sharing!
Your mother was a true hero. Lucky you!
Thank you, Victor, I agree. My mom was the greatest! I guess all kids say that about their mom, but mine was a beautiful wonder to me! I miss her every single day. I think to myself, if she were alive today, she would be right there with me doing everything she could to ensure Kamala wins the election. In my mind, Victor, she really was my true hero. Thank you!
You are welcome, Peggy. Keep writing!