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What would you do? What are you doing?

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One of the most powerful things I’ve read:

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✨How you choose to show up now will define and dictate our collective future. Your voice and actions are that important✨ . What kind of world do you want to live in? . What current systems are you passionate about changing forever? . What rights and injustices are you willing to fight for? . What will you say to your kids when they ask you what you did during this time to create change? . I ask because we are at a vital tipping point. . History has already been made with the world wide #BlackLivesMatter movement. With all 50 U.S states and 18 countries in protest demanding change, we are living through the largest civil rights movement in human history. . We have the momentum now to truly make some huge shifts. But we can’t take our foot off the gas. It’s not over yet. The dismantling of old paradigms has just begun and we get to be part of the solution. . As a soon to be mother, there is NO WAY I’m going to sit here quietly and do nothing to protect the rights and liberties of the black community and all people. . The world I dream of for our son, and all future generations, is one of equality, justice, freedom, compassion, and hope. It’s our responsibility to make that happen NOW. . We are the leaders we have been waiting for. Now is the time to act in all the ways we can. And that looks different for everyone. We all have our unique roles to play. . For more resources and information on how you can help, go to my IG stories. I’m sharing a ton of links and accounts to learn more about systemic racism in the U.S and how you can help the black community right now ❤️✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🌍

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My friends, be the change you want to see.

June 6, 2020: Morning Haiku

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freshest morning light

brightening the clouds at dawn

puddles of songbirds

Watching dawn move on a cloudy morning, light comes through the clouds slowly, gently. The firs brighten, birds wake, yet humanity’s quiet.

The world still convulses, desperate for justice. A new day, an opportunity for change, for hope, for peace.

June 4, 2020: Reflexes of Pain

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human reflexes

to inflict pain upon those

we believe hurt us

A cycle of destruction that threatens to consume us all.

June 2, 2020 Haiku

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a springtime moment

some cat holding a sparrow 

blood on its whiskers

These are troubling times, aren’t they? I wonder what it would take for humanity to seek connection instead of division. Perhaps I’m naive to think that such a thing is possible. Perhaps. Yet I’ll cling to my hope. 

Haiku, May 30, 2020

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a day filled with rain

I avoid the damp puddles

circles flow outwards

A day of rain and thunder, such an abnormally in Seattle. Well, not the rain; that’s still quite common. Yet today I opted to forgo my evening walk. Just wasn’t in the mood to be soaked, cold and shivering. 

Thunder in the Morning : A Haiku

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rolling with the rain

there’s thunder in Seattle

the crows now silent

I wasn’t expecting thunder and lightening this morning. That’s rather atypical for Seattle. It brings back many memories for me, though. Life in the tropics had many joys.

A Morning Song

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Most every day, a song echos in my mind as I wake. The universe often speaks to me in song.

This morning I woke to U2’s “40” and the line “how long, to sing this song?”

My heart troubled by the world’s rage soaked violence, by another bloody day. Will humanity expand out of it’s ego before the world’s burned into obliteration by hubris? Will I get to see that day? How long, my friends. How long?