independence day

“I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.” — Frederick Douglass,  “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” July 5, 1852 Independence Day felt heavy and conflicted this year. As [...]

Believe! Believe that the best part of you was not in your yesterday. It was not before chronic illness. I hear all too often, “I just want my old life back.” Well, I’m going to spin this for you as those of us who live on my side of the pond approach the Fourth of July and prepare to celebrate all that is free. [...]