Where Are the Adults in the Room?
It's been a while since I last wrote on this blog. I pay $12 a year to keep the domain name, so I really need to just write more. I have been busy trying to still change the world with like-minded people. As many of you know, I have been involved in Amnesty International since the age of 19, officially a member since 2000. Human rights are my passion, and also being a mother. My sons are now 15 and 16, becoming young people in their own right. The 15-year-old is a fighter, as I come to recognize. The 16 is a philosopher of sorts, very good in math. I have hope for their future. Unfortunately, the future of a lot of our young people looks bleak. This is why I work with others to make the world better, the world I live in. The goal of any generation in any society is to make the world better for the next generations. Smug, it may seem, but that's my aim. I just need to read the news and it saddens and motivates me. Nationally and locally, our world is violent...