State of the World

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 So far it's been a devastating year for many Americans, myself included. The new President has done, claimed, said/posted online, and passed many things that hurt me and those I love.

For example, my favorite outreach program at work: Music & Motion. This program offers children with disabilities the opportunity to dance -- really dance! -- with the assistance of ceiling track harnesses and volunteers. The parents never dreamed their child would be in a ballet class like this, participating and performing. The physical therapist and dancers who lead M&M are salt of the earth. The program is funded in part by an NEA grant that Trump might pull...there's a lot of unknowns right now...we just don't know.

ICE is in just about every neighborhood and is authorized to GO INTO SCHOOLS. Citizens have been comparing the strategies Trump is using to a quote by Anne Frank that describes the beginning of the Holocaust. It is appalling.

Books, including a children's book about freckles, have been banned. The T for Trans in LGBT signage at National Parks has been scrubbed. There is no option for Intersex or Trans identification on government documents. One of my dearest friends was trans and she passed away this summer: I feel her excruciating absence and her vibrant presence simultaneously. It's unfathomable that loss like death doesn't just knock the Earth off its axis.

Many parents of the dancers where I work are worried for their jobs and livelihoods. One lawyer at the DOJ was fired just for doing his job--on a case Trump didn't like.

It's impossible, yet we're all continuing on.

I am witnessing more systemic erasure and genocide of the Palestinian people. Broken peace deals and blocked aid. Trump posting a truly horrific AI-generated video of Gaza with Musk and Trump as gods, feasting and laughing, their likenesses molded in larger-than-life gold statues.

It has led to a sort of cycle in my life: educate myself, do something tiny (donate, post, protest), cry or succumb to the sorrow of humanity failing each other, cook and feel gratitude, spend time with Nick, remind myself of all the reasons to be alive, sleep, work, repeat. Maybe I'll post the list of WONDERFUL REASONS TO STAY ALIVE next...

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