They left me
with your shadow,
saying things like
Life is not fair

& I believed them
for a long time.

But today,
I remembered
the way you laughed
& the heat
of your hand
in mine

& I knew that
life is more fair
than we can
ever imagine
if
we are there to live it

`storypeople
www.storypeople.com

rarely quiet
she charges through
life
go-go-go
up-up-up
loud
insistent
needing more
and then she stops
and hugs
and loves
(and loves and loves and loves)
and reads
and melts
me
just like the magic
that she is.

From Joe My God

Go to Join The Impact for information about the protests near you. Protest times are staggered by time zone, making this the very first time in the history of our nation that LGBT people will be standing up for ourselves in every major city in every state at the SAME TIME.

Prop. 102 Candlelight Vigil
Date: Monday, November 10, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Camelback Rd. and Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ
Assemble on the Southwest Corner of Camelback & Central.

Meg Sneed and Luis Garcia [Echo Magazine] state:
“The community needs an outlet, somewhere to come together and feel as though they are being heard. A venue where the tears can flow, for the ground we lost on Tuesday. But after those tears it will be a place that will be filled with hope, a place that will allow us to come together and speak of where we will go from here. The upcoming road may be harder, longer, and steeper, but we shall overcome. I feel at least we need to have a community gathering to recognize the people and families that our state constitution now does not, along with infusing some hope about the future into the mix. Something to make the community feel embraced and heard, to give them hope and the strength to continue the battle for equality.”

There are many things I’m not sure of, but I do know my soul is starting to inch closer to getting it right.

It’s not a one step thing. Not like I speak my truth and everything suddenly works out. No, it’s more like an ever increasing understanding of who I am, where I fit, what I need to seek in order to live a life a life of authenticity.

It’s not pretty. It’s not easy. It’s not comfortable. It’s certainly not gentle and it’s not even always welcome. Sometimes when I’m the closest, my body hurts, my head spins, my heart aches and getting out of my own way and just letting it happen seems like the most impossible thing of all.

But I have to, because it is my soul learning the hard way…learning how to get it right.

Why are your neighbors voting? And more importantly - are you?