A week from today at this time, J~ and I will be on a plane, on our way to Mexico, while B~, his son, is on a bus, beginning a week-long field trip with his school. We planned this vacation a month ago, and I keep meaning to mention it to you, dear readers, but more pressing topics have always come to mind.
At this point, nothing seems more pressing than a few days on the beach.
I'm sure I'll have more to say about recent events in the near future, but for now, my thoughts are these:
We are all learning. We all have blind spots. I am no exception.
Everyone deserves to be treated with discretion and respect.
Honesty is, by far, the best policy.
I am grateful for every piece of honest feedback I ever receive, even when the message is difficult to hear.
Life, and everything that it entails, makes for a very wild ride. Sometimes thrilling, sometimes nauseating, and thankfully, not over yet.
3 comments:
I'm so sorry Amy! It never occurred to me either that there could be issues with your posting about some of the women you've met through work. Now that it's pointed out, I can see the problems though... but it has been a real eye-opener to have even just a slightly better understanding of where they're coming from. Any chance of a second chance?
Have a great relaxing trip. Hopefully the work stuff can be resolved through a conversation instead of termination.
I was really surprised that your clients' anonymity had been compromised by your blog, which I suppose is presumptuous on my part--thinking that if you're having an abortion, you're not reading blogs about abortion. I imagine I would wonder if you were talking about me if I was the one who was heading toward their 5th abortion. I'm not sure if I'd be offended or not. That's the trouble with abortion--it's still such a dirty little secret. Though I don't celebrate abortion nor do I think it's an appropriate form of birth control, I do look forward to the day when it's understood as a corrective to a mistake, a medical option, and not a moral, even at 5, quagmire. As a woman for choice, I do believe it's my body and the fifth fetus is no more a fully sentient being than the first.
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