…i would have…

…worn BLACK…

If I had known about #TimesUp before last night at 8:45 pm -- I would have worn black to church.

Why…… so my voice would have echoed with theirs. 

I believe -- I need their voice to lift my own so that I can be heard across the valleys and rivers and mountains of the world.

I need those women and men to speak LOUD and STRONG -- they can make global change, create global awareness -- where there was none -- where there should be some.

I need their voices to help me to be brave, strong, fierce, passionate.

I can use my voice to change my world -- and I am -- but I am so grateful for their voices that carry beyond my reach.


Too often we vilify those in Hollywood for their "money", "fame", "conceit", "lack of morals" etc…etc… but really we know NOTHING about those people and who they really are. Nothing.

There is goodness within that world of Hollywood -- so much goodness.

If we would only stop our constant judgement to…
…look a little deeper…
…look -- harder…
…see beyond the mysterious beyond…
…find a point of mutual understanding…
…see the passion in which they live their lives…
…find some empathy…
…and most importantly -- stop trying to compare everyone and everything to our own standards.

The Hollywood good looks like…
#MeToo
The Silence Breakers
Schools in Africa
Basic services in Puerto Rico
Fresh water
Ocean clean up
Women and Children Shelters
Gifts -- just because
Returning the Favor
Films that touch lives
Music that speaks for my soul
#TimesUp


Don't argue with me about their "lifestyles" or their "deceit" or their "drug infested lives" -- insert GIANT eye roll emoji here. Just let them be people -- trying to do the best they know how with the tools they have.

And don't throw the "if there was a cockroach in a corner of the cake, would you still eat it" analogy at me. It's false. It's full of lies and holes and it's just plain rude.

No one is perfect. 

I definitely have a cockroach in the corner of my cake -- yet I'm not discredited, or vilified at every turn nor is my life scrutinized with the finest magnifying glass.

Do I want to be remembered for the children I yelled at, or the times I was late, or when I didn't do what I said I would, or when I lied or when I really didn't care.

I am just me -- trying to do the best I can -- wanting my voice to be heard.

So today…
…my shirt is black
…Oprah's speech is on my ToDo List
…The Greatest Showman is my playlist for the day
…I'm going to watch a movie
…and… #MeToo