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by Laure S

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I ran 5 miles today because if RBG could live till 87 and battle cancer four times and continue to work from her hospital bed, I could run even if it was hard. I had a small panic attack in the middle of the run - I felt my anxiety and fear creep into my breath and it got hard to breathe, but I calmed myself and kept moving.

Tonight I wrote letters to voters. I will do it tomorrow. I will do more tomorrow. I’m not going to stop fighting because GOD DAMN IT I will do what I can with what I have control over.

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I want to mourn her death. I want to honor her. I want to pay tribute to who she was as a woman, as a mother, as a lawyer, as a fighter, as a wife, as a justice, as a patriot. 

I want to mourn her and celebrate her and thank her for everything that she did, all the decisions that she made that helped me grow up in an America where I was safe to pursue all the things I wanted. 

Instead the first emotion I felt wasn’t sadness, or humility, or solemnity. It was fear. Chill down the spine, tears in the eyes, heart racing, muscle clenching fear.  

And I will never forgive them for that. 

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the unexpected joy of the worst summer of our lives by christine mi for vox

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Haven’t posted something personal since February (the before times.)

This is me from today. Living in the Bay Area, the smoke is really bad, so going outside for any exercise isn’t an option :( I was just (this week) getting my running momentum back, too, but I am grateful we are safe. Having an apartment w/out AC and not being able to open the windows is tough, but we’ll be ok.

Anyways, tomorrow we are getting up and getting fancy donuts, so that’s something to look forward to; I love me a pretentious donut (and unpretentious donuts, too. Ok I love most donuts I meet.)

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EVERY hozier song is a make out song, change my mind

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maybe the answer to some mental health problems like depression and anxiety isn’t just therapists telling you it’s gonna be okay and psychiatrists giving you prozac maybe it’s just providing housing and some kind of life stability through public services which we pay millions in taxes for

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Millennials living through their 2nd "once in a generation" economic collapse