I have two boys. I wouldn't say that I have particularly tried to push gender roles on them, but they are very much boys. They like traditional boy things. And they reject things that are too "girly".

On Monday, June 1st, 2020, former president Trump made a speech in the Rose Garden in regards to the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and rioting that were spreading not only across the country, but around the world. While he began by saying that “justice will be served” for Floyd and his family, Trump then declared himself “your president of law and order.” He criticized the states and local governments for not doing more about the rioting, calling it “domestic terrorism.” He firmly stated that he intended to send out the National Guard and even the US Military if necessary to “end it now.”

When we moved here six years ago, I had a newborn and a toddler. I was blessed to be in the position of not needing to work right away, so I took some time to stay home with the kids. I put my toddler in preschool two mornings a week to give baby and I some one-on-one time. One of those mornings when baby was about nine months old, I was browsing the internet and saw an article about the "No Tolerance" policy being enacted on the border.

“Say you grew up in the church without saying you grew up in the church.”