2020

I've been agonizing over the last few days... feeling like I wanted to say something but not having any idea what to say.

I was shocked and horrified at the murder of George Floyd.

I am grieved by the violence and destruction that has taken place since.

And I am so, so disappointed that people continue to just yell at each other and use this as an opportunity for hate and isolating even further into our echo chambers and political bubbles. EVERYONE agrees that what happened to George Floyd was an outrage and a crime. This should be bringing us TOGETHER to renounce racism and cry for change (and renounce racism in all its forms is indeed what I unabashadely, unequivocally do). Instead people continue to just yell at each other, despite the fact that WE ALL AGREE THIS WAS HORRIBLE AND WRONG?!

I completely support people protesting what happened to Mr. Floyd. I pray and hope their voices are heard, and I'm doing everything I can to listen.

And I completely denounce violence of any kind as a means to this end. That does not honor Mr. Floyd's memory, and has only led to further loss of life and livelihoods.

There's so much more I want to say or could say about so many issues. But the more I look at things - the more it just does not seem that Twitter is a helpful place to have those conversations or do the listening that needs to be done. So I need to step away from Twitter for awhile. The noise and chaos and screaming are becoming too much to bear. My already fragile mental health just can’t take it. I'll be gone at least a month. Maybe longer.

Find a way to be good to each other. Find a way to be kind to and care about people, especially those who look differently from and (perhaps even more so) think differently from you.