Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I've just finished writing postcards to Senators urging support of the child care, paid leave, jobs creation, etc. infastructure bill for us. Moms Rising makes it easy to do this, and any action I take feels infinitely better than reading the news. I am not alone, because thousands of us are advocating for for issues dear to women and families. For a country that yaps endlessly about family values, there is no proof in the pudding, is there? I'm praying some of this agenda gets passed, and Congress will wake up from a slumbering moral compass. There is always an excuse: something more important than our families and their well being. These children inherit the earth and need to be raised as good citizens with a responsibility for the welfare of others, and they can, if they are adequately sheltered, fed, protected from violence and mentored. Let's do this thing for now and the future. We know in our hearts love and compassion change circumstances. We need to fight for kindness over power and greed.