Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.

I dreamt of gardening and billionaires last night.
There was blood in the garden.
It wasn't mine.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

That...took less time than I was expecting.

14 yr old son -" I was hanging out at Grandma's house yesterday and we were watching TV. Something came on about Trump and Grandma starting saying something about illegal"aliens". I told her "Grandma, they're not aliens, they're people." By the things she said after, I knew I should stop talking."

Talking with my 8th grader about current events yesterday. At the end, I told him not to worry because his dad and I would make sure that we would be okay.
He looks up and says "I'm not worried."
Me-" Oh yeah?"
Him-"Well...yeah. You're a resourcful badass of a mom."
Me-... "Thanks. I think."

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor Frankl
I am afraid, but there ARE some things in my control for now. I can be afraid, but not allow it to consume me.

I am walking a thin line between wanting to stay informed and losing my god damn mind right now.