It is the 4th of July! Let’s Put Our Love into Action

This is the day we in the U.S celebrate our freedom…Celebrate our independence. But this year, the 4th feels different to me. 

We still had our picnics, parades, fireworks, and gatherings with friends, but it’s hard to embrace this holiday when so many of our freedoms are being stripped away.

Last week alone, some of the freedoms I hold most dear seem to have disappeared overnight: The reversal of Roe V. Wade, our ability to ensure clean air and water for all, knowledge that justice and truth will prevail, and that the Constitution still guides our democracy.

As I think about the enormity of what is happening and the far-reaching implications of these changes, it can be so easy to give in to rage and either come out fighting or go back into self-protection mode with a feeling that nothing we do really matters at all.