To One of My Heroes: Thank You.
I have been absent from this blog as of late. I had many things I wanted to talk about and post, however, I did not have the motivation to post them. That changed last night on September 18th. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG and the Notorious RBG, as admirers fondly referred to her, passed away surrounded by family yesterday. Like many others around the nation, I was not okay last night. Like many others, I went through periods of disbelief, grief, anger, anxiety, and back again. Today, I am going to do what I always do when I find trouble processing something, and write about it. Many people who know me are aware that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of my heroes. She was the reason why I have some of the rights that I do. She even inspired me to go to law school and pursue a career in law myself. She was a steadfast advocate for so many voices, and I wish I had gotten to meet her at some point in my life. Throughout her long career on the Supreme Court (27 years), RBG was a fig