My Crazy, Beautiful Life

  POV: Concealed weapons license holder with multiple guns in my home. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. I am emotionally just spent and there are not words adequate for what is going on. We are still in the midst of a pandemic that some still refuse to believe is true. Some still refuse to get vaccinated and/or wear a mask. On top of that, we are still allowing our children to be murdered at school.      I am appalled, but not even a little surprised, by the “pro-life” and “pro-family” party blaming absolutely everything and anything except the weapon used. The only other weapon, besides a gun, that is effective in mass casualties would be a bomb. Arguments of “it’s not the gun, it’s the person” would be much more convincing and effective if they were actually followed by actions to address the person behind the gun. According to Statista.com, 86 of the 127 guns used in mass shootings between 1982 and 2022 were legally obtained. Another 24 were undetermined. There is a cl

  Trigger Warnings: Abortion, child molestation, sexual assault, and rape I grew up in southern Baptist churches. I absolutely swore I would never be “that girl” that put myself in a position to have an abortion. The church taught that girls are supposed to be pure and remain a virgin until they are married. Women are also supposed to never deny their husband sex, under basically any circumstance, and that has led to many churches allowing husbands to rape their wives. I could be wrong, but I don’t recall boys being led to believe they would be damaged goods if they didn’t save themselves. To be honest though, this is how American society treats women. Serial killers have frequently targeted prostitutes because it’s well known that most people see them as “less than” and second-class citizens. We teach that girls have to dress a certain way or they’ll be viewed as sluts and possibly worse… entice a boy. We don’t teach boys that they have to respect girls. We don’t teach girls that