A few weeks ago my Gratitude Monday post was
about being thankful that I could afford to support
the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington. They’d been temporarily beset by
MAGAts threatening violence for having dared to ask Sarah Huckabee Sanders to
leave the premises (on account of her lying on behalf of an administration
that—among other high crimes and misdemeanors—is hell-bent on removing
Constitutional protections for large swathes of the population, some of whom
work at the eatery).
It wasn’t a huge thing—a few bucks to buy gift
certificates, which I asked be sent to a nearby center that supports victims of
domestic violence. But I was grateful that having a job enabled me to make the
gesture. Which I thought about this past week, as I signed up for a monthly
contribution to the ACLU, an organization
that is leading most of the challenges to administration policies.
And as I prepare to make a donation to the Jewish
Family Services of the Silicon Valley, for their work with refugees—another
group this regime would like to wipe from the face of the earth. A mentor and
his wife are throwing a fundraiser later this month in San Francisco; I can’t
attend, but I can certainly give.
And this fills my soul with joy.
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