Katharine

@katharinep (12)

Joined myLot 7 years ago

Discussions (7)

Katharine 's Discussions

9/11

Katharine @katharinep (12) 11 Sep 19

I was just listening to the album "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen, which was written in the aftermath of 9/11, and I wept and wept. I remembered hoping that 9/11 would bring us together as a nation, not to fight a common enemy...

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How do you pick your friends?

Katharine @katharinep (12) 30 Jul 19

While walking my dog in my new neighborhood I started chatting with a man sitting on his beautiful front porch facing the bay. He was about my age, retired senior military now working for the pentagon. Very fit, married over 30...

trump supporters

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Respect???

Katharine @katharinep (12) 19 Jul 19

Interesting... it seems some people who shall remain nameless (Trump supporters), do not actually know what the word respect means. Okay, school is in session. Logic 101: definition of respect - a feeling of deep admiration for...

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21 zygotes

Katharine @katharinep (12) 27 Jun 19

The years of my life between 30-40 were spent trying to have a baby. Steven and I both came from big families and we thought we would have one too. Nope. I had 4 surgeries, numerous cycles of testing, shots, and drugs. One ectopic...

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little steps for womankind

Katharine @katharinep (12) 20 Jun 19

I was 17 in 1974 and it was a brave new world for women, and I had no clue how to navigate it. it's now 45 years later and women are still trying to prove our legal and moral right to equality and safety. I have a small...

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thanks to the men who did not abuse me

Katharine @katharinep (12) 14 Jun 19

After 25 years working in the field of child welfare I learned that sexually abused children tend to have poor long-term outcomes and often struggle in many aspects of adult life. This kind of abuse damages the heart the mind and...

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abortion

Katharine @katharinep (12) 11 Jun 19

I have an idea. Because men believe women are such poor stewards of the human race, let’s have all unwanted embryos placed into the fathers’ bodies. The science is there; it’s been done. I’m sure they won’t feel forced when this...

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