I am no longer able to be anonymous.

The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights.

I've been married for four years, and I'm still finding out things about my husband.

That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning.

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

I have little space from the suffering of elephants right now. I wake up with it and go to sleep with it. The plight of animals in shelters, of kids used for labor for the metals in our electronics and endless other things, the fate of our water supply to dye our blue jeans and water our lawns, the sad painful life of conventionally raised meat...For me, I am working to not contribute to this. I really don't want to hurt others for my benefit.

Loss makes me feel vulnerable. I've had my share, less than so many though, but enough to feel empathy. It's tough and I see it so much on Earth, too much suffering. The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights.