Today is Friday the 13^th. I just read my friend’s earlier Facebook post and vigorously applauded it. Shout out to Gwen Brandenburg and here is her post:

“Happy Friday the 13th all! Prior to Christianity, Friday the 13th was the Day of the Goddess – a day to celebrate feminine power and creativity. The number 13 is associated with feminine power, as it represents the number of periods a woman has in a year. More recently, religions have taught society to shame women for their menstrual cycles, and to fear the number 13. Fortunately, we don’t need to! Wear pink today. Embrace your power, or for men, appreciate the life-giving power of women!”

So, having read her post, I forgot to wear pink but know that I wanted to acknowledge to the world that we women are different, strong, and beautiful. Yes, we have things that happen to our bodies that so many men don’t want to think about. Yes, we bear their children, and they forget about that. However, no matter how much we are downtrodden and dismissed, no matter what the men think, we get back up and move onto the next task! We are all strong women, and we should shout it to the world! We know what we need to do to save the planet and all who live here:

TEACH OUR CHILDREN our life lessons!

Jenny Slate in her book Little Weirds had this to say about our mother’s teachings. Her mother knew a lot about plants and on their walks, she would always point out a flower and ask, “Do you know what it is?” And if Jenny knew they would both enjoy that they both knew. She said, “This is also one of the first ways that I perceived power in another person: …if you have it, it is powerful and excellent to pass it on. That is the act of power, showing that you know, giving it to another person, realizing that as you spread it, you get to keep it but watch it grow, and by watching other have it, you learn new things about the original thing.”  

WOW! WOW! WOW!

These past few days, I have been thinking about why some of us are feeling so overwhelmed with this new second act of our government regime. For me it’s when justice is not served to those who have failed us and committed acts of violence to women and well, really, any criminal acts, we start to lose hope in a fair system.

So, here’s my thought about all of this, how we can get by each day for a while longer: If you’ve haven’t read the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child, I encourage you to do so if only to be in a wonderful fantasy world for a little bit and maybe get some incentive to be involved. If you don’t have time to read all of them, that’s okay (there are twenty-nine of them to date). You’ll understand what I am talking about after you read the first few.

Next, watch the series (not the Tom Cruise movies) on Prime Video. The actor in the series (Season 3 coming out in February!) is incredible. His name is Alan Ritchson, and he is amazing in this roll. His character (and body) fits the description of Child’s Reacher in the books in every way. All I gotta say is: Oooooh La La! Check him out at:

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a46663668/alan-ritchson-reacher-interview/

But what I also liked about the TV series, was the role of the talented and strong women on his team. They had mad skills, held their own, worked well together and they helped the victims. They made right what was wrong with the overall arch of the story. I want to be on that team!

So today, I ask all of you to binge watch Reacher, and be like Jack Reacher! But remember to also pay attention to what your mother taught you.

I send out good thoughts and hopeful progress to all of you out there tonight!