The Edmond Express

One day I thought about letting it all go. Letting the air and the wind beneath my wings become irrelevant. Letting the chirping from the birds and the buzzing of the bees become meaningless. I thought of letting the savage beast go unsoothed and grow patient by nature. I thought of letting the apple of a day theory become pointless. I thought of letting the sunlight be either below me or an unseen premise of life and time. I thought of the pursuit of endless rest. I thought of letting it all go. Yes, even the strongest grow weak and tired and ready to go breathless in an attempt to escape. But what to? To a place never seen? To a place never felt? To a place never heard? To a place never tasted? But I realized we are not built to let it go, but rather to grow and become better than the day before. So, as I grow and soothe this savaged beast, I will keep it all.

I posted today on another social media site regarding the most recent abortion statistics. Many questions were asked and alot of emotions were expressed regarding the reason for the post. Several thought the mere fact of just posting it and requiring parties to be responsible enough to understand that abortion is not a free option was being rather judgemental. I posted it to get people thinking, to get people to stop making excuses, to get people to actually choose morally over everything else. Yes, abortions do have a place medically for circumstances that are detrimental to life, but not for the mere convenience of not wanting to be pregnant. Yes, it is a woman's body, but they and no man has the moral choice to decide if and when a child lives. What did we do before we could abort children? We took responsibility for our actions and raised our children. We took responsibility for our actions and at some point, thought about ways to be responsible enough to not be as sexually