Okay, I'll bite. I don't do these things much, but I'll give it a shot.
I'm a 43 (well, almost 44, yikes) stay at home mom. I have biological children, stepchildren, adopted children, and lots of people who call me "Mom" that I consider my children. Mom is what I do. Most of my kids are grown, but there are those who aren't, the youngest of whom is four.
I'm hugely into the whole social consciousness thing. I want to help make the world a better place as best I can, and my way is a little more unconventional than most as the majority of those "lots of people who call me mom" are gang members and I take care of them when I can, however I can. I try to help illuminate the fact that not all gang members are violent, drug dealing killers and that society has helped largely to put them where they are. The ones with whom I associate are good, honourable people who are just trying to survive.
/soapbox
I run a community called betherevolution that hopes to get LJers to talk about issues of importance today. Sadly, it doesn't get a lot of people talking, but I'm working on that.
I have a lot of ranty posts, many of which involve my husband and marriage, which are issues I'm trying to break away from. Current things being how they are, it's difficult at the moment. But it's getting easier.
This is getting really long, isn't it? Sorry!
I'll just end by saying that my most frequent rants past the husband thing have to do with intolerance. Intolerance of all kinds bothers me, from racism (I've never experienced it myself, per se, being white, but my two adopted sons are African American and much of my extended family is comprised of minorities) to homophobia to sexism to disdain for the poor, etc. Big mish mash there.
I also love reading, fantasy, roleplaying, kids, animals, mythology, etc. I like lots of things. I'm usually easy to please.
Now that I've written a book, I'll bow out. Sorry again for the length!
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Date: 2009-09-18 04:39 am (UTC)I'm a 43 (well, almost 44, yikes) stay at home mom. I have biological children, stepchildren, adopted children, and lots of people who call me "Mom" that I consider my children. Mom is what I do. Most of my kids are grown, but there are those who aren't, the youngest of whom is four.
I'm hugely into the whole social consciousness thing. I want to help make the world a better place as best I can, and my way is a little more unconventional than most as the majority of those "lots of people who call me mom" are gang members and I take care of them when I can, however I can. I try to help illuminate the fact that not all gang members are violent, drug dealing killers and that society has helped largely to put them where they are. The ones with whom I associate are good, honourable people who are just trying to survive.
/soapbox
I run a community called
I have a lot of ranty posts, many of which involve my husband and marriage, which are issues I'm trying to break away from. Current things being how they are, it's difficult at the moment. But it's getting easier.
This is getting really long, isn't it? Sorry!
I'll just end by saying that my most frequent rants past the husband thing have to do with intolerance. Intolerance of all kinds bothers me, from racism (I've never experienced it myself, per se, being white, but my two adopted sons are African American and much of my extended family is comprised of minorities) to homophobia to sexism to disdain for the poor, etc. Big mish mash there.
I also love reading, fantasy, roleplaying, kids, animals, mythology, etc. I like lots of things. I'm usually easy to please.
Now that I've written a book, I'll bow out. Sorry again for the length!