Blacks, Jews, and Gays

Wow...this week zipped by with me not posting everyday like I normally do.

It's been pretty hectic, considering about a week ago that nation's attention shifted to my neck of the woods. Two guesses as to what I'm talking about. (No Dirk, you can't answer, you already know ;-)

On Tuesday, I heard from an old friend about another friend's wedding in May. She's a good ole Methodist gal from Morehead (Seriously it's called "The hardwood capital of the world"...he's a nice Jewish boy from California. They met in a video store, because he had a University of Kentucky ball cap on, and the basketball team just won that day...so Em says "Go Cats!" And the rest is history. They're having an interfaith service. So I'm wondering, can I wear a yamulke, or is that not kosher?

On Wednesday, I attended a local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner. The guest speaker was Myrlie Evers Williams, wife of the late Medger Evers. He was gunned down in front of their Mississippi home back in the 60's. It took about thirty years to FINALLY convict his killer. During that time, Myrlie followed in her activist husband's footsteps to continue overcoming social injustice. She told the audience about how his death created a great hatred for people inside her. Then she said she remembered her husband's words, "If you hate someone, they probably don't know it. If they do, they probably don't care, and then you become the victim."

And what a week for the gays! Seriously, some massive drama coming from some of my Big City peeps. Luckily it's settling down and way too complicated, but yikes. It was a rough week for someone I really care about and thank goodness he's coming around and making the best of a bad situation.

For the second weekend in a row, I'm not going to the Big City because of wintry weather. Blah!

Okies...have a great weekend!

"W"