#365Gratitude Day 213: Zorro (the daddy, not the swordsman)

My friend Zorro is an exceptional person.  

Like me, he's an ageplay author. However, he's actually prolific!  He's got an ENORMOUS amount of books out there.

He does a lot of work in the community too. He has been a motive force behind many events, including TeddyCon, and CapCon, too.  He runs a munch up in PA, too. 

He has a fair degree of notoriety, too. His work is well known and well loved by many fans of the daddy-little girl story.

The thing about him though is he's such a plain spoken, unassuming, regular joe about it all.

He's always happy to lend a hand when you need him. He actively works to promote other people's events and projects.  

He's done that A LOT for me. He's talked up the Big Little Podcast all over the place, and both of my books, too.  He's absolutely a confidant of mine. We talk "book business" all the time.

I often check in with him when I'm feeling a little crazy in the head about something I think about the writing business. He's a valued colleague, and a great friend.  

I'm really grateful for him. 

#365Gratitude Day 212: Cirque du Soleil!

My sister-in-law, M. enters contests all the time. She wins a lot too!  This time, she won us tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's new show, Amaluna.

I am super excited to do this. I've never seen Cirque du Soleil before!  I'm grateful my sister in law does this stuff, and loves sharing it with me. I'm grateful she's my family. 

I'm posting this during the intermission and can tell you I'm utterly blown away by how awesome this is. 

#365Gratitude Day 211: Living in a time of heightened social change

I was born in 1971.  A while ago Missy and I were watching the movie The Long Walk Home about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  It's a great movie, about brave people practicing resistance against awful oppression. You should watch it. 

As we watched the movie it struck me that the events in it took place just 16 years before I was born. 

That boggles my goddamn mind. I could have had a babysitter who thought racial segregation was just peachy. 

Things were pretty damn bad, not that long ago.  

It's on my mind today because of   Monday's landmark ruling by the Circuit Court. They overturned Virginia's ban on same sex marriages.

 Plaintiffs in the federal suit over Virginia's ban on gay marriage, Emily Schall-Townley, left, Carol Schall, center, and Mary Townley,

I am thrilled by this.  It sets precedent to challenge similar state bans all over the country.

Just think how different the world will be in the next 16 years. 

I'm grateful to be alive in a time of rapid, pervasive, important social change.  

#365Gratitude Day 210: A really good song, from a good friend

There's this singer, Matt The Electrician. He's got this great song called Got Your Back, that's all about nonduality and caring about other people, as if they were you. 

Because they are. ​

I only even know about this song and the artist, because a friend of mine who lives in Austalia told me about it.  She heard it, instantly thought of me, and rushed to tell me about it. 

It's like she's got my back or something.  

I'm grateful for that.

PLEASE READ ME: I need your help.

Are you A+ blood type? One of my closest friends desperately needs a new kidney. 

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Please take a look. 

Thanks.