“strip away the fear. underneath it’s all the same love.”

it’s awards season on tv, and last night was all about the grammys. of course, i tuned in after downton…

sometimes you gotta be defrocked in order to live with integrity.

do you remember this post of mine from about a month ago? i shared with y’all my views, thoughts, and…

open hearts? no. open minds? no. open doors? no. open wounds? yes!

friends, it’s happening again. love is on trial. you know, when people get together and begin to decide who is…

nothing is weird in asheville.

saturday night we did something that is sooooo asheville. we went to bele chere, the 35 year old street festival…

it’s a double rainbow day!

“Bottom line here: the federal ban on recognizing same-sex marriages is dead. California’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages is dead….

jesus, the supreme court, & me.

i’m a woman married to a woman. i’m an ex-pat american living in sweden, but moving back to the states…

the next chapter from my memoir: 33 changed everything.

my husband closed the door behind him and i was standing in our, in my, home… alone. it was the…

what does it mean to be open?

i’m gonna take a little break in the berlin posts now that i’m halfway through them. i have something even…

three years at home.

It’s December 26. Rain is falling outside my window. The christmas lights over the bed are lit. I’m sipping coffee…

edith & her fight.

42 years. that’s how long edith windsor (in the pic above) & her soulmate, thea, were together. sadly, they are…

i pulled an all-nighter.

i’m still in shock. i’m amazed. excited. overwhelmed. and so. very. thankful. oh yeah, and tired. hehe. i’m thankful that…

today is my ex-pat birthday.

it’s the scary choices that end up being the most worthwhile.    ~ melissa joy kong two years ago today,…