5,199 days. 85 days. 3 days.

My heart still beats. Yesterday I took a moment to share the cover, and the joy it brings me for Sassy and Dallas’s love story. They get their happily ever after.

I feel like I am on a winding road. Sometimes it’s all up hill, sometimes I’m racing at a breakneck speed. Mostly, I just can’t see around the next bend to know if it’s going to drop out from under me again. 

Today I have to set aside the creative hat, and focus on the History Major hat. I had to choose a topic for my capstone, and while there were many I could have chosen, I decided to touch on a subject dear to my heart, Women’s Suffrage. Over a century after women gained the right to vote, and still we have to fight to be treated equally. 

It amazes me to see so many people who don’t utilize their right to have their voices heard, and it got me to thinking about why there is apathy in voting today. Since I turned 18, and was able to vote, I have missed only one election, and it was due to moving and missing a deadline due to the laws regarding voter registration. I have been diligent to make sure that didn’t happen again in the years since then.

This past election was historic, more people voted than ever before. Still… the percentage of voters was not enough, too many still didn’t exercise their rights. Despite historic numbers there were claims that the election was stolen. Claims that voter fraud occurred have led to bills being introduced that are restricting voters. What does that say about where we are today? 

Will my capstone change the world… Probably not. Will I try to give people a reason to step up and vote the next time there is an election? I hope so.

Just another day on the winding road…  I still don’t know how to be here without you, but I’m trying. I can keep moving. Without you, it’s just motion though.