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I started reading DU in 2001, when my husband saw the DU banner in the protest of Bush’s coronation. I used to just use his login and never posted anything, just lurked. In August 2003, I made my own user name and it still took me a couple of months to get up enough nerve to post. I was afraid everyone would laugh at me. It’s taken me over 4 years to get these 1000 posts, but I finally did it.
I’ve tried to come up with something really good to say over the last couple of weeks, when I realized that I was approaching the 1000 mark. I thought… what could I say that would really be profound and wonderful for my 1000th post?
I thought of posting on the issue of poverty, something I’ve personally experienced and something that changed my life and way of thinking forever. I’m not living in poverty now, but once you’ve been there, you never forget the shame, humiliation, and anger that you felt when you were there. There’s no way to erase the years of abuse and struggle that were the late 80’s and 90’s for me. But, this post is supposed to be somewhat celebratory, and posted about something so sad seems at odds with that.
I thought about posting on the issue of women’s rights and how women are treated in America. I’ve been in an abusive marriage and lived through the court battle afterwards, in which I was treated little better than my ex-husband had treated me. But that would likely turn into a huge flamefest and still would still not be celebratory in nature.
There are so many things that could be posted, so many issues that need to be corrected, so many wrongs to make right. But, I cannot do it in one post. I realized that, really, this is one of the first places I go when trying to figure how what’s true and what needs to be done. Every day, there’s stuff to talk about and, even things to yell about. Sometimes, we fight, and sometimes we all agree. But, I can always post about all the things that are wrong on other days, in other posts, another time.
So, in the end, I just decided that I would post a thank you. Thank you for being here during the dark days, lost elections, flamefests and all. Thanks for being here during the successes, the elections we win and the times we can celebrate together.
Thanks for being DU.
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