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Family Separations

I typed and erased this post too many times to count. My mind and thoughts are scattered with so much that I want to say but it’s hard to write into words. I still think this is important for me to at least convey to my little niche of the internet so here are my thoughts (scattered and jumbled) at what is going on with immigration at the moment.   Lately, and especially this week, I’m been feeling defeated. I actually don’t know if defeated is even the right word or if helpless is more fitting but I feel like I don’t deserve to just live my life (go to work, go to the gym, cook meals, read, binge watch Netflix….etc) when there are families being ripped apart. When there is an influx of ICE roundups in my own backyard. How can all these immigration issues be happening around me and I’m just living my normal life?!? It just doesn’t seem right.   It seems like a day doesn’t go by that I don’t read or hear about “X” number of people being detained, multiple ICE raids...