To sit SHIVA! Sitting shiva' is the phrase used to describe the action of Jewish mourners participating in the traditional rituals of shiva observance following a death ...
Shiva is derived from the word sheva, which means seven, signifying the seven days of mourning. It is a time referred to as – “sitting shiva” and its primary purpose is to provide a time for spiritual and emotional healing, where mourners join together.
I am in mourning for the Democracy of my country. I am in mourning for the children, adults, relatives, friends, and family MURDERED by the USE of guns, assault weapons, and weapons of war. I am in mourning for the women who may no longer have ANY or ALL control for their own bodies, and their choices regarding their reproductive rights.
The Supreme Court, a Court that includes two men who had been accused of sexual harassment and rape, never proven but with way too many facts presented. A Supreme Court with one person caught taking gifts, maybe bribes, and lying about knowledge regarding his mother’s home and his wife’s income. Three Justices, when asked about Roe V. Wade having been a Legal Precedent, assured this nation that it would remain so. One Justice, who somehow seemed to leak his decision regarding Roe, denied any involvement.
These men and women are once more the folks who will decide that Medicine and Science have little standing in regard to women’s rights. These people will once again be able to bulldoze the line between Church and State.
The Republicans, most to many elected from Right Wing Gerrymandered Districts, many and most bought and paid for by the NRA, pretend to be Pro-Life, but only if it pertains to the fetus inside a woman.
Another day of murder, another day of denial of rights. How much more should we take?
I am sitting SHIVA!
