It is very cold outside, but if you endure the first ten minutes of discomfort the pain will pass and you start enjoying the crisp air and the absolute silence.

Today is the first day of the second Trump’s presidency, but the worst news is the passing of Leonora, a bright, smart, brave young woman who was a fierce advocate for her community and for all immigrant women. I can’t believe she is gone, just as I can’t believe we have circled back to trump madness. Today is also Martin Luther King Jr. day and with all respect, I disagree with MLK on one thing. The arc of history doesn’t point towards justice. It doesn’t point towards anything. History has no driving force. Of course, MLK, Baptist pastor, believed in the second coming of Christ and the final judgment. I used to believe it too. I used to think that I lived in the world where good people’s prayers were heard and where bad people somehow got their punishment. Now, as an adult, I live in the world where good people get hurt or simply fail, whereas bad people seem to thrive and prosper. And I have to teach my children that even if we don’t win in the end, we still can choose to be good people. This in itself is a victory.