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A week ago, I had an unnecessary, very unpleasant interaction with a white cop in San Bernardino county. It was blatantly racist. I did not do anything wrong. I was not asked for my license or registration. I did not receive a ticket. What did happen was a white officer, not wearing a mask, ran up to my car and yelled at me like a child when I encountered a street closure and went the wrong way. (Mind you I was just following the lead of the car in front of me, who was not asked to pull over, nor was the car behind me that did the same thing…can you guess what color they were?) He was condescending, sarcastic and rude and I was genuinely asking for help. “Can you please tell me which way I can go?”, I asked. Instead of answering, he just kept on yelling. Telling me I need to learn to follow the rules and not break the law. I felt my blood boiling and I was on the verge of tears when I said calmly, “okay sir, what would you like me to do?” He paused, I think he could hear what I was really asking “what are you trying to do here?” He said something else snarky and finally told me which way to go, which btw was the way I was originally going. I drove off and immediately broke down crying and shaking. In that moment, I needed HELP. I was in an unfamiliar area and did not know where to go. A police officer, you know the people we pay to serve and protect us, treated me like a was a piece of shit because of the color of my skin. Instead of helping me he terrified me. If I were a black man, who knows how far it would have gone.

What happened to me last week was just a minor occurrence compared to what black and brown men and women have to deal with ALL THE TIME and it needs to STOP NOW.

There is not much else I can say that you haven’t already read or instinctually already know, so I’ll just ask you this: PLEASE DO SOMETHING. Anything. Just start somewhere. Educate yourself, donate, sign petitions, safely protest and VOTE. Not just in the presidential election, which is an absolute MUST, but also in local and state elections. It’s important. It matters. It makes a difference.

Please DO SOMETHING. I’ve tagged some accounts where you can get started.

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Joshua Tree is an odd yet magical place.

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Months after my first bouldering experience with @dominicleeder I got to use what I learned at Joshua Tree. Climbed way higher than expected and didn’t die. So that’s good! #bouldering #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark

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December 2015 - this image was posted to Instagram and then reposted by a page with over a million followers and within minutes I was flooded with DMs from doctors and nurses telling me to get my thyroid checked. Initially I was like “How rude!” Then I took a second look at my neck and holy hell, there it was! A giant ball where my thin, long neck used to be. Thank god for social media?

I took down this image and immediately made an appointment with my doctor. The internet was right. My thyroid shouldn’t have looked like this.

I have goiters. Multiple, benign nodules all over my thyroid. And after 5 years of appointments with endocrinologists, naturopaths, alternative medicine doctors, regulars doctors and after multiple ultrasounds, biopsies and MRIs...I’ve decided to have a thyroidectomy. In two weeks my entire thyroid will be removed. The goiters keep growing and while I’ve become an expert at angles and photoshopping my enlarged neck, I have to do this. The bigger they get the more risky the surgery becomes and you don’t want this surgery to get risky because your vocal chords are involved. So I’m doing it. These suckers won’t shrink or disappear otherwise and can eventually make it hard for me to swallow or worst yet, become cancerous.

So if you’ve read this far, thanks for listening. And if you’ve had a thyroidectomy & have encouraging things to say please leave a comment about it. Would love to hear what you’re experience was like.

Finally shout out to the doctors and nurses on here who gave me a much needed heads up. Bye, bye thyroid. ❤️ PS - I’ll be fine! Just wanted to share so when I suddenly have a scar on my neck you don’t think I got into a knife fight.

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Mood. Serious mood. #day65

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