Dannie M Olguin, Author Plano, Texas. A little bit about myself. A wife, a lover of Halloween, a chocoholic, a voracious reader, and a mom to one human child, two canine kids, and two feline kids.

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Things to Say, or The Beginning of a New Journey. No, just because they came from my mouth meant nothi.

Keeps inside all that is me. Is it this what life is doing? All you see passes trough life. Before you could even see it,. Trough life the air that you are breathing. For you starts to have a meaning.

How easy it would be to simply fight. If we had nothing to lose. If we were granted the privilege. To fight for what we choose. If the color of our flesh. Was not a security threat. And the pipelines of progress. Were not merely an illusion. In this climate of fear. When we must remove our hijabs. When we risk our lives. For the promise of a fair share. Only to work under shadows. For no benefits or healthcare. Or have war zones to flee.