Reg - I think you pretty much nailed it with respect to our concerns back in the day. In my previous life, I never tried to understand the reasons a woman might choose to abort a pregnancy. I'm embarrassed by that now. I finally came to understand that there are myriad reasons why it may be necessary, plus, it was never any of my business. I can understand why you would think that I would be the least likely to change but please know that your voice as well as so many others here were the voices that were instrumental in getting me to consider other perspectives. After being on the losing end of more than a few discussions here, it became apparent to me that my lame Limbaugh and Medved talking points were seriously lacking when challenged. I figured it was better to admit I was wrong than to continue supporting something I was losing faith in. The change in me was too slow to happen but it eventually did. I didn't need an off-ramp for that; I just needed to be honest with myself. And that's what makes it so frustrating today to see how people are so afraid to admit they fucked up for ever believing in Trump's lies and conservative media's blatant propaganda. They've been given so many off-ramps but they've been conditioned to hate Democrats to the point that they would never consider supporting one. It's a terrible place to have to govern from. Thanks for your kind words. I'm a work in progress.

Mick - the cosmos - yep. Whatever is out there and is helping to guide my way, I do acknowledge it even if I'm not sure what it is. It's larger than me and I'm grateful for it. Haha - I was too nervous to laugh! But we won! Oh, what the hell...here you go!

Kevin g