Contending for Truth

As I write today, my parents celebrate 50 years of marriage. When I was a kid, I didn’t think that was a big deal. I can remember both sets of my grandparents reaching that milestone, as well as a set of great-grandparents. Now, as I sit here in my late 40s, married with children, I realize that being married for 50 years to the same person is a feat. Marriage is hard. It forces you to put yourself second to someone, even when that person may not be acting very nice. It forces you to compromise constantly - on where to eat, what to watch on television, on housework, and what things to do when you go out. And more seriously, it forces you to compromise on things like where to live and who works what hours and who takes care of the kids. It also forces you to say, “I’m sorry,” sometimes. You don’t get to just do what you want when you want as you did as a single person. When you are married to and share a home and a life with someone, you have to take their needs and wants into considera...

(I wrote this for my local newspaper column in July 2021. This week a biological man has won a women's NCAA championship in swimming, so I thought it was very relevant to share again here. If this continues, the best aspiring little athletic girls have to look forward to is second place to a man.) Yes, I said it, and more of us should be saying it. The transgender movement is hurting women. Women are in danger of being erased in sports. As a woman, former athlete, and mother of a female high school athlete, I am appalled to see girls and women lose to biological men who compete against them as women in sports. You will see a few in the Olympics, like the power lifter from New Zealand. I mean why should these women even bother to show up? These transgender women are not only cheating women out of victories and even college scholarships with an unfair physical advantage, but they are setting records that women will most likely never reach. Like I said… erased. I know it’s a hip thin...