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What is it with people thinking they ought to decree who should love who?! Don’t get me wrong — I’m not saying the U.S. is the only country that can make things difficult. Locally, though, if I had a penny for all the people who ‘warned’ me that my Iranian husband was only marrying me to qualify for U.S. citizenship and that “you know those men become monsters once they marry a woman” — grrrrr!!! As a writer, at least I can repurpose horribleness as facets of my novels.
Just this morning, a neighbor recounted that merely twenty years ago, while she dated her husband, a restaurant in Burbank and another in Orange County told them to leave. Can you imagine?! Not that it should matter, she’s Mexican American and he’s Filipino American.
Don’t you just adore it when love counterattacks politics, greed, self-interests, bigotry, and the rest of the evils?
Today’s guest post is by blogger Ms. LILI, aka Mari, aka Lili en Florida — Florida, Japanese Mom of 4 (👧👧👦👶) × Cuban Dad, whose writing is as endearing as it is understated and cut-to-the-chase-vivid.. She’s a teacher, writer, motorcycle and car enthusiast, gamer, and musician who overcame discrimination against her dating her Cuban American…
