Ashley Judd Instagram – My beloved Pop and I are chasms apart politically (Mom was, too, although secretly, she could be pretty radical! Shhhhh!).
Pop is way over yonder, and I am way out in left field!
And yet, in this conversation—on the day I published my essay in USA Today excoriating his presidential candidate (he actually sat with me as I wrote that essay yesterday, out here on our back porch, we are living together this summer)—we visited about our joyful commitment never to allow anything to come between us:
Not Donald Trump.
Not Joe Biden.
Not even my Nasty Women Poem at the Women’s March.
Not even his position on….everything?
Or my positions on….anything?
We hope you will listen in.
We are so aware so many American families are riven by their different takes on where America should go, and how to get there.
We are so grateful we, years ago, found our way after finally giving up on trying to change//convert//scorn each other to being in a different story.
A story of cherishing every day together, caring for each other in deed and word, being very intentional about making more memories together, and expanding the values we do have in common, such as:
Family matters. Our shared past is hallowed ground. You are uniquely special in my life story and heart. And I stand with you and by you.
Presidential candidates come and go. Every four years, it seems.
Our affection and love is permanent, and we live it together on a daily basis.
(Hey. Since we are living together, maybe we can put up yard signs in our yard? Side by side?)
(PS Sister is on the road with her concert touring, or she would be in this video with us. She blesses this conversation!)
(PPS: Ever wonder if you ran for office if your opposing family would vote for you? Pop answers that question in the video.) | Posted on 13/Jul/2024 08:15:00
