I’ve now spent over three years of my life working for Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina.

One of the most unique things about working in a field such as reproductive rights is that it’s always challenging. There’s always something new up ahead, something that affects you in ways that you wouldn’t think possible. Working in the clinic, patients were constantly sharing with me their stories, and it was difficult for me to not internalize their struggles and make them my own (and I don’t know if I always succeeded with that). Writing this blog, the challenges have been different, but no less affecting. Because I have a bizarre fascination with anti-choicers (as one could probably tell from the subject matter of my posts), I spent a good deal of time on far-right wing and uber-religious websites… and let me tell you: if you thought some of the stuff that I shared with you was bad, well… that was nothing. The degree to which some people hate always amazes me.

But as frustrating as times spent trolling those websites could be, I value it. Because like the time I spent in the clinic, I think that I’ve learned from it and grown from it. And that’s all I can ultimately hope for.

Perhaps you’ll be seeing my rants around here again sometime in the future, but this may be my last post for the PPCNC blog… and if it is, I didn’t want the occasion to go by without saying a few things. I need to thank Mitchell and Alison at PPCNC, for allowing me the opportunity to do this and for reining me in when I needed it.

But mostly, thank you. If you’ve read one of my posts, or commented, or even just skimmed a few… thank you. You’re why I’m here, and you’re part of the reason why this has been such a great experience for me.

I honestly believe that the things Planned Parenthood works to protect (and works to attain) are some of the most important social justice issues that exist today. These are good fights. These are important fights. So let’s keep fighting.

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