I was in my brother's wedding this past weekend, which was one of the more meaningful experiences in my life. It was hard to watch my sibling do something so grown up, when I still feel so young myself. I am really proud of where my brother is in his life, and how my family has turned out. I'm not sure why this has been, but it feels like the last few years have brought a lot of healing. I wish it was my social worker prowess exerting itself, but I think that instead we have just been fortunate and had some happy accidents along the way. I credit the relationships both Dan and myself have formed as being a big part of that change, and am so grateful for how our family has expanded. Maybe I can develop a computer program that will fix families..(and solve world hunger, obviously).
Over the weekend, I found myself explaining my plans a lot, and to my surprise, everyone was both supportive and happy for me. I guess the hardest part of justifying this is actually convincing myself. Or I just have a great family.
Anyways, that's a long explanation for why I've been busy this past week, as I know my faithful readers (i.e. my dad) were just dying for another post.
I also wanted to plug an awesome project being done by a girl I met at a RailsGirls Meetup. They're trying to raise money by July to create short cartoons about a girl scientist. It is totally true that young women, especially women of color, need to be able to see themselves as mathematicians and scientists from an early age. I know that for me, I never realized the opportunities out there, and no one seemed to realize that I needed pushing in that direction. So, watch the video below, and check out the Indiegogo campaign if you're interested.
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