Dragon Dads (https://dragondads.org/) is a group of dads and other caregivers who are affirming and supportive of LGTBQIA+ kids. One of their big activities is going to #pride events and giving out free dad hugs. Many of them have been doing this for 10 years or more. This was my first time.

Let me tell you, I saw, and felt, absolutely everything.

There was someone who squealed when they saw the booth and did a ten yard sprint to catch me in a flying hug. There were people who walked by several times before they timidly came up and asked for a hug.

There were people who wanted long hugs, side hugs, pats on the back, fist bumps. (We have a menu.) People who don't like hugs, but were nonetheless thrilled that we were doing it.

People told me that their dads had passed away, refused to have anything to do with them, or that they had had to cut their own dads off. One told me "I miss my dad", and when I said I was so sorry, they said "he's in Arizona".

There was an elderly person in a wheelchair who told us how their alcoholic father used to beat them, then told us all the things they had accomplished in life in spite of him, just to show him.

There were people who trembled. People who sobbed. People who melted.

A giant dude in one of those neoprene dog masks (with my permission) grabbed me in a great big hug and lifted me off the ground.

I leaned down to hug people in wheelchairs, and stretched up to hug a woman who I swear was seven feet tall.

Some people stayed to chat, or to cool off in our misting fan in the blistering heat. Others got a hug and left quickly, tears in their eyes and a "thank you" on their lips.

Absolutely everyone who wanted a hug got one.

I've signed up for more events.

Ich spiele heute ein Privatkonzert bei einer Gartenfeier.

Wenn ihr mich für sowas buchen wollt - in und um Leipzig und in Einzelfällen auch weiter weg - schreibt mir doch gern. :)

Ich kann die Setlist je nach Wunsch lustiger, fröhlicher, melancholischer, düsterer (oder mittlerweile sogar auch wütender) gestalten. 😅 Oder eine bunte Mischung. :)

Dann sitz ich vllt bald auch in eurem Gewächshaus und bastel an der Setlist (Bild von 2021)

Liebe Grüße an euch und ein schönes Wochenende!

Masha

Student: “So Elon Musk is a trillionaire?”
Me: “Yup.”
Student: “How did he get that much money?”
Me: “Well, he doesn’t really have a trillion dollars cash. He just owns a lot of stock in companies that are valued at a trillion dollars.”
Student: “So those companies make huge profits?”
Me: “Oh gosh no. They all lose billions of dollars a year. All of them. Huge losses.”

The Economist headline: “Gen Z Mysteriously Hates Capitalism and No One Can Figure Out Why.”

Die Zeit in der Kanzlei neigt sich dem Ende zu und ich sehe mich nach einer neuen Stelle um (Chef ist deutlich älter als ich und verkleinert sich schon mal im Hinblick auf Ruhestand. Ich wusste es, aber Lust hab ich keine drauf).

Wie verpacke ich meine Hobbys Kochen, Backen, Handarbeiten, Balkongärtnern, Lesen und mit der Familie rumgammeln denn in eine Bewerbung, ohne dass es langweilig wirkt?

P.S.: Insolvenzsachbearbeiterin sucht neue Stelle in der Vorderpfalz/Rhein-Neckar-Raum. M.A. Kulturanthropologie und >25 Jahre Erfahrung in Sachbearbeitung aller Art, von Bank bis Technik. Hab noch min. 15 Jahre zu bieten.
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