The Fight for a Better Tomorrow

In this episode, I let you into the last two weeks of my life. The struggles, the dark thoughts, and the miracles. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

Last night was particularly hard for me. I fell asleep feeling like I had no purpose in existing anymore. Not in a way that is self harming, just in the philosophical "What is the point of me" kind of way. This is very raw video and audio. There are no filters...especially on my feelings. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

In May 2021 I lost my husband to a very aggressive, very rare cancer. This is my very raw journey through grief. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

If you really want to save our children, put a stop to the normalization of demeaning those that actually come forward to tell their truths. Pass harsher laws for rapists and child molesters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

It’s been a year. A whole year since life as we know it changed for the people of El Paso, Texas. For many of you, things changed in March when the coronavirus hit the United States hard and everything shut down. But for us here in the borderland, things really changed on August 3, 2019 when a gunman entered a Walmart and took the lives of 23 people. To see a list of events happening in El Paso, go to:  https://www.elpasounited.org/loveforelpaso To see the gallery in the El Paso Herald-Post, go to:  https://elpasoheraldpost.com/gallery-resilience-remembering-august-3-exhibition-at-the-el-paso-museum-of-history/ To read the heartfelt OpEd in the El Paso Herald-Post, go to:  https://elpasoheraldpost.com/op-ed-august-3rd-a-before-and-after-story-for-us-all/ Thanks to  https://zipitzimmerman.com/  for supporting this podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

Sadly, America’s lack of greatness becomes more evident every day. Our government has declared war on its citizens. Not with words, but with actions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

Something interesting, and terrifying, has been in the news lately. Unidentified, camouflaged federal agents are apparently grabbing protesters in Portland, Oregon and putting them in the back of unmarked vans. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

Today, we’re gonna chat about education. Imagine how bad the pandemic is going to get if kids are forced back into the already overcrowded classrooms with this administration talking about CDC guidelines being too expensive to uphold. Here's the link to Estefania Mitre's article in the El Paso Herald-Post: https://elpasoheraldpost.com/an-excuse-for-discrimination-students-react-to-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-guidelines/ And if you want to see the impact on farmers, here's where I got that information: https://www.progressivedairy.com/news/industry-news/schools-are-closed-but-dairy-still-getting-high-marks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

We have a former reality show host, obviously racist, tantrum throwing, mob boss wannabe president who cares do much about his ratings that he will literally say anything to garner attention. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

Today, I'm reminded of all these videos being posted of confrontations with people who refuse to wear masks in public buildings, despite local mandates and laws. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support

The time has come to do more than be a keyboard warrior. To effect real change, our voices need to be heard. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-rene-babcock/support