by Leesa Ross | Oct 14, 2019 | family, safety, Uncategorized
The police officer didn’t have much time for her call to me, even though she was the one who called. That’s how calls can go when they prevent things from happening. She was standing in the way of safety, though, letting Austin police policy prevent guns...
by Leesa Ross | Jul 22, 2018 | family, meetings, safety
Do you remember the peacock story from my last blog? Did you know that only males are actually peacocks? They’re not born with fancy feathers, they grow them as they get older. They can fly. I knew the last one because I’ve seen that peacock on the rooftop...
by Leesa Ross | Jan 26, 2018 | book, college, family, memoir, safety, Uncategorized
The NRA wants to give me guns as sweepstakes prize. They do have a prize in the sweepstakes I would like to have, but it’s probably not for the reasons they think. Last week in my mail was a sweepstakes envelope from the NRA. I stared at the glossy emblazoned...
by Leesa Ross | Dec 20, 2017 | college, family, meetings
I knew at some point along my journey of gun safety that I’d be speaking publicly. That petrified me, even though I recently took a workshop to prepare for speaking. The class was giving me platform-building tools, something writers need. Oh, did I mention that...
by Leesa Ross | Nov 29, 2017 | college, family, safety
Clamp on your holsters, people. This is my new gun safety rant. It’s gonna be a little like target practice. My hairstylist has a daughter who’s a high school senior, and like many parents of graduating students, they’re starting to visit college...
by Leesa Ross | Oct 21, 2017 | book, family, memoir, Uncategorized
Have you ever signed up to learn something—and a day before you’re about to start the class you realize what a totally insane idea it was? Yeah? My stroke of genius was the day I signed up for the public speaking workshop. I am super awkward on stage, in front...
