#Gear Up
##What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?
Empathy has been an important part of my upbringing, since the time I was a child, to present day where I am a father, going through a divorce, and having to move into my sisters' house and working remotely in said house with two of my siblings who are also working remotely. As a heterosexual, white, cis, male who identifies as Christian, I have grown up and lived in a society where I rarely faced any pushback for my choices. However, having four older sisters, three of whom identify as queer, all of whom who have struggled with mental health issues, I have been privleged to see how they are viewed in society and how that has effects their lives. This has allowed me to be more aware of my own personal privleges. Although I am the youngest, people (strangers, friends, family) will often value my wants, needs, opinions over that of my siblings. As I've matured I have been able to notice when this is happening, turn to my sister(s)