Life, liberty, and the pursuit of progress

Elena Salaks
4 min readNov 25, 2022

Reflecting on my recent trip to DC and what it taught me about gratitude.

Women standing near grave of RBG

It’s been 2 weeks since I stood in front of Abraham Lincoln’s shrine in Washington DC. I call it a shrine because the larger than life statue situated Lincoln on a throne-like chair with the following words etched into stone above his head:

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Elena Salaks

On a mission to have it all — a sleep deprived mktg/tech professional, mom, wife, friend & human rights activist. In US, originally from Ukraine