Each day as I hear the news, my stomach starts to turn. I am sick over the actions coming out of Washington. Those actions threaten all creatures on this planet and our environment. Those actions are detrimental to a global future based on peace. Those actions are detrimental to our country’s integrity and are alienating this nation from its closest allies.

I read the posts of my fellow Americans. While some still have faith this “president” (and I use that term loosely) will turn it around, most do not. It is hard to understand the motives behind the manipulation and atrocities currently being committed against the constitution, the people, and this great Nation. It is hard to understand how we got to this point. This nation is being severely tested right now by a short-sighted political party who has lost control of the person in the Oval Office. That person lacks the mental health and capacity to function as our leader-in-chief.

Clearly, those who followed the republican campaign message saw something I didn’t see. They didn’t see the risk in looking at this nation as a business deal instead of looking at it as a land of freedom and liberty for all. They could not see a person who doesn’t understand our political system and who clearly doesn’t differentiate between: a president and a dictator. They missed the fact that this person has no respect for and objectifies every mother, sister, and daughter. They ignore the fact that this person and his political party are taking catastrophic and possibly irreversible risks with our environment and the living creatures within that environment. Those who believed in his campaign have a right to their opinions, and a right to express those opinions, constitutionally.

The constitution. I stop and I take a breath. I think about the constitution. I think about why it was written and all that it represents. This country was built on a solid foundation and on a belief in hope, not oppression; in good, not evil; in equality, not elitism. Thru out history, that foundation has been tested. Inside and out, this country has been tested. It is not easy. It can be heartbreaking. But with each test, this nation has survived on its foundation. Each time, this nation comes back older…wiser.

This is my country. This is my home. This was my father’s home. He taught me to honor it, believe in it and be grateful for it. As my father did before me, I believe in this great nation and the foundation it was built upon and as he did before me, I will fight to keep it strong.

Aha, I was reading through old posts. It's a bit like visiting an old friend. It's a friend whom I would like to know better but really don't know at all. That's a bit disconcerting and amusing. I get close sometimes but I really have no idea what I'm doing or who I am.
It makes me wonder about the people who have it altogether. That must be spectacular. To be certain who you are and to know why you do all the things you do. Never knowing any other way or any self doubt.
That's never been me. I have a lot of self-doubt. I can justify everything I've done. I have a reason for it. It seems to make sense at the time, but is it valid? Will it matter when all is said and done? Will it matter when I am said and done? Maybe my friend, Ms. Kathy was right. Maybe we come into this world alone and we go out of it alone. It's something she's made peace with long ago. Me? I'm still hoping- wondering, really...how I will feel when it's done, when I know, that I never figured out how to love well, that I always seem to be trying to figure it all out, but my progress is slow.
Aha, yet, I'm seem wiser. I hope to hell I am wiser, at least a little bit. I may never know what it's like to have a partner, who knows me, who supports me....but I have my girls, Jeanne, my siblings and my parents and you know, that makes me significantly rich, because I have the best people on the planet. Ted's right....I am lucky.

Season finale of Homeland tonight. It seems like it just started!

Just finished final before holiday break. Always being an exam-anxiety victim, it was dicey, but hopefully my classwork will pull me thru.

Just learned there's a snow advisory into tomorrow! Can we vote on this please? I vote to cancel the snow for tomorrow. Thank you.

I must either breath loudly or smell badly because no matter where I hide, when the doggy comes to find me he comes right to me. Funny dog.

Of course, if you don't know the game and then you read the cards...well ... they intend to offend.