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Not the Same
I’m not really going to talk about what’s happening at the border. I’m not. It’s a horrible, inhumane thing and there has got to be a better way. No. What I want to talk is this meme and the others like it I’ve seen on FB this past week. Do you how many friends and even family I’ve been tempted to block because of these memes? Seriously. It’s very eye-opening to see how truly ignorant people I thought to intelligent actually are. At least as far as military families are concerned. I’ll start by clarifying – my husband retired after twenty years in the US Navy back in 2014. As…
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Thoughts and Prayers
I have mixed feelings about the phrase “our thoughts and prayers are with you.” On one hand, it is the appropriate response when someone you know is going through a tough time. A disease, the death of a loved one, loss of a job, etc. Sometimes, just knowing that someone else sympathizes and is praying for you helps lift spirits and makes you feel the burden a little less. Sometimes, it’s the only thing that speaker can do. Maybe you live half way across the country, so they can’t stop in with a hot casserole and a shoulder to cry on. Maybe they’re too far away to drop by for…
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Crying for the Future
Dear Bernie, Please keep on keeping on, doing your job as only you can, and please please please PLEASE come back to us in 2020. No matter what anyone else says, especially not the established Parties, you are one who should be president right now. The one who truly could have ‘made America great,’ not by your political inffluence or boardroom experience, but by your heart. Because you truly love your country and want what no other politician today does – for us to be better than we are now. Not stay the same. Not go back to the past. But to reach for a better tomorrow. As each day…
