Sitting here with a glass of wine and thinking about so many things....unemployment (how grateful I am to have a full time job and a second part time job, even though my full-time job as a receptionist is not why I envisioned when I went back to school and got my BS.)
Missing my son who enlisted as a Marine, he is far from San Jose right now and we haven't seen him since May. I have many sleepless night s thinking about where he will end up once he has finished his training.
More....
thinking about our beautiful, exceptionally talented daughter who has no health insurance right now, she has to wait for six months before she qualifies for insurance as she was denied coverage already.
Horrified at the GOP debate the other night, can people really be proud of executions?
So concerned for our nation, can't we somehow come together as the issues that are most important are not partisan, jobs, healthcare, education....what has gone so horribly wrong in our nation?
Tears well in my eyes over the fighting here.....just breaks my heart. Don't get me wrong, I am not all that happy with the way things are going, but still, can't we find a way to work together?
Thinking about my parents and their lives, my fathers wife just diagnosed with terminal cancer, my Mom living alone and getting weaker. We want her to spend more time with us.
So many things right now,and through it all, I come here, because this is my home, my base, my friends, people I laugh with, share the same values with, people that I care so very much a out.
I have been around for a long time, posting, reading, interacting in person, lord, I was on dial up when I first started visiting here, hated any diary that had lots of pictures because it took so long to download. There have been ups and downs, there will be more ahead, but still.....this is home.
And through it all....am ever grateful that Kos created this gathering place, that he stayed with his idea, that he has supported this community and given us a place to gather.
For the last few months I have been in a funk, worried about so much, disappointed in so much, and this is the place I come to every day to ease some of that worry, to recharge, to learn and to be with friends.
Yes, I know, I am rambling, but that is my choice, isn't it?
We may disagree on some issues, and yet we come here because here is home.
Thank you Kos, for creating this place, and thank you everyone for all your energy, your passion and your desire to make our country a better place.
Time for another glass of wine.......