I sit here with the sunshine streaming in behind me and I wonder, why?
And yet, I know the answers: power and greed breed evil.
Evil that kills without shame and steals without guilt.
But what is almost unbearable is the cost: mothers and fathers and children killed.
I haven’t written about what’s happening in our country this way because I couldn’t find the right words. While others did and I applauded them, I felt numb.
I know overwhelm when I feel it. I’ve been there before: COVID, layoffs, illness and major surgery, an ambulance ride to the hospital, my husband recovering from RSV.
But this, what’s going on in our country is more than I can take right now. Go ahead and call me a coward, but right now, this is the best I can do. Now to be fair, I have made signs and protested and marched. I’d write my representatives but in the emails they send, all they want from me is money. This makes me mad, too.
Excuse me, dear Senator or Congressman, you are making more than me and from my tax dollars, too. How dare you ask me for money to do the job I am paying you to do!
Sunshine, peace and coffee cake.
Is that too much to ask? Really?? I don’t have grand goals. I just want a few things from life and from my country. And most of it doesn’t cost anyone a dime.
Warmth and light from the sun in the sky. Maybe a few daffodils along the way.
Soft voices and warm hearts, peace, health and safety for myself, my husband, my grandchildren and my sweet doggie.
Sweetness and cinnamon filling the house with warmth and coffee cake.
Living a life with simple joys and safety and gratitude. And a little art.
But YOU, you know who YOU are: take your billions, pay your taxes, do your time.
Your evil abuses will be remembered forever.
A stain that no amount of money or gilded arch can ever wash away.
But the brave and the courageous and the true people, will be celebrated long after you are gone.
And, you will be gone.
