Lindy

Perspective

I am tired. I saw too much covid last week. There was the daughter Face Timing her good-by’s to her mother as the bipap was being removed. A different family where the entire household including the patient had covid ; The daughter hospitalized, the son who should have been hospitalized, the granddaughter trying to careContinue reading “Perspective”

Devolving

Help me to understand this, please. An eleven-year-old girl is raped, and becomes pregnant. Unless her pregnancy is discovered by six weeks she carry that baby to term. That is now law. Most eleven-year-old bodies are not yet developed enough to safely carry a baby to term. Perhaps this was her very first cycle andContinue reading “Devolving”

Fortunately

When I was small I had a favorite book. It was Fortunately by Remy Charlip It started like this: ” Fortunately, Ned was invited to a surprise party.Unfortunately, the party was a thousand miles away.Fortunately, a friend loaned Ned an airplane.Unfortunately, the motor exploded.Fortunately, there was a parachute in the airplane.Unfortunately, there was a holeContinue reading “Fortunately”

Pro Life

Starting tomorrow any yahoo in my state can open carry without a permit. This makes sense. Our great state wants everyone to keep their god given right to endanger the lives of others. There is not an ounce of sense in this. I have nothing against responsible gun ownership. I have a lot to sayContinue reading “Pro Life”

Disappointment

I can still remember walking up to the local elementary school the summer before kindergarten. I can remember standing nervously in line with the other small children . My Grandma Sally held my hand and listened to me chatter. I was getting my shots to enter school. I was going to be a big kid.Continue reading “Disappointment”

Harm

My 90+ yr old father-in-law and my two brothers-in -law went to a Bible Conference recently. It is held at a children’s camp in the northern Midwest. This was a family conference. That means children were in attendance as well as adults. There was fellowship and teaching and a lot of singing. There were fewContinue reading “Harm”

Sacrifice

When did it become socially appropriate to sacrifice children? Again. I know child sacrifice has been an on again, off again bargain with the gods throughout the millennium. We the people of such-and-so will sacrifice one child of our choosing and you, god of whatever, will be obligated to fulfill our request. Perhaps we’ll addContinue reading “Sacrifice”

Who am I, and why on Earth am I so angry?

I am a wife, a mother to many, and a grandma to more (15 last count). I am a nurse. I am a covid survivor and a long hauler. I have my shots. I wear a mask in public. I live in a state that told grandma it was better for her to die thanContinue reading “Who am I, and why on Earth am I so angry?”