There is so little cheer in the world right now. Gas and energy prices are out of sight. One can buy meat for meals if one is vigilant and finds good sales. The war in Iraq seems unnecessary, unwinnable, and only serves to make the Middle East hate us more. My son-in-law is soon unemployed through no fault of his own. There is a snowstorm on the way. And my dog still hasn't figured out that the back yard is her bathroom. Life is fun...
Still, there are bright spots. I got a card in the mail from my 3-year-old granddaughter Robin. She sent me a paper clip. If you are thinking that I received one of those bent-wire things that hold papers together, you aren't thinking like a 3-year-old! Robin is learning to use scissors. What she sent me was a little "clip" of paper that she snipped from a larger piece, just for me! She wanted to share her newfound skill with me, and I will treasure it always!
I spent Saturday morning and early afternoon in Owen County, talking to the Ham Club there about SATERN, by invitation. Two of the members there are good friends of mine. Mike N5CEC had promised me a lunch, so I stuck around during VE testing (one candidate who passed) so he could make good on his promise. It was a beautiful sunshiny day and a lovely hour's drive. I didn't mind at all!
Decided to drive to Muncie to be with Meg and family late Saturday afternoon until this early evening. They seem calm in the face of personal disaster. The children, of course, keep me buoyed. Last night, I suggested that Robin needed to have a bath. She said she would get it from the Bath King (her father). Cracked me up! She also spelled her name and knew what she had spelled! Robin is beyond her years in language and vocab...but two-year-old Ryan continues to fascinate me with his vocabulary and language skills. Last night, we were looking at a book of shapes and colors. He knew them all: rectangle, diamond, circle, oval, square, and triangle, plus all of the colors. (Seventy-five percent of children are able to recognize five shapes by age four!) He and Robin both also know "red ockagon" (stop sign) when we are out driving around, and what the lights on the stoplights mean. It's pretty difficult to feel down when the brightest stars in the sky are in mylife!
But now I have to prepare to go back to school for yet another week. Do I want to? Noooo...
Spring is almost here...but there is this snowstorm approaching tomorrow. We shall see!
3 comments:
"The war in Iraq seems unnecessary , unwinnable and only serves to make the Middle East hate us more." ?????????????????????????????????
Maybe you need to go to New York and stand where the twin towers used to be for about an hour. Unwinnable ? all we need to do is bring back the Anola Gay and one really big bomb , and why would we care if they hate us ? If we would have reacted when they sent a small boat full of explosives into the USS Cole , maybe we wouldn't have this problem today , or maybe we should have taken care of business back in the first gulf war , anyway , I think the troops are doing a great job , wish I was there with them , but the first gulf war was mine this one is theirs.
US Army veteran 25th Infantry Division
"KILL EM ALL , LET GOD SORT EM OUT"
I appreciate your past service to the country... but I think maybe you missed the point.
I didn't miss the point , it said the war is unnecessary and unwinnable , to any Vet out there those are fighting words ,( we were trained to be positive , negative attitudes won't win any wars ) it is necessary for us to keep it over there instead of allowing it to happen here , and as far as unwinnable , if we were losing there would be more buildings in piles of rubble and more plane crashes , so far they have only had about 6 successful attacks but most people only want to recognize the attacks from sept. 11. as far as the positive attitudes go , we had a saying
"Winners never quit and quitters never win"
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