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DH and I will both be 77 next month. And they say that 'wisdom comes with age'. I'm going to say that apparently this is not always true. There are some things that have happened over the last few years that I never thought would happen.
Katrina was the first of many... growing up in New Orleans and living through many a hurricane (we never evacuated), Katrina was an unexpected blow to my mind. Granted it wasn't the hurricane itself that was the problem, but the levee breaks and the failure of the pumps... but Katrina was the cause.
Next was Trump winning that Presidential election. That really blew my mind. How could that happen? But it did....
And then came the Pandemic! Wow! It shouldn't have been a surprise (we'd been warned of this possibility for years), but it was... and we're still living with the consequences.
And the January 6th attack!
Then Russia invading the Ukraine! Really? In this day and age, I still find it hard to believe that a country would take this action.
Then the school shootings!
Now Row vs Wade overturned!!
What is happening to our country? Someone wrote somewhere that the inmates were now running the Asylum... I hate to say it, but this may be true.
I don't know the answers... and even if I did, probably half the country wouldn't agree. This is such a sad state of affairs for the U.S. ...and for the world.
What happened to 'United we stand, divided we fall'?
The 4th of July is just around the corner. We should celebrate... but instead, I fear it's coming. I fear that some misguided and misinformed individuals will use this date to do something stupid.
I hope I'm wrong.
Sorry for this uninspiring post. It wasn't planned. I hoped to post more baby bunny pics and other simple joys of life (like my garden's progress) ...but somehow my mind went bonkers. Forgive me.
Hugs (virtual),
Rian
Rian, you shouldn't apologize for sharing your feelings. I can't speak about Katrina, I know so little about it, but these other things have been positively unreal. The pandemic was bound to happen, the more crowded this planet gets. As for trump, that never should have happened! He and his conservative appointees have set women's rights and this country back 50 years. It's appalling. Please continue to rant, vent, everything!
ReplyDeleteI guess it just amazes me that after being around for 77 years... and possibly thinking I understand 'to some extent' how things work... and then suddenly nothing turns out as expected. It's kind of a shock. It shakes up one's faith in mankind. (I still feel that right will always win in the end... and that it's just not the end. Must be that the old adage 'hope springs eternal' is still in force).
DeleteI soooooo understand your rant - and hope you felt better for getting it off your chest. We are living in scary times, and your country exemplifies many of the scariest things.
ReplyDeleteEC, our country is being divided... and I believe there are forces at work deliberating doing this. I only hope we are strong enough to overcome this threat.
DeleteI know what you are saying here. I too wake up and wonder what happened to my wonderful country. It's completely transformed into a battleground. Thank you for saying out loud what I'm thinking all too often. Sending you many virtual hugs right back atcha.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the virtual hugs, DJan. I can use them. It's funny as most of the time I stay busy and don't think that I let all these things bother me - then suddenly, I'm ranting on my post!
DeleteThere's no need to apologize for your views and thoughts. Here in Canada I hear more and more about right wing extremists, and I understand that even on Canada Day, July 1st, there will be protests in our country's capital, Ottawa. I don't ever remember this happening. I try not to watch much news any more, it feels like the world has gone insane, if ever we humans were sane to begin with.
ReplyDeleteI wish you peace and calm in every sense. Sending virtual hugs.
Thanks, I appreciate your comments. With all that is going on, it makes you wonder why we aren't all pulling together instead of pulling apart...
DeleteIt's a dark time. Darkest just before the dawn?
ReplyDeleteI sure hope so, Olga. I keep thinking more people will realize that this isn't the way...
DeleteGood to get things off one's chest I think. Keeps those thoughts from chasing themselves around in our minds. It feels like things are coming apart at the seams and no one has a needle and thread to do any patching up.
ReplyDeleteIt does help to vent... on occasion. Hopefully people will come to their senses in time.
DeleteAs much as I thought it would be this bad after 2016, I am still as shocked and devastated as I have ever been. I want to alternately scream and then bury my head and cry. What world are we leaving for our grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteI guess we have to just keep pushing for what we think is right... and hope that in the end people will see that we are all in this together and taking care of each other - not fighting each other is the answer.
DeleteI feel your fears and doubts. We seem to be sliding down a slippery slope with destruction at the bottom. I keep telling myself we outnumber them but then I remember, they are better armed. We need to do our fighting at the voting booths, while they still let us women use them.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say that, Patti. I feel that we outnumber them too... and yet, we keep losing. How is that happening? Our votes are the only answer I can come up with...
Deletei understand, it is hard to keep it all happy, i work hard at it. i would really LOVE to see pictures of your garden!!!
ReplyDeleteDebbie, you do a great job of keeping things uplifting. I love your posts.
DeleteIt certainly seems that things are going backwards especially with this most recent decision. I fear where it may all end. And it isn't just in the US, we're having our own moments of idiocy here in Canada.
ReplyDeleteI guess 'the times they are a'changin'.... perhaps we have to go through these periods of unrest to get to better times. I don't know. They say adversity brings people together. We certainly need to be brought together.
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