THANKFUL

With the past year being so full of negativity, I decided I was tired of it--tired of thinking about it, tired of writing about it, tired of living with it. 

SO--I spent the past 24 hours concentrating on the good things, things I am so thankful for.

The way my husband turns to me in his sleep and takes my hand, or kisses my forehead --

His soft snore.  I am secure and loved and safe, just hearing him breathe next to me, as he has for over 50 years.

The smell of coffee in the morning. (Wade usually wakes up a bit before I do, and he makes the coffee so it's all brewed when I get up.)

My kids.  I do not see them as often as I would like, but they keep in touch, and they let me know they are there for us every step of the way. 

Our grandson, Dalton Wade--who continually amazes me. He just got a $104,000 Deans scholarship to Gustavis Adolphus college.  I love him beyond measure, and I am so proud of him!

My sweet newly adopted cat, Elsie.  When our 25 year old cat Purrly died at Christmas, I did not think I could love another cat.  I didn't WANT another cat. But Elsie found us, and she has literally saved my life.  She curls up in my arms, gives me head butts, kisses and cuddles. 

Spring is coming. Things are beginning to turn green.  We got our first Pfizer shot, and with it came so much hope--hope for a future that I thought had vanished. 

LIFE.  I am thankful for life.  We may be old, falling apart and half blind, but we can still watch the beautiful sunsets over the river bluffs from our living room windows every night. 

Life is good. 

 

America, I am ashamed of you

Today I read several articles about Covid vaccination sites having to CLOSE in California, due to the fact that so many people who were NOT eligible got their dirty little hands on the access codes, and took appointments that were meant for seniors, front line and essential workers.  Actors, actresses, people in the film industry, and may reporters.

This is not the first time I have read stories like this. A millionaire and his wife took their private plane to a site in Alaska, and posed as local workers, so they could get the vaccine. God knows that crooked politicians--is there any other kind?? --went ahead and got the shot, and so did their families and friends.   Good old DeSantis down in Florida made sure that the people who contributed to his campaign got vaccinated--even though they were NOT eligible.

I cannot say I am surprised.  More and more, America has become a land of "ME FIRST" and "I AM MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU."  

Let me enlighten some of these assholes.  Today, seniors who have been hiding at home, isolated for over a year, CRIED when they were told the clinics would not be giving them their vaccines. 

If you were one of these people who cut in line, I can't wait for your Karma to come calling--and she will.  You are no more important than any other living person on this planet, and if I had my way, you would be prosecuted for fraud or theft or anything else they could charge you with.

My husband and I are 69--we have not yet had our shots, even though I have an immune disorder--because we have been WAITING OUR TURN.  Something MOST of us learned in kindergarten.  

So guess what?  Now you get to wait, like everyone else--but in your case, you are also signed up for Karma, and she WILL come calling--because, as they say, Karma is a Bitch.  

You get what you deserve. 

Enjoy.