2008 Election

while watching Obama give his acceptance speech, I kept thinking that I really want to believe in what he’s selling…..I want to have hope again in my country and all it can do and be in the world….I want to stop having this uneasy feeling about our direction economically, socially, and I  want to believe that we can rid ourselves of the evils of foreign oil….I  want to believe that we can once again come together with the world and contain the evil that surrounds us….I so want to believe…..but I’m not sure if our country will take a chance…sadly….and that frightens me…..it frightens me that McCain will continue us on this path of self destruction and isolation….that we will become so isolated and inept that we will implode….McCain chose a woman to run with him, a woman to try and get the PUMA voters that are angry that Hillary lost…the only thing Palin has in common with Hillary is they both have vagina’s…..Palin makes Ann Cuntier look like a liberal….if these so called PUMAS vote for McCain then they deserve to lose their right to choose…..have their children go off to war….have gun violence continue to rise…and have their children become dumber due to a failing school system…..

 

I really want to believe…………….

Dementia Takes Away

I just got off the phone with my 86yr old aunt who is suffering from dementia caused by numerous mini strokes….when I first call I speak to her live-in and ask all the important questions knowing that she can’t answer anything that requires more than a yes or no answer….in the last year it’s gotten to the point where I’m not sure she even knows who I am any more…there are brief moments of clarity, but they are becoming non existent…….I haven’t been down to see her in a while because it is too painful to watch her stumble over words or just stare blankly at the wall…..she’s well taken care of by her step children….she has enough money to be taken care of for a while like this….I think she would benefit from being placed in a good home that deals with the elderly in her state, but her daughter promised her……I think I avoid going to see her because I really want to remember the vibrant woman she was, not the shell that’s left……I will be going to see her in a week though………..