As much as I want to be upbeat and positive, I’m not. I don’t believe life in this country is anywhere near as horrible, rotten, dispiriting, bleak as it needs to be in order for enough people to get off their lazy asses and do something about it. Things aren’t going to get any better for a long long time to come and maybe not in my lifetime. Sorry for the downer of a post, but at least I’m being honest.
Of all the hundreds of opinions I’ve read in the last 24+ hours, I think you got it right. I was a Navy mom, too - my son served in the 70s - and now I’m a Marine’s grandmother. I’m grateful for the soft life we’ve had in this country, but you know what? A soft life makes soft people. We are not the kind who lived here 250 years ago, and I don’t think we’re going to be. Maybe when I’m gone and my grandson is older ..... but I find it hard to expect that. All great empires have fallen.
So .... Thy Kingdom come.