Marching toward Tax day April 15...a short note from my accountant

[Mira]

I had sent her a few words of support for the tough time of the year, and mentioned I was thinking of her.
She gets frantically disjointed as it gets closer to tax time, and I wanted to remind her to breathe deeply and meditate for 5 minutes when things get tough, and force herself to think about nothing and re-group.
I did this even though I know she is (R) and as a rule I do no longer have Republican friends.

Her reply is here.

Thanks!!!
This tax year is just hard and so sad with so many people losing jobs, homes etc. There are days when i just come home and cry for everyone and thank God I have my little business to support me.

I have been behind because people just need to talk this year. It is like I am their "safe haven". So I have held, given a shoulder and lots of tissues!
I get home and hug these crazy dogs of mine and have truly been blessed to have my children, dogs, job, and friends.

I am beat so headed to bed until I tackle another day and a few more returns tomorrow.
Thanks for being a great client and good friend.

I know this is not really a big deal.

Yet when I think of the layers of misery permeating the backbone of this country, the middle class, I want to simply scream at the asshat greedy de-regulators with the country in dire straights and where the word "prosper" is replaced with "limping along".

I suspect I am affected by listening to a lot of them on c-span today, making their lying, ridiculous, uninformed, uniform talking points as they attempt to deny improved health care to these already eviscerated people they are supposed to serve.

I suspect further, that going to a Health Care Reform town hall led by my Senator Richard Burr (R) YESTERDAY (how timely was that?)
did not help me be mellow for the posturing on C-span today.

When the vote happens, WE WILL WIN.
I hope it is tomorrow.

It's that good start we keep hearing about and are pretty much in agreement to support.
I'm ready.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Mira...

You have a big heart, sweetie...

Blessings on you for helping her...

:hug:

[gateley]

2. It's people like you and your act of compassion and caring that win over the

Rs - or at least make them think a little more.

You're a good person, Mira - I'm proud of you, my fellow Dem! :hug:

And when I lived in NC, you couldn't have drugged me enough to drag me to anything at which Burr was the MC. You're to be commended for laying your life on the line for the good of all!
:headbang:

[Mira]

3. Look here

he did not allow questions from anyone other than students.
This questioner gave him a run for it - but he is so oily and slippery, in the generally very pro-Republican audience her questions and his dodging the answers sank like a stone.

[gateley]

4. Again, my hat's off to you. I couldn't have even attempted it. nt

[Mira]

5. Don't put that hat back on just yet - did you see this from a few days prior?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7925765

That's the one that was also quite tough to live through!

[gateley]

6. Oh my God. Oh my God. That was almost surreal. She is a horrid, horrid

woman and so frighteningly thick. It's like she lives in an alternate universe. How utterly frightening. I BOW to you, Mira! I don't know how you can do it -- and then go back for more with Burr!

As I was reading the Q&As I was thinking that surely people were probably becoming alarmed by her and wouldn't re-elect her if she runs again, then that woman said "we love you and love what you do for us"...

Look, you've gone above and beyond and you never have to subject yourself to anything like that again! And you move up here to Seattle RIGHT NOW!

Billy Kennedy sounded great, though! Any chance in hell....?