Reply #9: Stay in touch, Beachmom!

[ladym55]

I'm not a big time poster (more of a reader), but I always read your posts. I hope you are only taking a break and will be back.

I'm reading your post right after reading that John Kerry is headed to El Paso with SFRC next week. I'm grateful he's going. I'm grateful he's chairing the SFRC. My 24-year-old is doing a job rotation in Juarez, and for the first time in my life, I make her call home every night to let me know she got home from work in one piece. She lives in El Paso and commutes to Juarez. It's so damned scary ... and when I read JK was going there, I thought, whew, the grown-ups have come to town. Maybe there's some hope.

Yes, JK is the Senator from Massachusetts, and he puts them first, and there are lots of hurting folk in Massachusetts. Is JK perfect? Hell, no, but he's better than most. Do I agree with him all the time? umm, no, but I know he's a smart man and most of the time, he will do the right thing. That's why I'm breathing a little easier this afternoon knowing that he's going to El Paso. He will think about some options in a complicated and horrible situation.

And as someone who spent far too many years in a red state (that finally turned BLUE!!!), I know what it's like to have tone-deaf representatives in Washington. And I'm from Ohio, the state that cost Kerry 2004. (Thanks, Kenny Blackwell and company!) I'm loving having Sherrod Brown as my Senator finally. I can see why everything can just get on your last nerve. And I get frustrated that my own governor (I campaigned for) isn't moving Ohio forward as quickly as I want.

This is meandering, but it's Friday and been a long week. I'm so sorry that this crap economy has taken such a hit on your family. You are a fine and smart woman with many great ideas. You need to take care of family first and focus. I hope to see posts from you again. You always give me something to think about.

Take care of yourself. :hug: