I do not blog to make friends, or gain popularity in any sense….I stopped trying for the ‘high friend count’ years ago….
I simply write to express what is going on internally and what is pressing on my heart and mind.

I am clearly aware that what I often say causes controversy…ruffles feathers and possibly loses a fan base-although recently I have picked up readers in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Indonesia and Brazil….(a shout out to you all by the way and thank you for reading:))

This blog mainly (but not all the time ) discusses Politics and my honest and deep heart felt concern for this country. I understand that many disagree, and to be honest….that doesn’t bother me a bit, but only If you have thought out concise reasoning on why you don’t agree.

I was raised in a family where, politics and religion were forever revolving topics….and YES it did and does call for arguments and endless debating. You throw wine in the mix and you’ve got one helluva party! I wouldn’t trade it for the world though.

You see, I believe in running to instead of from the ‘uncomfortable.’ If we simply avoid all topics that cause controversy, we are not being real or honest with one another and in the end, never truly Know each-other. If we never really reveal our stances because we may lose relationships than those relationships had no depth in the first place. Life is short and the older I get the more I realize how fulfilling it is to be honest, to be real and to stand for something worth fighting for.
If that makes me unpopular…so be it.

Like many Americans, the discussion of Obama Care just can’t be avoided…to say it’s a “
cluster $*!*&” would be playing too nice.
This topic IS important and it really IS affecting EVERYONE and if you have yet to be effected in some way….just hold on and wait…your turn will come!
Today the President, who I guess became King recently and no longer has to go through Congress to pass a bill, basically said “ooops we messed up and we’re gonna cover it up for another year.”

Why a year? Well that’s right after 2014 mid-term elections. You see…the Senate is predominately Democratic…if  this cluster *&%$ continues…no one in their right mind would re-elect the people that caused this whole catastrophe to happen….
So shhhhhhh (they assume we are idiots, they really do) …..let’s just wait until after the elections for the whole thing to implode, is their solution. It’s about saving the Party, not the People

And it will implode…ultimately private insurers will not be able to provide coverage the way they have so this will FORCE everyone into socialized medicine-“Obama Care.”

“Force” hmmm that sounds a lot like “Freedom” doesn’t it…………(sarcasm lot’s and lot’s of sarcasm)

Why is this BAD….because it is beginning of the downfall of this great country. The government controlling health care…is the beginning of them controlling you. Soon they will control what you eat and drink and how much, they already control what you watch (media is owned), they will begin to infiltrate every aspect of your life until they have stripped you of your freedom -because they are “taking care of you” …leaving you no longer free but completely dependent.

This country was founded because we were trying to escape the tyranny of government control in England…..

Everything this country was founded upon, every soldier that fought, bled and died for to protect….will be gone.

If we don’t wake up and realize what’s happening and start to speak up about it, it will be too late…

Well of course the complete catastrophe and clear failure of this whole Obama Care rollout has been all over the media and even Democrats, who supported it, are shaking their heads.
Yes, it’s quite pathetic. With over half a billion of tax payers money wasted (and mind you…this didn’t go into our economy-no the President hired a Canadian group to create the website-when there are hundreds of capable companies within the US who could have created the site and had it work) But no…let’s outsource …Americans don’t need jobs let’s have Michelle Obama’s college buddy take on the task…qualified or not…doesn’t matter… it’s the American people that will foot the bill. Let’s see how far we can spiral into debt! At this point I think it’s a game…who can drive the country into destroying itself the fastest…ready go!

It, doesn’t stop there though…no…no it doesn’t. American’s were promised they could keep their healthcare when this whole Obama-scare went into effect…but that was just a lie…I mean why should the President tell the truth or be held accountable…he already got your vote.

“If you like your plan, you can keep it.” Obama….said over 29 times!

Even “I did not have sex with that woman Clinton” said today ““I personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got.”

You see…just because something SOUNDS GOOD, doesn’t mean it’s GOOD!

“Free Healthcare for ALL!” Sounds great doesn’t it…BUT…HOW???
Hellooooooo…Do your research and DON’T just blindly believe!
When Nancy Polosi said, “we have to pass the bill to see what’s in it, ” that should have been a RED FLAG to the voter!

Politicians….have made a life long career of saying what you, the voter wants to hear. They will say anything to get your vote, lie, cheat, steal….you name it. They KNOW what you want to hear and they know how to pull at every emotion you have to get it!

You have got to use your BRAIN when you vote! Ummmmm look what happens when you don’t!

It comes down to you and your vote!

Know who who’s on your School Board
Know who’s in your City Council
Know who your Representative is from your district
Know who your Senators are where they stand on issues
Know who and what your Governor aligns him/herself with

Don’t allow them to LIE to you-GET SMART and VOTE SMART!

Everybody has a story…I was taught that growing up. Everyone wants to tell their story is what I often forget.
After leaving a children’s program this morning at our local library with my two kids, I needed to quickly run into the grocery store for some milk and a few other items. I have been going to this grocery store for the last four years, and being a mom-it feels like I am ALWAYS at the grocery store! I recognize almost everyone who works there and could probably tell you what department of the store they each work in.
It was time to check out, and at the end of the checkout counter was an older slightly grey haired woman who was bagging my groceries. This woman has bagged my groceries numerous times. She always ties my bags in little slip knots so nothing falls out. Her blue eyes are hidden behind her coke-bottle glasses and her wrinkled smile is always a constant.
It was cold this morning and she insisted on following me out to my car with a separate cart, I really didn’t need help, because I only bought a few things but I agreed.
As we walked to my car with kids in one cart and groceries in another we made small chit chat. This chatter of course led to talking of the weather which in turn led to where she was from. “Michigan,” she said. “Oh, I used to go to Northern Michigan every summer growing up as a kid,” I replied. There was no quick reply…..
“I grew up in a home for kids with my other 6 siblings, outside Lansing, Michigan,” she uttered. I slowed my walk down and looked at her….she was crying. Tears were bubbled up in her eyes. She then apologized and said she hadn’t thought of her childhood in a long time. I stopped my cart, I could tell she just wanted to talk. I was then told about her mother and father. Her father died of cancer when she was young and her mother was deemed “unfit” to raise her children. She then spoke of how thankful she was to grow up in that home for kids. It provided her a safe place to live and in the end she was able to get college paid for. I couldn’t help it but to just hug her. With cars driving by and my son probably wondering what the heck was going on, I stood there hugging her. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled, she wasn’t upset but happy to talk and share. We talked about God’s never ending love and the way He blesses us when we are often not aware.

As I drove home I could smell her perfume on my shirt and I was reminded in that moment of that phrase I heard growing up as a kid “everyone has a story.” Often it’s so easy to get caught up in the “hurriedness” of life and not slow down enough to listen.

You see everyone has a story and they would like someone to tell it to…be that someone.

I just have to take a moment to get this off my chest because I have been hearing it a lot lately! I might offend some people and frankly I don’t care, no one is forcing you to read this.

I have lately been in a few situations where I hear mothers, who work outside the home, say how amazing it is that they are able to “have it all.” My assumption, because I have yet to ask, is that this is in reference to having kids and a career.

I worked outside the home until I had children. There was a point where I was making very good money and would have been considered “successful.” I interviewed for a very high paying job right before my husband and I decided it was time to start a family. My husband and I made the decision, knowing there would be several sacrifices, that I would stay at home with them while they were young.

So….this phrase of “I am able to have it all” just needs to check itself at the door…..

What exactly does “have it all” mean?
Does it mean having a job and children?

Because you have a career outside the home and I don’t…does that mean I DON’T “have it all????”

What exactly is “having it all?”

I first and foremost don’t need society’s “atta boy” in telling me I DO or DON’T – “have it all.” Just because some bra burning feminist years ago thought they’d tell me what “having it all means” does not mean I am gonna bite that hook.

And I certainly don’t need sympathy in the fact that I have chosen to stay at home and be physically present and available to my children throughout the day. I in my heart am making the decision to make this my current career. Just because I don’t get a paycheck for it every two weeks does not mean I don’t “have it all.”

And yes…I called staying at home with my kids a “Career.”
Career: an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.
I believe there’s definite room for progress as a human being in caring for the ones you love the most, morning, noon and night.

I also want to say that I not for one moment think working outside the home is to be belittled in any way either. Mothers who have chosen to work outside the home should be commended for the hard work that they do as well.

But enough of this phrase! Enough of throwing this term around as if there is some correct definition……I mean Seriously….

There is so much more I could say on this topic….enough for a book…

It is up to No one but oneself on whether one “has it all” or not.