“Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.”—Kamala Harris
When freedoms were at risk, I began paying attention.
As a little blogger, trying to put forth good news,
dum de dum, tripping down the yellow brick road, I began to dump my mind onto
the page. I know that our eyes and ears are full of other voices and images, many
smarter than me, many dumber, so why am I jabbering?
We, the people, deserve to be heard. We ought to
express our opinion without fear of reprisal.
I was getting readers, but no one commented or
challenged me—not that I want to be challenged—but I found it strange.
I went out the day after the election, and people told
me to have a good day, just like before. People seemed okay, reasonably happy
even. I was devastated. I felt like I was living in the Twilight Zone.
Were people paying attention? Didn’t they care that we
had opened the door to the fox who wanted to kill all of our chickens?
My neighbor said she wasn’t paying much attention and
that it wouldn’t impact her day-to-day life.
Really?
She has four children.
[A cartoon I heard of (I can’t find it) shows a mother
at a polling booth with her little son asking, "Momma, who are you voting for?"
"I am voting for you."]
Many mothers do not like what is being taught to their
sons.
Before the election, and maybe even now, people were
afraid to talk politics with their friends. We didn’t know which side they were
on. We were trying not to be divisive. We were trying to be nice.
And then, last night, hope came as a text from my
daughter.
The Stars are Shining
It isn’t over, Democrats are fighting back.
Laurence Tribe, Professors emeritus at Harvard Law
school says all the guard rails are not off regarding preserving our democracy.
Our founding fathers placed safeguards within the system to protect us.
To watch go to https://youtu.be/z06TJAMY-bo?si=AAOCp1rXkx1v1t7F