Yes, I'm so thankful for each of you and the comfort of you being just you. I go through periods of feeling down and anxious even though I try to limit the amount of news I take in. At other times I compartmentalize it to the far recesses of my brain, turn on some happy music to dance to. But no matter what, I am constantly aware of the pain, sadness, horror and frustration so many are dealing with. I disciplined myself from the beginning to refrain from thinking or saying anything nasty about President Trump, but now when his incompetence and ineptness has put the entire country at risk and people are dying and will continue to die in great numbers, I am angry. But previous presidents are not innocent as each took more and more away from the safety net of the most vulnerable instead of strengthening it. Perhaps the lessons of life must be learned even if it brings us to our knees.
[Note written to my dear friends, Donna, Leli, Preeti, following our book club meeting]
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