Lucky Stars

I thank them.

I was just surfing around, and found blogs that had posts on the destruction of the flooding, from the huricane. I also have friends that were up here in the midwest, that were removed from there home by boat. The nearby town of Morris flooded severly, my parents just moved there two year ago. And thank god they didn't by the house 1/4 mile from the river with the walk out basement. The house flooded, and the basement walls caved! And my friend Theresa in Munster, Indiana was hit too, with water damage, but much luckier then others nearby her. She was not one of the evicted.

I am thankful that I still have my home, my belonging, and a safe warm place to stay. I don't have money to give, I can't just up and go help with raising two babies while Ed works. But I can offer my thoughts and good wishes to all who have been effected.

I know we all go on and on about our crappy government, I just wish instead of saving starving children in foreign countries, or rebuilding in countries that are unknown to most. Instead of raising my taxes out my ass, and still closing our state parks, instead of having luxury homes in Springfield and Chicago. Why not fix our home here instead?

I know there is devistation and hunger so much worse then I will ever know, but I just see so much needed help here. So maybe if we used ALL the big fancy campaign millions (mind boggling isn't it?) to good use. Like to rebuild homes from all the hurricanes, and tornados, and flooding... no? Oh cuz you gatta look good to the other countries and save them? And you need to pay the different brodcast channels LOTS of money to put your add on t.v. when not many people really want to watch them anyway.

I am just lucky to have what I have, and I do wish that things were different. But don't we all? Eh, I am getting off my soap box. Have a lovely Sunday!