In less than half an hour I’ll be departing my warm house to drive 2 hours in an ice storm to help one of my granddaughters give birth to her first baby. She’s just shy of a week overdue, and because she suffers from two different types of seizure disorders which require different medications to control that cancel each other out, she’s in the high risk category of deliveries. So they’ll be inducing her very early this morning and then we’re off to the races.
Just like all things in life, we won’t know what we’re facing until we get there. For me, getting there is going to require that 2 hour drive in freezing rain and heavy fog, but it’s a trip I’m ready to make and better today than tomorrow. Although the weather is pretty bad right now, it’s only going to get worse tomorrow. If all goes well then the new mommy and my first great grandchild will be home and getting to know each other while I’ll be safely home. I sure hope so.
So what is this favor I need to ask? I’m sure that some of you, having read my comments about how things stand for me and my family right now, are getting ready to whip out a tissue and maybe hit a donate button or something. Or maybe you’d just roll your eyes and move on. I don’t know your life, so I’ll make no judgments. But that’s not what I need from you, my dear Democratic brethren and sistren. Not today, Satan, not today.
No, what I need each and every one of you to do today is find a way to torment your Senators and Congresscritters over the “Great Cramming.” They are cramming unsuitable people into cabinet positions and dangerous bills that will hurt us all, especially the poor, through various committees. They’ve been setting the stage to kill Obamacare/ACA all through the night. I’ll be busy all day and in a building where my phone doesn’t work very well. I might be able to get in a phone call or two, but I can’t count on it.
So if you’d do me the favor of selecting a person or a problem and letting your representatives know what you think about their actions, that would take a great worry off my mind. It really would. And if you live in Missouri, I ask you especially to work the refs at the state capitol. Those assholes are pushing through a menu of anti-woman, anti-worker, anti-human bullshit that needs to be fought tooth and nail. Dig out your state senator and rep numbers and let them know we’re watching and we’ll hold them accountable for all the destruction they’ll cause.
That’s it. Please do what I would be doing today if I weren’t otherwise occupied. And wish my granddaughter luck. Big fat baby boy comin’ our way!