Exciting News

I wasn't sure if I wanted to do any blogging about my daughter's engagement, but why not?  While it wasn't unexpected that the question would be popped around the holidays, it was still such a super exciting moment when we got the news.  John and I were at the home of a dear friend, and I was preparing to leave by visiting the bathroom when John's cell phone rang, and I just knew!  So out of the bathroom I came to hear John say something about how wonderful it was and then I took the phone and we just kind of jumped up and down for a while.  So now the planning begins, and I am praying and hoping that it will be more fun than not!  I did a lot to help Heather when she and Joe were getting married so I have some experience, but still...   Anyway, we are thrilled, my daughter picked a winner and he's a lucky man; it's just right.  Amen.
Rosemary

Dear Mrs. Green

Dear Mrs. Green,
I agree, there has been a lot of hatred going on and it needs to stop.  I am so sorry for your loss.  Your little girl is dead, because big people can't get along.  How sad and horrible is that?  She was born on September 11, 2001, and she thought she might like to be a politician.  She would have been a good one because she was kind and smart.  A bullet from a gun that the young man should never have had, ended her bright life, and it has ended his.   Wow, what a world we live in.  We are no better than any other country; we are not the home of the free and the land of the brave.  I don't feel free, I feel scared.  Bravery does not surround me, arrogance does.  Was the gunman crazy?  Yes.  Did others know this?  Yes.  Was anything done?  No.  So, Mrs. Green I will pray, for you and for all of us.  May we one day come to realize that every single decision that we must make should be a decision that offers protection to those who are vulnerable and to secure a future to those who will follow. 
Rosemary

I'm Trying!

I am trying to take this in another directions, but... Okay, reading Sunday's paper; "Finally: Help wanted in Michigan."  Fortunately this is a first in a series of articles, so I may get answers to my questions; like what a difference a week makes?  I swear, just a week ago all was doom and gloom, but now, suddenly the jobs are back!  The auto industry is leading the way with 23,000 hourly and salaried jobs needing to be filled this year alone.  The paper says to expect plenty of jobs in health care and other parts of the service sector, there will be a strong demand for everyone from accountants to cashiers!  There will be jobs to be found in emerging industries like alternative energy, defense and film.  I am not complaining, jobs mean people, people mean families, families mean children, children mean schools, schools mean teachers, and the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone!  I'm just wondering what the hell happened?  Is the Snyder administration responsible for this surge in positive energy that is translating into this job mecca? 

On another note, "Christian youths attack car full of Muslims."  These criminals, who were anything but Christian, killed seven people who were returning from a wedding.  The murderers will not go to heaven to be greeted by the Muslim martyrs, sorry if you think otherwise.  I remember reading about Jesus getting angry and turning tables over and screaming "GET OUT!"  But I do not recall that he ever murdered anyone.  WWJD, not a bad think to think about, and if you think he would attack a car full of Muslims, you're wrong.

Finally, and I bet you knew it was coming, I do think that people like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachman with their rhetoric and their ignorance and their desire for power, are to blame.  Stop listening to them and their ilk because with every utterance they spread fear and anger, and that's no way to lead, but it is the way to destroy.

Rosemary

I just can's help myself, I can't ignore stupidity!

There is a new governor in Wisconsin, Scott Walker, and he is threatening to take away government workers' right to form unions and bargain contracts.  Now to me that sounds more like a dictatorship than a democracy and we should all be very worried about this.  Worse is his thinking; "We can no longer live in a society where the public employees are the haves and the taxpayers who foot the bills are the have-nots... the bottom line is that we are going to look at every legal means we have to try to put that balance more on the side of the taxpayers."  Public employees are the haves?  No, Governor Walker public employees are the ones working damn hard for a small slice of the pie and you want to take away the one safety net they have, unions.  And guess what, public employees are taxpayers!  So, excuse me, but what in the hell are your spewing?  A bunch of crap I think, in the guise of sounding intelligent and as if you care about the workers of this country.  Then there is another new governor, John Kasich of Ohio, who wants to ban strikes by teachers, and says "If they want to strike, they should be fired.  They've got good jobs, they've got high pay, they get good benefits, a great retirement, what are they striking for?"  What?  They wouldn't want to strike if their great pay, good benefits, and great retirement wasn't about to be taken away!  What a moron!  How do these idiots get elected, and why or why are there so many people, who will be deeply affected by their agendas, in support of them?  I'm trying to go in a different direction with this blog, but when I read this stuff I just can't help myself!
Rosemary

This is a really "I Don't Get It."

I know I was going to go in a new direction, but this is something I need expert clarification on.  I have a 25 year old son who attends school and works.  His health care has up until now been on my policy.  I was expecting that he would continue to be on my policy until turning 26 with the new health care deal.  When I called my benefits person today I was informed that since our enrollment period begins with the new school year, and not January 1st, he falls off now and can't get back on!  While I know how lucky we have been to have been provided with health care for our son, I really don't get how the new law states that a parent's insurance provider must provide insurance for a child until he or she turns 26, but my employer is telling me that they don't have to.  I will be happy to receive responses, especially those that may help me to understand why my son can't be covered, or even better, how I make a case to get him covered!  Thanks to all who take the time to help me "get it."

Rosemary

Let the New Year Begin!

I needed to post something yesterday but not having a really deep thought I didn't  post one!  Today I do, have a deep thought that is.  How do you see 2010?  I see it as having been a year that brought some pretty good things my way, yet all that was hoped for did not come to fruition.  I am not complaining.  I am one of the lucky ones whose life did not completely fall apart, or even really feel much change.  I look back on 2010 and smile at some pretty wonderful memories, shake my head at some pretty ridiculous stuff that went on, and basically know I had a very good year.  I want another one.  I do not live an excessive lifestyle.  I try to take care of myself.  I work hard. I take care of my family.  I pray, and I hope, and I dream.  And there you have the deep thought.  I am lucky enough to believe; I mean really, really believe.  So I pray and know that my prayers will be answered.  I am not sure how they will be answered, but God is listening and will reply.  I am fortunate enough to be able to hope.  I hope that everyone I love will be safe, happy and healthy.  The ability is there for that hope to be a reality, that's lucky.  I also dream of good things.  I get lost in my dreams sometimes and know that they will not be reality, but that's okay because my life now is good enough that I can be okay with my dreams.  What I want, is for 2011 to be a year that allows growth and change to be embraced.  I pray that those I love will find whatever it is they might be searching for; love, peace, contentment, joy, companionship, or simply the ability to be comfortable in their skin and place.  I hope that those I know and care about who are suffering will find relief and healing.  I hope that those I know and love will continue to live lives of fulfillment and prosper in this new year.  I dream the dreams of mine.  May 2011 be the year that allows you to see beauty in a gray day, to hear music in the noise, to speak the truth when it is difficult, to smell the flowers that are on the path that you journey, and to touch a life that you do not know you touch, in fact, may you touch many.  God Bless and Happy New Year.
Rosemary

One Year

My blog is a year old, and like the day I started I am at a loss as to what to write about.  I don't know where I will go from here.  I will keep writing, it is good for me, however, change is needed.  We'll see.  Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night.
Rosemary