Modern Day Spinster

The expected definition of a spinster is to just be a single and never married woman. If it were only that simple. I am a daughter, sister, auntie, friend, babysitter, alumna, artist, writer, diva, comedienne, bitch, caregiver, confidante, adviser, stylist, cheerleader, singer, dancer, activist, referee, sinner, saint, lover and occassional dater. Watch as I try to balance multiple spinning plates of relationships, responsibiilities, and reactions to life.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off,Start All Over Again

Blogger you suck. I had just finished hitting the draft key and directed me to a place that said the following blog you can't be found. Grumble bumble.

It was mostly likely divine intervention that my morning post was lost to cyberspace. B.J. was kind enough to take Ethel to see a family friend in the hospital. Virginia's resilience astounds me. This is her fourth surgery to fight cancer. When she saw Ethel,Virginia said she was going to get better so they can trip back to the motherland together. As Ethel was telling me this in the car on the way home from B.J's ,I was truly touched by Virginia's tenacity. This time around they removed Virginia's lung.

I was frustrated that there hasn't been enough research done towards woman's health. I didn't understand why they couldn't have caught the cancer sooner. Even with this last surgery, her likelihood of survival of even a year is a long shot. If that is the case why not just let her live out her final days as best as possible. Instead of her grandchildren having their last image of grandma from a hospitable bed, it should be with them baking cookies. Ethel tried to get all bummed about it. But I gave her back her own advice. Isn't it you who taught me that God has a plan for each and every one of us? We are not left to fend for ourselves. He is with us every step of the way. Throughout our triumphs and failures he is there to give us humility or mercy as he sees fit.

Perhaps it was fitting that I finally got around to watching Schindler's List while I was folding laundry. It's amazing what the power of one person can do. The most touching scenes were at the end when Mr. Schindler breaks down after receiving the gift from his former employees. He looked at it and thought about what else he could have done to save more people. Also the end when the real life survivors placed rocks on the top of the real Mr. Schindler's gravestone.

As well A Day Without A Mexican showed what would happen if one ethnic group left California. Arbritrarally picking one ethnicity is wrong. But 9/11 would not have happened if those with expired visas were ejected in a timely manner. I still say corporations that have illegal alien labor need to be hit very hard in the pocketbook. Shame on previous sessions of Congress for not addressing this problem sooner. As well the fees in place for those if given supposed amnesty are joke. 1k is chump change when compared to the financial drain that is on our nation. Using recycled landing plates from the Gulf War as a border does about as much good as using surplus government cheese.

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