This Is The Perfect Time To Panic

There's no way you can live in this world today and not feel a twinge of concern about where it's headed. I look at my children sometimes and wonder what kind of world they will encounter as adults—right now everything seems so out of whack.

While I've never felt the need to tell another how to live, I have felt compelled—at times—to ask the openly apathetic individual who decides that nothing matters anymore, what their goal in life truly is?

Seriously, what do you have to offer that cannot be misconstrued as your taking a huge crap all over every personal freedom that thousands have bravely sacrificed their lives for you to have?

Again, not trying to judge, but my patience level for the uninformed, misguided, and utterly oblivious person who has decided that apathy is "cool" for no other reason than it goes against the grain of what the majority would have you believe, is slim.

Am I the most politically active person in the world? No, by no means, but I'm also not willing to give up on the possibility that this world can be better—particularly when I have two children who will one day try to make their way through it. So, I do what I can and I inform myself as well as I possibly can so that when the possibility for me to make a difference arises, I can do so with intelligence.

As far as what party can effectively lead us back to the promised land, I gave up on that concept a long time ago. I no longer pledge my allegiance to any one party because, quite frankly, they all have an agenda. All I want to see is a man, or woman, come to the table minus an agenda.

I want to see him/her lay their cards on the table and say, "things suck right now, but I'm going to do my best to fix it, and I'm not going to screw you over in the process", and mean it.

Is there a person out there willing to do that? If so, could he or she please stand up, because we can't see you from the cheap seats.

Who's Minding The Store?

It seems like a silly question to ask but as a simple woman, with simple expectations, I often find myself asking this very question about the country I call home.

Let me get this point out of the way early, I'm not the most well-informed person you will meet. I don't read the newspaper daily, nor do I follow the personalities on CNN or Fox News. Most of the time I'm too busy living my life to focus on such things.

The majority of my days are filled with making sure my kids are cared for and my husband is happy—that's my life and I'm satisfied with that being my life.

However, that does not mean I'm out of touch with the world I live in.

I'm a consumer, the mother of a school-aged child, the wife of a blue-collar employee, the daughter of an educator, and the sister of a banker—the bases are well covered where keeping informed is concerned.

I can see that living comfortably has become harder for many of us and I know that the cost to provide has become more expensive than ever.

Things are not good. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to notice.

Which leads back to my original question: who's minding the store?

Who's looking out for little me in my semi-rural existence? Who's fighting hard to make sure that the laws passed are done with me in mind?

Are there still legislators out there who believe in doing work "for the people", or have they all forgotten they work for us?

I am a citizen of this country. I love my freedom, and I value my right to live without boundaries. But, it occurs to me that the system is broken, and I'm not sure that there are enough good people in place to fix it.

Who's minding the store?...Who knows.

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