White House Musings

  In the middle of the 2020 Covid Pandemic our family packed up the family cars on July 3rd, and got the heck out of MO. We drove all night to get to our favorite vacation destination in the Florida panhandle to soak up some sun, sand, ocean waves, and a little extra dose of freedom. At that time FL was opening up all their beaches and restaurants, while our land-locked Midwest prison was shutting down all of our favorite restaurants, refusing to allow gas station fountain drinks, and closing the local Wal-Mart at 8 pm.  We decided to rent a large home on the beach and let our oldest daughter who had just been robbed of the second half of her Senior year bring 4 friends with her. Just for some extra fun, and a fuzzy layer of happy chaos, we invited my sister and her two kids to join us as well! The more the merrier, right? It was clear that all 13 people on this trip desperately needed a break from the tyranny back home when happy tears flowed at the site of an open IHOP, and ...

 Friends-  Hang in there with me. I haven't attempted a blog since 2010! However, after my decision to jump-ship from all social media on November 13,2020, I still want to have another way to keep in touch with friends and family that may not necessarily call or text me. This isn't a perfect solution, but it is a place where we can hopefully communicate openly and without censorship.  I don't really know what this new era of "not normal" is supposed to look like, but this will be my little corner of the universe where I can talk with friends that are just as lost as me. We are all in this strange lifeboat together, so maybe this can be a place of encouragement & peace of mind. One thing is for sure, from the private messages I was receiving on Facebook I am POSITIVE I'm not alone. YOU are not alone if 2020 has you questioning the sanity of the entire world around you. Hopefully this can be a place where we encourage each other and speak TRUTH openly withou...