Longest Days

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Time truly flies by when you’re an adult.

November 21st already?

We got absolutely crushed with snow exactly one year ago. We didn’t clean out the driveway for a full two days.

Seems like yesterday, but I got a Facebook reminder of all that damn snow…

…and on a day that started with temps in the 20’s, I thought of another year slipping away.

And there’s a bit of dread as I consider what next year might bring. 

I read a political insider making the claim that next year’s election could be the very last one in a free country.

Doesn’t seem possible, but he had a profound statement:

A GOP loss will result in a war and that might be the best we can hope for.

That is scary stuff.

Yet, the trick in living a decent life is trying not to let it tear you apart when you don’t truly have control over much of it.

What we once knew was true seems to not matter anymore, and the entire country seems to be on edge.

It’s truly left me a little confused.

There used to be fundamental truths and the flag used to represent what an American believed.

Remember ‘Truth, Justice and the American Way’?

Where are we with that?

And I don’t know what has brought on this particular mood other than the making fun of Jimmy Carter on the eve of his wife’s death was laughed at…

…by people in an arena wearing gear for a political candidate as though they were Yankees fans at the 2000 World Series.

Cynical!

A little worried about the future and the passing of another year…

…life can change a whole hell of a lot in the next 365 days…

…and I’m not just talking about moving a little snow.

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