July 7 2012, SOLUTIONS NOT AVAILABLE                      

This has been a strange few weeks. My father-in-law passed away and a dear friend is about to follow him. All are sad, family and friends. Our minds don’t seem to grasp it all, and then when they appear to, tears follow….it’s a pattern, again and again. There is no solution to death or to dealing with it.

The world on the other hand is still fighting. Now it’s healthcare. Obama, who is trying to solve the problem is getting all kinds of grief; it’s another tax, after all, so few are happy. The idea is to give everyone health insurance by everyone paying. But again, none have a better idea. There seems to be no solution.

On the micro scale, I will have foot surgery this week for joint replacement and be on crutches for a month or more. Our van broke down and now we have only one old car. My disability still has not been approved, and both our health insurance and unemployment benefits will expire at year’s end. Is there a solution here?

It’s scary…for lots of people these days, for lots of reasons. I think it will always be. The world is changing, as it should, I guess. But why in ways that desperately cry for solutions?