I Heard Hope

I am feeling so good tonight, it is as though there might actually be a light after the storm type feeling. There are so many reasons why, I couldn't possibly list them all. But you know I am going to list some...

I spent a while lying in my son's bed with my head under the covers looking at different colored stars with my grandson today. He has a turtle that projects tiny stars and we had a lot of fun. I also spent time doing a great puzzle with him. It is really a whole set of doors, each one locking a different way. One with a hook, one with a chain, one with a latch, etc. I think by this time next month there will be no baby proof things anywhere, that he can't figure out. We built things with our blocks and hid in my bed when we heard his Daddy coming. I am getting younger every day.

That in itself is reason enough to be happy, but there is more. I made a pot roast to take upstairs for Barbie and Lennon to eat tonight and Bobby when he gets home after midnight. I gave Chauncey a bath in a dish tub and he was very good until he got back on the floor. Then he was so feisty I gave up trying to brush him until later.

I watched the last night of the Democratic Convention and found myself with teary eyes more than once. I know so many people who are in dire straits after working so hard for an entire lifetime. These are people who sometimes worked two and three jobs to give their children a decent life. These are people being milked of everything they have saved by the rise of gasoline prices and health insurance and businesses who care more for the bottom line than their employees, or farmers and small businesses who are barely staying afloat. I heard honesty and common sense tonight. I heard hope.

I have an apartment, a home life, a family, an income, a car, and reasonable health. I have a deep abiding faith and I am filled with love and these are just the highlights of my life.