My husband and I were watching a news report about it and here's how the conversation went:
Hubby: "Boy, Trent Lott really put his foot in his mouth this time, huh hon?" to which I responded:
"Trent Lott was born with his foot in his mouth. That's why he has no backbone....he is constantly bending over while trying to get that stupid thing out his mouth."
I assume that no one has heard from illstillbe? :( I hope she's okay.
I haven't been on much this week. We had a TON of rain that lasted all day Monday and into Tuesday. Lakeland even made the headlines for "WEATHER CENTER". I ran into the kitchen to pick up the phone and call my Dad. Just as I was dialing the number, I realized that I would never hear his voice again, I will never be able to hug him and hold him...I will never EVER have to clip his ear hairs again. So...to make a long story short, that's when it hit me that it did actually happen. I cried all day Tuesday and the pain I felt was so horrible that I wouldn't even wish it on my worst enemy (well.....maybe x42 and his idiotic wife. ;-)
Now, don't get me wrong about this. But sometimes I just get so tired thinking about it all. Yesterday I camethisclose to punching someone in the nose because they asked me how I was doing. I want to say, "HOW DO YOU THINK I AM DOING???? I HATE THIS!!" Now, I know they care about me and SO I say "thank you". Then you also hear "he's in a better place." I say yes, he is. All the while thinking, "Well, personally, I would prefer to have him alive." This one has got to me the MOST: "How old was your father?" Why in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD would it make any difference? He's still my Dad and I want him back.
I told my sister yesterday that if I hear anyone mention the words
Angels, God, Heaven and Trust In Jesus, I am very certain that my HEAD WILL BLOW UP! I want to hear that this is really crappy, that it stinks, that it hurts so much that sometimes (like on Tuesday for example) that I feel like I am going to die inside.
You know what? I previewed this post and I realized just how angry I am. I want my father back, right now.
Oh well, I am rambling on and on, I'm sorry.
Deej
How are your boys doing? Are they way excited for Christmas?
/john
You sure don't have to apologize to me. This IS a very difficult, lousy time for you. It stinks out loud.
Hang in there.
I have been there, and I know the things you're dealing with. (My father has been dead for over 20 years, and I still miss him terribly.)
There are times though I will hear my father's laugh in a dream, or he'll be telling a joke, and I wake up smiling. In many ways your father always be with you.
Prayers, and love sent your way.
Now let me get something off my chest...
I am just a little puzzled over this Trent Lott episode. (Believe me I am no fan of Trent Lott... I thought he weaseled out of the impeachment big time, and never followed his sworn duty to uphold the Constitution, but then again, not many senators, or congressmen did.)
But I listened to what Trent Lott said at Strom's birthday bash on C-Span over the weekend, before all this garbage came out, and I never got the impression he was in any way endorsing or advocating segregation.
Even Rush has been coming down on him, and I can't help but wonder why we are even applying today's norms and values to things that happened 50 years ago? It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The times dictate the values of the people. We as a Country have grown because of it, but we learn as we go.
We all know that Strom was a democrat at the time as well, and eventually changed his position on segregation, just like most people did. Now are we going to indict the entire south because of things that happened 50 years ago?... Of course not. Lott was there to honor a man's service to this country, and said some things that I thought were innocent enough. This whole firestorm is just lunacy. People have just lost their minds on this whole thing, and yet concervatives are getting suckered into this whole damned debate, when this just should not be an issue. There was no advocacy of segregation. I think Mark Levin said it best when he called it selective moral outrage.
The leap of logic is just stunning to me. Now let me take this same leap, and look at comments made at Algore.
A few days ago, Algore was complaining about how Fox News Network was owned and financed by big money conservatives. Now if I use the same logic that has been used against Trent Lott, I could say that Algore was against free speech, and freedom.
He opposes conservatives owning and putting out their views on FOX does he not?...
So in the Trent Lott applied logic, he must think that only liberal views should be presented, and conservative views should not. I guess with that applied logic we could say that Algore is in favor of tyranny, since Tyranny opposed freedom of thought. Therefore Al must oppose freedom at all levels, and would endorse a tryannical government, and should step down from public life. (Turn around's fair play?...)
I don't think we'll be hearing that debate though...
Anyway... maybe someone can educate me on this, because either I missed something else Trent Lott said, or this whole thing is a completely set up to take down a republican, and tarnish all conservatives as racist. Either way I find it completely offensive.
I couldn't tell you the number of times I have wanted to scream and stamp my feet at some of the things people say when you have lost a loved one. AND, you are exactly right - what difference does age make?
Prayers continue for you and your family. (((((DJ)))))