The adventures of a zany mom

America, we have a cancer.  We had an abnormal person that invaded democracy, and attacked our democratic norms from within.  This person was allowed the highest and most powerful office in the land. An office that could have been used to better peoples lives.  An office that could be used to promote American values abroad.  Instead, we saw this cancer metastasize into all branches of the government. The only treatment for this cancer was oncological surgery by voters, while the patient was ravaged with a pandemic. The good news is that the voters took a big chuck of the tumor out on November, 3rd, 2020.  The voters came out in record numbers and chose to remove the tumor. Yet, with all this, the tumor manages to live.  The tumor lives in the guise of GOP congressmen and senators who won’t stand up to the tumor.  The tumor seems to spread in the guise of white supremacists who don't accept American values.  So, other types of cancer treatment are ...

2020 has been a long year, and just about a quarter of it has passed.  So much has happened this year.  We are blessed that we are still able to connect and find our new normal, as there are many who don't or can't. It was surreal.  I, like many others, didn't think much of the news of the virus in China.  A friend of ours was supposed to go to China early in February, and they did call off their trip.  That, I thought would be the extent to which we would be affected.  I don't remember a panic during the previous epidemics like SARs, MERs, and H1N1 but I do remember being aware.  I do remember washing hands with more frequency (especially during the H1N1 epidemic).  But that was it.  My son did contract the H1N1 virus, but a prescribed round of TamiFlu was all it took to recover.  Within 2 days of starting on his prescription he was back to normal, and just had to finish his dosage.  It was February.  Wuhan was on the oth...