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Have a great week
ahead!
Daisy
A PERSONAL NOTE
Good morning - I hope the month of May finds you well.
It feels so strange to never go outside but the outdoor area of my rental is pretty much unreachable in my current situation. Instead, I'm watching the seasons change from my bedroom window.
When you are confined to just one view, you start to notice things.
For example, in the bushes outside my bedroom window lives a family of cardinals with a nest of babies. I watched as Mom and Dad built the nest. I watched as Mom sat on the nest for a week, and now, I can't quite see them, but I can hear the adamant cries of hunger from their babies as Dad busily flies back and forth with snacks. In another bush, I regularly see a pair of robins. It's almost like a bird neighborhood soap opera out there and I love to watch them.
I got a good report at my last doctor's
appointment and moved into a long immobilizer boot, though I'm not allowed to be weight-bearing for more than a month from now. Unfortunately, I had some issues with the boot and will be seeing the doctor tomorrow for a different solution. I don't know if it's the weight of it or what but it has caused absolutely massive pain and swelling. The doctor gave us a number to text, and my daughter finally sent photos, and he felt that something was amiss. So I'm no longer in the boot unless I'm scooting to the bathroom while I wait for my Monday appointment.
Watching the goings-on at universities across the country, I can only be glad that my daughters are no longer of the age to be at university. I remember being a dumb, idealistic kid with some wild ideas about how the world should work, but I never remember being hateful to one group in support of another. My dear friend's son is about to graduate from NYU and he may not even be able to
safely attend his own graduation because he is Jewish. How did this become what's happening in our country? I'm sickened by it.
Here's the other thing: you can be upset about the attack by Hamas on October 7 and be upset when you see the dangers that the average Palestinians are facing due to the retaliation. That's part of humanity. You have empathy. You can see that the suffering of innocents is troubling, regardless of which side of a border they hearken from. This is critical thinking, as opposed to regurgitating canned speeches and waving banners for which you don't even fully grasp the meaning.
If I could teach these young college Nazis one thing, it would be that empathy wins more hearts than hate. Empathy is what allows a society to change and become better than it was before. Hate just sets us back.
I hope the week ahead is lovely for you all! Thank you so, so so much for all the
kind wishes you sent me last week. It made me so happy!
We're facing threats to our food supply from many different angles: supply chain breakdowns, drought, food facilities being ravaged by fires, skyrocketing inflation, and outright shortages. No longer can we live in the comfort of unthreatened abundance. We're learning exactly how delicate the system really is.
Prepping and putting back supplies is incredibly important but what we're seeing now goes beyond that. You have to be able to produce and acquire more food. You have to be able to put back your harvests to eat during the winter. You have to be able to prepare items that once were as convenient as popping open a can or little plastic container.
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