We had a great day yesterday. It turned out a tad chilly and no swimming, but Lion Country was a hit. We took the safari and the little one gave us an accompanying lecture about all the animals. They have refurbished some areas and put in new items and the kids loved the huge slide. We were nearly pecked on the car by a huge ostrich and watched as some nutty kids dared each other to go on the tall water slides and found themselves on the slide. BRRRRR. Then some adults got into it as well and we just watched until my kids asked to go on and that was squelched quickly. Loads of little model animals joined our journey home and are now occupying my home but will go back to Pittsburgh with their owner, a 5 year old boy. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!
Of course circumnavigating the park several time with my oldest granddaughter added to the fun as we sought in vain for the exit and finally were rescued by a park employee! Do not know how that happened but we saw areas that we had never seen before. Oh well.
That was happiness but around the world there was sadness. There was a funeral for a 38 year old mother of six who fought a murderer with a knife, desperate to protect her 17 year old daughter who fought alongside her. And yesterday the funeral. A pregnant mother was stabbed and is in hospital and yesterday the US Ambassador to Israel says that Israelis have instigated this violence, causing it, not doing enough to stop it and the few Jewish kids who have practiced their own incredibly wrong violence, perhaps 20 - 30 hard core outliers from society are blamed for all. They have been arrested and jailed, so what should Israelis have done? Bared their necks and chests to the knives? Stood still so the ax wielder could get a better swing or perhaps given guidance to the shooter so that he would not miss? Should they have politely asked them to stop or if they were done savagely murdering women, children, elderly and people just walking in the street or doing their jobs?
I have nieces and nephews living in Efrat. They harm no one, knife no one, shoot no one and are good people. They have returned to the land of their ancestors and no, that is not Europe, the murdering fields and forests and cities of Europe, but the land promised by G-d, the land where there has been a continuous presence of Jewish population throughout the millennia. Why is there no room for all to live there? Why is it demanded of Israel that they have an Arab population, which is fine by them as long as they do not kill others, but it is not okay for Jews to live in a Palestinian state wherever and whenever it is established.
Why? Because that is the way it has always been and we must remember that. Even here in Florida it was No Dogs or Jews allowed for many a year. And have these so called wise leaders ever lived through time when the entire population was considered legitimate targets for death - randomly and viciously? NO, and while there have started to be attacks in other countries, including ours, it is a great difference from these attacks to the random air and intention of violence, when kids are raised to hate and kill, to desire to be a jihadist and die while taking the life of another. Now that is sadness.
And sadness is when families are separated by fights and disagreements, when grandchildren and grandparents are denied the closeness of that special love, the sharing of stories and the united front against the sandwich generation - the parents, how much fun it is to watch as the kids echo their parents as kids and we can sit back and laugh and enjoy. How sad when that is not there and I just found out about one such relationship and how sad for that person and he/she perhaps ought to examine his/her part in its existence. No wonder that person is so sour and defensive of role. That person has nothing else, quite like the "leader" of the pack.
And sadness is watching your home go down the tubes, swirl through the drain, as the people who are supposed to be watching it are instead adding to its troubles, all in the name of retention of power, of being recognized nasties and liars. So very sad for all of us. The best way to change that is to elect Phyllis Richland as president of UCO and turn the nasty dude out. Check the other candidates for office carefully and then vote. Get rid of the nasty name calling that emerges from UCO and the Ursula tentacles that prod and poke into your life.
It is sad when we have Big Brother in our life. It is sad when there is no joy in Mudville and we need to bring it back here, to our home. Turn sadness into joy at least in our homes. And for you with the grandchild issue - solve it, reach out for your own sake. She sounds like a great kid.
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