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Each Day Already is a Challenge
A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.




Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day Open in new Window. (E)
My pain and welcome to it.
#1028189 by Kenzie Author IconMail Icon


Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

October 30, 2007 at 2:13am
October 30, 2007 at 2:13am
#545407
Seriously. Check it out:
 Let Me Give You Some Gift Points Open in new Window. (E)
Visit this shopping mall, tell me what you think and get some gift points.
#1340178 by Kenzie Author IconMail Icon


Hey, I was skeptical about this too. But there really is no cost to start your own mall. Your mall will have about 1400 stores in it. Kmart, Target, Bealls Department Store. Lots. You'll be shopping in your own mall at your leisure, and getting rebates to do so. Target, for instance is 7% rebate. (Employees only get 10%, so that's not too bad.)

You can buy cell phones and service from yourself at your mall. Even Time Warner Cable.

The other night on our TV, Time Warner advertised their digital cable for $20 a month (or $60 for 3 months). I found that same digital cable for $39.95 for 3 months, plus a rebate on top of that. Not bad.

The mall is big. Most malls don't have 1400 stores! But if that's too overwhelming, you can also shop local stores and find what you want, then look up the SKU to see if you can buy from your own mall. Pretty cool.

I was going to buy a pair of shoes I wanted from a catalog. They are shoes I've wanted and can't find anywhere. But even so, I've been putting off buying them. Don't you know, I can buy from that catalog in my mall. Same price, but I'm getting a 10.5% rebate. Love it.

Perhaps it's because I've worked in retail stores on and off during the years. Sometimes as a second job, sometimes as my main source of income. Anyway, I developed a loathing for shopping in real stores anywhere between...say...November 1 and January 1. I hate the crowds. I hate rude people. Oh, I'll go to hear choirs sing or take a child to see Santa. But I really, really, really don't like shopping at that time of year.

I used to make sure all my Christmas shopping was finished by November 1 at the latest. But I haven't done that lately. So...I love the idea of being able to stroll in an online mall bigger than any real malls I've been in and with only one customer - me.

http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/66844

If you're interested in earning a few bucks besides having your own mall, be sure to check out the business mall information on the above site.

As I mentioned before, my son has checked out every message board he can find and every scam alert and can find nothing negative about this opportunity.

Remember, stop in here about those gift points:
 Let Me Give You Some Gift Points Open in new Window. (E)
Visit this shopping mall, tell me what you think and get some gift points.
#1340178 by Kenzie Author IconMail Icon

October 26, 2007 at 3:32pm
October 26, 2007 at 3:32pm
#544702
Someone asked today if Canadians could have a shopping mall. Yes! They ship to 197 countries.

http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/66844

I'm finding more and more savings.
October 23, 2007 at 4:11pm
October 23, 2007 at 4:11pm
#543759
When I worked in home parties, I was able to represent the company that I did because I was proud of it. To me, the whole process was a win/win/win situation.

The customer received excellent merchandise at decent prices. In fact, often times the prices were less than what they would pay for the same merchandise in stores. Not all home party plans were like that. Certainly not all (or any?) MLM companies were like that. Most charged more than store prices so that everyone could get huge commissions.

I'll speak to commissions in a minute. Meanwhile continuing the win/win/win thing...

The hostess who had a party in her home was guaranteed $50 in free merchandise just for having the party. She could choose what she wanted. There really didn't have to any sales to get the free merchandise, although if there was less than $100 sold, the hostess did pay for shipping and handling. If the sales were over $100 (and our region's average was $350), then the hostess paid nothing.

So far, you have a customer who is receiving decent merchandise at decent prices. She is spending time in the home of a friend, having fun, playing games. The hostess had to open her home and serve simple refreshments and she received a minimum of $50 in merchandise for her trouble. Most received $100-200 in merchandise.

The demonstrators in our company paid nothing for their sales kits. They received $300 in samples which they "borrowed" until they sold $1500. If they never sold that much, they could either buy the kits for 50% or send them back. (The company paid the shipping.) They lost nothing for trying. The average demonstrator in my region sold about $4200, so returning or buying the kit was not usually a problem.

Demonstrators received 17% of their first $1500 in sales and 20% after that.

Sales Supervisors received those same amounts for their own personal sales, plus 4%, 5% or 6% of the sales of the demonstrators they recruited, depending on the amount the entire group sold (including the supervisor). Most supervisors were receiving 6% in my region. Supervisors worked for that commission override. They had to train their recruits, hold meetings, send out newsletters. But it was worth it. In my first year as a supervisor, I earned $8500 working part time for 6 months.

District managers received 2% of their district sales; regional managers received 1/2% of their region's sales and regional directors (which I was when I quit) received 1/4% of their super-regions.

You see? Everyone benefited in this situation. You didn't have to be a pushy sales person either. My son's dad (who also used to work for the company...as did my son at age 8...my son really did do home parties - for his teacher, his Sunday school teacher, for my mom...) used to tell people that, "Any dog with a note in his mouth could sell this stuff." Maybe it wasn't quite that easy, but it was easy. I used to wear a button everywhere I went that said, "$50 free, ask me." And they did.

So why am I writing about this now?

Well...I have found an internet opportunity that I think has that same win/win/win situation. I found it just today. Actually my son found it and signed up and I'm his first recruit.

Here's the link: http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/66844

It's free to sign up. If you just want to be a shopper and get lots of great discounts, then sign up on the shopper side (right side of the page). But if you want to help others get their own shopping mall, then sign up on the business side (left side).

Watch the video. It's long - maybe as much as 20 minutes. But it has some great information.

They use $150 as a target of what you might spend each month, and that might sound high. But they do have Target.com, Kmart.com, Barnes & Noble, and other web sites where you might already be spending money.

My son and I are looking at this much more conservatively than the web site shows. We're thinking that if we sign up only 3 people and they do the same and so on, and each one only spends $20 a month on the things offered by the shopping mall (which at this point is about 1400 stores!!!), then we're talking about $400 a month in income. That's easier to swallow than the thousands and thousands mentioned.

This is still a brand new opportunity. From what we've learned, this has been 5 years in the making (I like that - preparation!) and has only been offered for the past 5 months. That's still new.

When I started with the home party plan mentioned above, it was that new. No one knew about it. And within a very short time, there were thousands of sales reps all over the country. I think at the end of my reign there were about 700 people in my region. And throughout the country, as many as 60,000 sales reps.

http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/66844 has that kind of opportunity, I think. Check it out and let me know what YOU think.
October 22, 2007 at 9:29pm
October 22, 2007 at 9:29pm
#543627
At 4 pm on weekdays, I usually have the Oprah show on in the other room. If something really interests me, I'll watch. Sometimes I'll just listen. And sometimes I don't have any idea what is happening on the show. It's just chatter in the background to keep me company.

Today as the show started, it caught my interest for two reasons. First, my sister graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and the guest was a professor there.

Secondly, the man who was being interviewed is dying of cancer. Because we've followed Budroe Author IconMail Icon's (and Raven's who was treated horribly by WDC folks) journey with cancer, that hit a chord with me. Watching both of these fine writers from afar makes me more aware of people and how they react to facing cancer.

Because of these things, I listened and watched today's Oprah show, and I'm glad that I did.

Here's what I wrote to my sisters to tell them about the show:

On the Oprah show today was Professor Randy Pausch, of Carnegie Mellon. He's dying of pancreatic cancer, and his last lecture has been viewed on YouTube by a million people. Oprah brought him on to have him do the lecture for her audience and viewers. Wow.

Here's the Oprah web site information:

http://www2.oprah.com/health/oz/oz_20071022_350_106.jhtml?promocode=HP13


From Oprah's site:

Randy Pausch is a married father of three, a very popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University—and he is dying. He is suffering from pancreatic cancer, which he says has returned after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Doctors say he has only a few months to live.

In September 2007, Randy gave a final lecture to his students at Carnegie Mellon that has since been downloaded more than a million times on the Internet. "There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students?" Randy says. "Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical."



The Professor has three small children, and he told Oprah that he was glad that so many people benefited from his lecture, but he did it for his kids who will watch it when they're older.

If you click the link to Oprah's show, it will lead you to the taped lecture.
October 22, 2007 at 3:52pm
October 22, 2007 at 3:52pm
#543566
We had a good sermon at church on Suday. Our church is participating in the 40 Days of Community, and this was the third Sunday message in the series.

The message was about what builds and what destroys relationships.

1) The only people who will agree with you 100% of the time are dead people. Hmmm.

2) We need more courting before marriage (courting vs. dating, that is), and we might have less court proceedings after marriage. Hmmm.

3) It takes more effort to maintain a relationship than to begin one. Hmmm.


1 Peter 3:8 (GW)

"Live in harmony, be sympathetic, love each other, have compassion, and be humble."



Good advice, don't you think?
October 18, 2007 at 11:52am
October 18, 2007 at 11:52am
#542532
Every week, I get emails about the fact that travel writing is one of the fastest growing parts of the writing world today. In the emails, of course, are all kinds of courses offered to help budding writers become travel writers. Some of the courses are pretty expensive, and you have to wonder if the end results would justify the cost.

Each email gives a snippet of advice, a teaser of what is being offered in the travel writing courses. Some of those teasers are quite good, although sometimes they're just ideas that common sense would present to anyone.

One of these common sense suggestions is for anyone wanting to be a travel to first begin close to home. That's much like the advice given to writers that says, "write what you know." That makes sense.

The other advice given freely is to look at your local attractions with tourists' eyes. I was thinking about that the other day when I discovered a bunch of pictures that I took when I lived in Lake Wales, Florida.

To read the rest of the story...

Become a Tourist - Lake Wales, Florida (Part 1)
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977149624

Become a Tourist - Lake Wales, Florida (Part 2)
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977150391
October 15, 2007 at 10:00pm
October 15, 2007 at 10:00pm
#541952
Sometimes the fibro and chronic fatigue just takes so much out of me.
October 9, 2007 at 11:45pm
October 9, 2007 at 11:45pm
#540693
Have I ever shared that I'm left-handed? Well, I am. So are lots of (other) brilliant folks. *Smile* I always remind folks that lefties are the only ones in their right minds.

Yesterday I saw a t-shirt I liked. "Everyone is born right-handed. Only the gifted overcome it." *Laugh*
October 6, 2007 at 11:53pm
October 6, 2007 at 11:53pm
#540042
Prayers requested - again or still - about my Social Security Disability claim. I got a copy of a letter the judge sent to my attorney today. As you'll recall, I had my hearing on July 15 and the judge was holding his decision until he got the reports from my psychologist and shrink. He was allowing 30 days for those reports and said he would decide 30 to 45 days after that. Right.

Know what they did? They threw away the request. I have never changed my name legally (since I married), but my insurance has my hubby's name on it. So, when the request came in with my maiden name on it, the office staff decided that I was not a patient and threw the stuff away. EVEN THOUGH IT HAD MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON IT TO IDENTIFY ME!!! And my address and phone number too. Grrr.

They finally turned in the papers and there were too many to fax, so they went out in the mail to the judge on about Sept. 15. Okay. The judge should have had them in a few days and the clock should have started ticking again for another 30 to 45 days for his decision.

Guess not. I guess since we didn't meet his first deadline, then all bets are off about when he'll finally decide.

As you might also recall, my own doctor, whom I have seen since I moved to Cincinnati at the end of 2004 decided that she would not fill out the forms I needed for the SSD hearing. She also suggested I needed to see a rheumatologist. Of course, she decided this when there was about 2 weeks until my hearing. When I tried to find a rheumatologist, I discovered that each on in our insurance plan was so backed up that the earliest appointment I could get was 6 months later. Didn't help...

My chiropractor ended up doing the paper work for me. And she did a great job. Her comments said that she was certainly qualified to access my physical abilities since she had seen me more than any other medical professional - over 44 times in the past 2 years. Sounds good, right?

So this latest letter says that since we're basing our claim on her report, the judge wants all of her notes, test results, etc. Of course, since she's a chirpractor, the judge probably knows that she didn't (can't?) do any tests. Except for maybe how much movement and pain I'm experiencing. Which is what she reported on.

We have another 30 days to get this new information in.

I'm thinking...since we have 30 days for that, I wonder if we can present some new info too. Probably not, huh? Grrr.
October 6, 2007 at 7:00pm
October 6, 2007 at 7:00pm
#539984
...the dinosaurs came. Inside joke. Something my son and I used to say to each other. Wanna know why? Guess you'll have ask.
October 5, 2007 at 4:46pm
October 5, 2007 at 4:46pm
#539791
Okay. Strange title. Let me explain.

I have been on the internet since 1999 and chatting and networking online with others who write ever since. Every time one of them starts blaming their ineptitude on or attributing their prowess to a "Muse", I tend to quietly retreat, backing out the door without comment. Today, I wondered why that word bothers me so much and decided to try to figure it out.

First, I have to admit that I love the word "muse" as a verb. I love the idea of meditating on something, ruminating upon and gazing wonderingly. I also love pondering, reflecting, mulling something over. I have been known to loiter in thought myself sometimes. I like those word pictures.

The next definition in most dictionaries is what bothers me, I guess. That's where Greek mythology comes into the picture. That's where Zeus' daughters are mentiond and where goddess presiding over a particular art is mentioned. Another definition is, a guiding spirit. That is definitely a problem for this Christian writer.

Lastly, the definitions show, genius or powers characteristic of a poet. A source of inspiration, is also mentioned, as is, a poet.

What I would like to discard is the middle part, the definition that refers to Greek gods and goddesses and to unknown spirits, but that's the definition most of our fellow writers are inferring when they use the word "muse." That, I am certain, is why I am uncomfortable with the word use, especially when it comes from the mouths (or pens) of Christian writers.

Usually one who claims a muse as his/her guiding source of writing materials equally places blame and fame to that muse for the writing. That has always confused me a bit. In instances other than writing and works of art, most people place blame but take credit.

Christian writers should be giving credit to God for inspiration and good writing materials. And we should be accepting our own foibles when we come up dry or when the pen is stalled on the page. Perhaps our connection to Him is temporarily weakened, and if so, it's not His fault but our own.

What are your thoughts on this?
October 3, 2007 at 8:03am
October 3, 2007 at 8:03am
#539290
Last night as hubby and I watched TV, I said, "I have a belly in my fire." We laughed, of course, but perhaps that slip of the tongue was more true than not.
October 3, 2007 at 12:38am
October 3, 2007 at 12:38am
#539255
Gather announces The Court TV Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest – an unpublished mystery/crime fictionwriter’s chance at a dream. One talented Gather member will have the opportunity to win a publishing and exclusive distribution contract with Borders, plus a $5000 cash advance! The only crime would be not to enter.http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977129969
October 1, 2007 at 12:57pm
October 1, 2007 at 12:57pm
#538901
Yes, I'm fartoost and farfuflet. Fartoost = bewildered, discombobulated (don't you love that word??!!??), seriously confused. Farfufket = befuddled, stunned, taken aback. And...I finally found a source of Yiddish words and phrases, so I could get fartoost spelled correctly. Yippee.

But, yes, I am discombobulated. Fartoost. Farfufket. Why, you ask? Well, let me tell you.

There was a poll on the front page of my other stomping grounds that asked, "Do you support national healthcare for children?" I was surprised at the results, at least when I wrote about them. And I was even more suprised at the comments that came afterwards. I don't want to influence your comments, but really, I was surprised at how many adults don't give a darn whether kids have coverage or not. Period. At least at that other site. What about you?

I also wanted to share this because there are details of some of what I went through as a single mom that I have only mentioned in passing here.

Here's what I wrote. (By the way, I made the featured/front page with this one.)

Healthcare for Kids?

by Marilyn Mackenzie


The past few days, there has been a poll on the front page, inquiring about our thoughts about healthcare for kids.

The question is: Do you support national healthcare for children?

As I write, there have been 205 responses. 71% favor national healthcare for children. 16% said no. 9% said maybe. And 4% said I don't know.

Based on those numbers, 146 people were in agreement with having national healthcare for kids. This is for the 59 others, especially those 32 people who said, "No! No national healthcare for kids."

Even if you do not favor national healthcare for everyone, why would you oppose healthcare for every child? Have you ever had a sick child? Have you ever been without healthcare and had a sick child? Have you ever been without healthcare and had a sick child and had to figure out where to get the gas money to get to the doctor, how to pay the doctor and how to pay for the prescription? Just wondering.

Whether we like it not, whether we admit it or not, we have almost reduced our society (in the U.S.) to two distinct classes - the haves and have nots.

The haves have good jobs with somewhere between adequate and excellent healthcare benefits. They have equity in a home that they could borrow against if something major happened in their lives. They have some kind of savings, and probably some kind of investments that they could also tap if something major happened in their lives.

The have nots are the rest of our society.

1) The homeless, some who have chosen that lifestyle and some who have been surprised to find themselves there.

2) The persons unable to work because of physical or mental disorders.

3) The elderly who were not among the haves before they retired and now live on Social Security benefits only.

4) The working poor. They could be making minimum wage and trying to support themselves and their families. They could be making much more than minimum wage, but have an employer who reduced their hours to 29-32 per week, allowing said employer to drop any/all benefits usually given to full time employees. They could be contract workers who were once employed by the very company now contracting their time and abilities, but who now do not have to provide any benefits. The list of working poor is long. They have little equity in their homes, if they own homes. They could be renters. They most likely have huge credit card debts, huge car payments, and live pay check to pay check.

A "have" cannot understand what a "have not" experiences. We found that out when the first President Bush suddenly realized that bar codes were scanned at the cashier stand in the grocery. Out of touch? Absolutely. That was probably the first time that man had shopped in years.

And so it is with the "haves". Many have not ever had to think about how to feed the kids or how to put gas in the car to get to a doctor's appointment.

When I worked at the newspaper back in 2001, I wrote a guest column at Thanksgiving, called "Thanks Living." I had submitted one to the editor called, "Giving Thanks - Not" but he changed the title and took out a bit of my verboseness.

Here's one paragraph from that column: "Living in the United States, we are generally thankful for the level of prosperity our land of opportunity offers. And we truly believe that those who have not succeeded or reached our own level of worth have done something wrong or have chosen poverty over wealth. How wrong we are to feel that way."

Repeating: "And we truly believe that those who have not succeeded or reached our own level of worth have done something wrong or have chosen poverty over wealth."

Unfortunately, that is the level of thinking in many of today's "haves." They think the have nots have done something wrong, even if it's just not knowing how to get the services that they need. We - Americans - think that because we have worked hard and paid taxes that if something happens to change that, the government will step in and help us.

We don't realize that in most states, if one does not have minor children that the amount of serives available are limited. That's why there are people living on the streets who never intended to do so.

The "haves" think that there are ways for the "have nots" to get medical attention for their children now. In a way, they are correct. But I wonder if the "haves" understand how much the "have nots" have to jump through government hoops and how much red tape has to be traversed before those benefits begin?

Here's a personal experience as an example:

In the county where I lived, if one was without a job and had a minor child and needed healthcare for either the child or the child's parent/provider, one had to go to the county offices. There, one had to fill out forms, provide proof of residence, proof of identity, etc. Not a problem.

The office that took care of these things was only open for new applications about four hours a week. Now that could be a problem. First, it has to be a time when the "poor" folks can get there, can find a babysitter or know that he/she will have to drag the kid(s) along and entertain them in the waiting room. Second, taking applications for so few hours means a line of people waiting.

Once the paperwork was filled out, and an initial interview conducted with one person, the application had to be approved by another person. That person might or might not have time to do that on the same day. In my case, she did.

That meant a second interview, which, of course, included multiple lectures about the importance of finding a job, how to take care of my child, and on and on and on. By the end of our discussion, this woman almost had me convinced that I was a horrible mom, although I really did know otherwise.

After the approval, I had to wait another five days before my healthcare cards were ready. They could not be mailed. I had to visit the office again - this time during different hours, set aside for those picking up their healthcare cards.

It took about 30 minutes for the social worker to explain the "system" to me. As she finished, I asked, "Did I understand this properly? If my child or I have what would be considered a minor medical issue - like a sore throat - they we'll see a tele-doctor? We will come to this office - which means we need to get sick during YOUR office hours - sit in front of a computer screen and say, "Ahhhhhhh" in front of a web cam?"

"That's right, Marilyn. Minor medical problems are handled by the tele-doctor."

Who ever heard of such a thing??? I had hemroids. Woud that be considered a minor problem? Would I have to drop my drawers and point my derriere at the web cam? I didn't ask.

"And am I correct in understanding that anything that is more serious than a cold or sore throat, or once the tele-doctor has determined that we need to be seen by a real doctor, then we have to drive 45 miles to the medical center in another county?"

"That's right. We have a contract with that medical center."

"But we have a hospital and doctors here."

"But our contract is with that other medical center in that other county."

"Does that make sense?"

"That's the way it works."

"What about emergencies?"

"Oh you can go to the emergency room here in the middle of the night if you have to. But, really, if you have an emergency during the day, we prefer that you go to the medical center in the other county."

"45 miles away for an emergency?"

"That's what we prefer during the day."

Okay then. I made an appointment to see a doctor 45 miles away - because I already had the recommendation from the doctor I used to see when I had money. I was informed that I might or might not get to see a doctor on my first visit. First I had to see about three different people as they determined that I qualified for assistance there, that I had a medical problem, and that they could have me seen that day or schedule me for another day.

Perfect. I was going to drive 45 miles away and maybe not see a doctor. Back then, the gas prices weren't as bad as today. But when you're not working...I suddenly understood why, when I worked as a church secretary, so many people came in looking for gas money to get to the doctor's office. They were probably signed up for the county coverage.

I arrived at the medical center, found my way to the office where my appointment was scheduled, and checked in. I had a ten minute interview with the woman at the front desk, in clear view and ear shot of everyone in the waiting room. They all got to hear my personal stuff. I whispered my answers, and the woman behind the counter repeated them loudly. I figured it was another test. How much can we make a poor person wiggle and squirm before she breaks?

Even though I had my county's brandy new medical card, and even though they contacted that county office to verify that I did have the coverage, I did not see a doctor that day. You know why? Because NO ONE HAD TOLD ME that I needed a code number from my county for every visit to the other county's medical center. They couldn't get it over the phone that day. It had to be done at least 24 hours in advance. One had to call the county office, and ask for a code number for a specific appointment - already made - more than 24 hours in advance. Then you had to write the code number down and remember to take it with you to the medical center 45 miles away.

I was not pleased to be turned away that day because I didn't have the proper code number that NO ONE TOLD ME I had to have before driving all that distance.

As I was dejectedly heading out of the office, past all those people waiting who had heard all my personal business, the woman at the front desk said, loudly, "Next time you come, try to look poor. Poor people don't iron their clothes. I think if you had looked more poor, they would have let you get the code number over the phone today."

Seriously. That's what the woman said. Poor people don't iron their clothes. As I looked back at the group of folks waiting for medical care, I wondered. I wondered if such comments bothered them as much as they bothered me. I wondered if they tuned out such comments, of if they had acquired thicker skins because of such prejudices.

As I stepped out into the hallway, a man about ten years older than me followed. He said, "Play their game. I go to the Goodwill and get some wrinkled clothes to wear before I come in. Just put on a wrinkled jacket or a holey sweater over your regular clothes."

Amazing, isn't? But this is exactly what any mom will tolerate - and sometimes worse than this - to make sure that her child has medical coverage. Or that the mother has coverage so she can continue taking care of her child.

Should this happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave? I don't think so! I believe that if we're going to have a slogan that says "No child left behind" it should cover more than education. Even if one is against national healthcare for everyone, can you truly be against healthcare for kids? I believe we should have such a thing for our kids and grandkids. We should and we must!

********
What about you? Do you think healthcare for kids makes sense?

Did you see the recent Oprah show, with Michael Moore and some folks from the medical community? (Well, a lobbyist for the medical community anyway...) I applaud Oprah for getting it. I applaud her for understanding that there are persons in the U.S. of A. who have no coverage. And that those who have coverage - what Michael Moore was addressing in his movie, "Sicko" and what Oprah's show was about - have to beg sometimes for the coverage they supposedly already have.

Let's talk!

So, what do you WDC folks think? Should we at least be providing healthcare to all of our children? Maybe someone could do a poll about this here. (I've never done a poll. Hmmm.) I'm curious to see how we compare here to there. *Smile*



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