That's half of my life. I cannot imagine how I would feel had this happened to me or my husband or my child. Actually, I can imagine how it would make me feel if it happened to my child: it would turn me into a sniveling bowl of jelly incapable of piecing together words form sentences make good funny on blog. But 14 years later? Or even 5? I don't know.
But regarding this case, I don't presume to know how Michael is really feeling, or if Terry really is "gone", or what "gone" means, or any of the other issues surrounding it. I've seen too many times how the news leaves out information that would help me have an informed opinion, so I try to give the benefit of the doubt about information that isn't reported.
All I know is, I wish Congress hadn't got a bug up their ass about this one. It's a horribly complex issue where there's no clear right answer and the core of several people's lives are at the center of it, yes... and although I must admit didn't pay much attention in social studies[1], I don't believe worrying about this is something that Congress needs to be doing.
It's funny... there are a lot of paranoid people out there in the world whose fears are not grounded in reality. Michael is one of few people right now who can honestly say that the government is out to get him.
On a related note, at lunch yesterday, we were discussing politics. I made a bleeding-heart liberal statement which shocked a coworker, who explained that he'd thought I was republican. Somehow, that offended me more than just about anything else he could have said. Of course, he's republican, so I probably ended up offending him with my offended manner. Ah, well.
I hate that if you want your vote to count, you have to vote for who has a chance of winning, not necessarily who you agree the most. I hope that when Jared is an adult, it'll be better.
[1] These days, I get my news from The Daily Show. Yes, I'm one of those people.
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