Day of Remembrance

9/11 will forever remain as a day of remembrance in honor of the thousands of souls lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. For my family, Sept 11 was already a day of remembrance as it marks the day we buried my Mom at the end of her valiant battle against ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). She may have 'had" ALS--but ALS never had her. She was joyous and positive until the very end. She may be gone, but will never be forgotten.

To learn more about this insidious disease, or join the fight to eradicate it forever visit the ALS Association Web site alsa.org

Norma Jane Skipper
July 27, 1932 - September 9, 1998

What the...?

Has it really been almost a month since my last post? WTF? Where did the time go? It is fall already--the temperature didn't get out of the sixties today. I look around and see that the leaves are taking on vibrant hues of gold and red.

Speaking of the passage of time...President Obama gave an important speech on health care reform to a rare joint-session of congress last night. About 100 years ago Pres. T. Roosevelt was the first to propose health care reform. Not only were his efforts unsuccessful, subsequent Presidents efforts haven't fared any better. Everyone acknowledges there is a problem and that failure to do anything about it makes matters worse--yet here we are at another partisan impasse. Yet, they all continue to fiddle while we watch our great republic burn. What will it take to motivate our elected officials to set aside thier petty bickering and pass the legislation? President Obama said the two sides agree on about 80% of the issues--so put together a bill that addresses the 80% so we can get things moving then you can focus on a compromise to solve the remaining 20%. Can't we all get along? What the...?