Well, I did it. I'm "Publicity/ Outreach Chair" for the community club. They all about drooled simply because I'm a good 30 to 40 years younger than the average member. I am glad to be interacting with a geriatric set--but people of that generation are really into NIMBY-ism ("Not In My Back Yard")-- something I'm gunning to rattle a little. So, I'm not certain if they will still be happy with me if I get some progressives to start attending...
Our country is dying for lack of community connection: no one feels responsible to the collective any more. I'm not advocating communism--but rather, community-ism. I think people have kids, partly, so as not to be lonely when they grow old. The way our country is set up--who takes care of those people who have no family to turn to?
Everyone derided Hillary when she wrote "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child"--but did anyone stop to think that she was probably right?
About Me
- ZENMama
- I am a married, 41 yr old mother of a daughter that had osteopetrosis (OP), a very rare and fatal bone disorder in which the bones grow unchecked. She had to have a bone marrow transplant to cure the disorder in January of 2009; she's cured and doing remarkably well. The OP caused her to go blind, so now, as we wind down from medical trauma, we are learning what it means to raise a special needs child. The experience has been crucible in which we have learned what it means to truly stretch, grow, love, grieve, and thrive all in the face of great uncertainty. What a ride.
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