I sincerely believe myself to be an average American woman. I am not a member of NOW, nor am I a member of a religious cult. I strongly believe the Constitution of the United States of America ensures my God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That’s not a cliché to me. It never has been. The Constitution acknowledges, that I, an American Citizen, can be ANYTHING I want to be. But with that freedom comes responsibility! My responsibility to myself! The Constitution does NOT guarantee that I WILL become whatever I want to be, It simply and specifically states that the government – any government – will NOT hinder me in MY efforts.
As Martin Luther King, Jr. declared… “I have a dream….” My dream, for myself, is NOT subject to the current government’s whim and fancy. I am a wife, a mother and a grandmother. My future is MY responsibility. I am smart enough to know there will come a time when I need assisted care, of some sort. I am smart enough to know living will still cost-even when my husband is no longer “making a living”.
Has our government become so elitist to suggest that MY dream is un-desirable? To quietly live my life as “Grammy” on a modest income? – Is this not grand enough, or enlightened enough or progressive enough?
I’ve spent many years as a stay-home-mom married to a small town cop. Cops don’t make much money these days…. We had so-so medical insurance through our county (at approximately 20% of his take-home pay), with NO dental or vision care offered. We did the best we could do with what we had.
Why didn’t I take an outside job? Hmmmm, well, probably because (remember the constitution here), I happened to believe the best investment of MY time/energy was to be with my kids, molding them, teaching them, KNOWING them….. (Call me ol’fashioned).
I now have four grown children and three delightful grandchildren. I am still guiding and molding and assisting – in what I believe to be a worthy cause – the future of my family, my community and my country.
And from my investment, what have I gained? Four great kids; Honest, dependable, tax-paying citizens; Loving, caring family ties; A genuine sense of Accomplishment. My Life’s Goal realized.
And what do I plan to gain in further investment of time/energy? A lifetime of care and comfort returned to me by the very family I was so earnestly committed to.
There are those who will now implore: “You would saddle your own family with such a burden?” My response is rather straightforward.
Ohhhhh Please! I do not believe, with current planning, that my care will be THEIR burden. Inconvenient at times? No doubt!
But – the question begs – “Would I saddle my children, grandchildren and likely beyond – to caring for the entire world?” HELL NO!
The current log in the congressional fire is HealthCare Reform (oxymoron). But it goes far beyond a single oxymoron – No, it goes towards full entitlement ! It further opens the doors to a “fundamental transformation” of which I have NO desire. It moves us away from those very principles which founded this great Republic. It strips the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
For this – I WILL NOT STAND!
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