It feels so good to be home. It felt great to teach in my studio, to watch a movie on my couch or recliner, to drink from my own coffee pot and to sleep in my own bed. It wasn't even too bad a loss watching the Razorbacks fall to Kentucky in my own living room. Don't expect that from me again!
Hobbes has been so loving. It took him until this morning to even fight back at me a little and even then he stopped biting to rub and lick my hand. He was gone to the vet during the first part of our traveling and then was at home alone for a while. We rushed in for a day and a half and then he was alone for a couple more days. Yeah, it's nice to pet him some and hear him purr softly, but there needs to be a balance with the fiesty thing I love so much.
I'm catching up slowly on friends blogs. If I haven't been there, I'll visit soon. I've been out so much, that I have a lot to read up on. I appreciate all my friends, old and new, for the well wishes and kind messages of comfort. I've been processing some of the experience and if it feels right, I'll share at a later date.
I got a couple of messages asking me to post a candle for peace. I thought "Heck yeah, if it'll help I'll post the whole fireplace." My feelings about war were posted back in November and can be accessed through war and military in my tag cloud. But without confusion let me state my position. Some of my blog friends have mistaken me for a different horse to ride.
I value integrity in a man. I feel that integrity is more important than intelligence in a leader, though we always hope for both. My belief is that George Bush Jr is a man of integrity if not always of intelligence and I refuse to bash him because I don't like war. It's okay if you disagree with me, but don't feel you have to make me hate him, Okay? If I don't agree with him, I have a prayer and a vote. If I do agree with him, I have a prayer and a vote. It's enough for me.
I cannot pretend to know what's best for Iraq. I barely know what's best for my little piece of real estate occupied by two adults, fish, a cat, two dogs and a host of critters that make it on their own including a family of doves we encourage and at least one skunk we'd like to discourage. I'm not into arguing why we're in Iraq or what the motives may have been for all concerned. I think that whether this or that happened a couple of years ago, is a moot point now.
I have many military friends and family, some who are currently there. I am saddened by the stories of loss and injury and embarrassed by stories of inpropriety and abuse of power. But I hear what my friends say about the people there and the need and their heart when they come back is toward success for that country. For those military men, it has not been about oil or power or weapons. It's about a hope of a people torn inside and outside. It's about pleas for help and against abandonment. I trust the heart of these, my friends and family and so I wait and pray for a resolution. Frankly I think its not really about us saving face as a nation at this point. There may be a time when we must abandon that nation to chaos and terrorism. I don't know, but my heart cries a line from "Return of the King": "This is not that day!"
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the new senate will vote to walk away from the unexpected mess that has developed. I keep hoping and praying for a resolution that, if not good, is at least not unreasonable. Yes, I'll post a candle for the end of the war, but I'll also wait with a troubled heart hoping some solution may be found.
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