Today I turn 70.

[redstatebluegirl]

I do not feel 70, but here we are. Losing my Mom when she was 40, makes me grateful for the 30 extra years I have been granted.

I have seen alot in my life, the turbulent 60's, gas lines and no jobs in the 70's, high interest rates in the 80's, the election of an amazing Black President, a woman of color as our Vice President, and the horror of a racist moron trying to destroy our country.

The changes in technology has been mind blowing, growing up with a "party line" and encyclopedias, to now where my phone and the world is at my fingertips.

I hope my 70's are calm but I doubt it. Racists and sexist aholes have come out from under their rocks. The world seems more unsafe than ever in my lifetime, this includes living through the Cuban Missile Crisis as a child, seeing the fear my Mom tried to hide.

Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.