My friend since 1996, neighbor and pet care person texted back, "It's the hardest thing...". She texted back the morning just hours prior to my decision to have our last pet euthanized. It's not something I'd ever done. Although I've been told I have a killer instinct. Which I've discovered over the past 20 years that would be true. A promoter said that to my fight coach after my first cage fight. The promoter saw the charged smile on my face after I'd just lost to a decision. I am disciplined, so thank God for that. My feeling is we all have that, but not the amount I've discovered I have, and most certainly most do not have the obsessive level of discipline I have had or have. Fast forward to yesterday afternoon holding our bunny for quite sometime before her sedation in a veterinary treatment room. About 20 minutes later the vet and vet tech arrived finding a spot to inject a sedative into our pet bunny. They said it would take ten minutes, th...
“In My Country—.” “In my country—” The wealthiest men are taking control. The whitest men gamble taking a toll. Hardening the margins, burning more coal. Ravaging families lowering whole. “In my country—” Corruption has taken it’s hold. The heart of the country is turning cold. The GOP has sold it’s soul. Democracy we no longer behold. “In my country—.” It is not just one who’s evil fulfilled. Disappearing innocence off to be killed. His parade they want full billed. They feel their due as unearth is tilled. “In my country—.” We wait seeing more appointed unskilled. Not one kind human can be so thrilled. Ruling people with numb minds drilled. Damning humanity with our voices trilled. “In my country—.” ---Jody-Lynn Reicher 5/15/2025