Why Alphabet Soup?

Do you remember eating alphabet soup? Little pasta letters floated in a red, soupy base. I think there may have been a few little carrot squares, but I don't remember that. I just remember the little pasta letters floating around. Someone decided it was a good idea to build machines to cut out pasta in tiny letters and put it in a can of soup. 

Letters were not enough. Someone, also, decided to make pasta stars and that became part of a soup. I don't remember eating stars, just letters. Why is this important? It's not. It is a distraction, noise, trivia from my past, but harmless. Not all distractions are harmless. Watch out for dangerous distractions as this election gets closer. 

This election, in my opinion, is the most important voting opportunity in my lifetime. I truly believe that if we let Donald Trump have four more years, he will sell us out to every strongman in the world and build himself a power position that we may not be able to dismantle because our democracy will be dismantled. Alarmist? No. Realist. If you believe what the Bible says and most any religion says in there own vernacular, "You reap what you sow." We are, right now, feeling that chaos from our choices as a nation, and we are "reaping the whirlwind" of Trump's callous decisions.

I am confident we can change this because I have an overwhelming belief in grace, but our choices matter now more than they ever have.

I am signing off for today, but not without saying this: whatever you do in your life, whatever is happening whether it be sickness or health, hardship or wealth, please go out and vote for Joe Biden this fall. Our democracy needs you. Don't let letters and stars get in your eyes. Look closely at the outcomes of Trump's choices and his countless scandalous decisions. Then, cast your ballot. See you at the polls or the post office. Either one will do. They are both valid ways to be heard.

Peace, Love, Linda

HEED THE SIGNS!