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BMN Self Evident True or False?

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Wednesday, February 22 2012
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Good Morning
Free of the chair. Yes Nell is up and moving on two feet. She's still a little shaky. We got her a cane.  Although she was reluctant to let go of the leg caddy, I think she's getting used to the idea. The doctor assured us that it was time physically to move toward putting 25% of her weight on the foot. I could see that she was anxious. She hasn't put her foot down for any length of time in three months. Every time she did it turned purple, swelled and of course hurt like heck.
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It is going to take some getting used to, but the important thing is she is up and moving around. We cooked dinner together last night. I wish I had thought to take a picture of Nell standing and walking with the cane around the kitchen. I think we're both suffering a little jubilant shock. Speaking of shock. When we arrived at the doctors office they informed us that their cast cutting saw was elsewhere. After all the anticipation leading up to this visit, you can imagine the look on Nell's face.

I reassured her that we were not going to let this happen, or not happen, depending on the point of view. As quick as I could think of it I asked if there was another cast cutting tool, for instance at the hospital, we might borrow? Since Nell works for the hospital her calls led to a most gratifying visit back to the place she hasn't seen in three months. It is so very obvious that everyone likes Nell. We checked in with her boss to make certain it would be okay to borrow the saw.
Cuuting cast off
We had lovely heart warming visits with several co-workers. An hour or less later Nell rolled aided by what would be the hopefully her last use of the knee caddy. Strolling out of a clinic/hospital with a cast saw was similar to the feeling one might have coming out of a downtown pawn shop cradling a rifle in loving arms. This leads me into the reason I call this BMN Self Evident True or False?   

I'm still waiting for an enlightened stage where I can tell the difference between truth and  partial truth, let alone having the arrogance to believe something is so plainly laid out that it ought to be self evident. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I have been reading and trying to interpret the US Constitution and it's sidekick the Bill of Rights. Okay, but the self evident truth line is from the Declaration of Independence, right? Close enough, they're all connected.

What I'm beginning to suspect is all these documents were drafted by a bunch of rich assholes clamoring to make certain they stayed rich. One of the techniques the rich one percent employ to stay rich is making certain that someone else pays for the things they need, like shipping canals, bridges and roads. We all know these things already correct?

They sell us the roads, then the cars, then the gas, and we're happy to oblige. We can complain all we want about sharing our roads with trucks and the high price of fuel, or for that matter we can gripe about anything we desire, because it is a right given to us by the drafters of the constitution, which basically says it is every American's right to be a loud mouth-A-hole. From what we can gather from the Occupy Wall Street protesters is that is where our freedom ends, with talk.

I finally got a letter from my sister. She is continuing to beleaguer my efforts here on the ranch to me and to the rest of our family. I don't think she considers me a member of the family with statements like, "You have lived on my parents property for free." "I know that you believe you are communicating with the family through your newsletter, but most of us are turned off by your open forum for our family discussions."

Aside from the fact that I have kept family affairs out of the BMN up until recently when I have made up my mind that I could not count on the Rodgers for any empathy or support and it is going to be up to me to aid and abet my parent's legacy in my own way. I am a good person. Now that my mother has passed I shouldn't need to live with constant guilt trips from the rest of my family. 

Regardless of whether my sister approves of my lifestyle, I am free and it is my newsletter. The BMN is all about my life here on the ranch, period. People have crossed me and we went to war of words briefly. I always gave my detractors a place to post, yet out of compassion for my family and in the hope of pulling them together I did not post their nasty venting letters. I'm at the end of my rope now. Nothing I do or say seems to appease. I have to look out for myself now.

Brian Rodgers




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4 comments to BMN Self Evident True or False?

  • Mike

    I knew I loved Hawaii when I went there, but I just found some interesting things about Hawaii that may mean nothing, but may bring understanding as to why I loved it so much. We went to Oahu Island, Oahu means "The Gathering Place", and Hawaii"s state motto is The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. I don't know that I've ever said it, or let it be known, and I don't know how, if at all, it coincides with the hippie way of thinking, but I've always felt that the land, whether it's Las Tusas or anywhere else, is a true rightousness. We, as people, are not righteous, and the people who say they are, are probably trying to get something for nothing.
    My son, the Marine, stood up for something he believes is right, I can't give details at this point in time, but he has made his stance to the Marine Corps, and now has found himself somewhere between hell and the bottom side of shit. He is truly a righteous person, I don't even know if I would have the balls to do what he has done, but I am proud of him, this will help many of his peers. I have raised my children to stand for what is right, but I feel like a hipocrit, because I know I couldn't do what my son just did. He is a true Marine, a true human being, and everything he just did was more for others than for himself, I am  so proud of him.
    Today is also my son, Michael and his wife Theresa's one year anniversary. Condradulations to them.
    Brian, keep up the fight, we all know you love your family and may be feeling a little under appreciated right now, but please try to understand, they all just went through the same crap you did, and everybody has different ways of mourning and coping. Be patient, give them time, give them all the information you can, and do your best to support them, they may be having a harder time coping with this than you think. Personally, I don't think you have completely dealt with everything that has happened to you over the last year or so, give yourself some time. I think, and I'm just a slug, you deal with a lot of things by occupying yourself, but your family may need to deal with this in their own ways, give them time, don't try to push too much too fast.
    Jack, Daddo, and you were there when no one else was, and I love your family for it, don't let your family fall apart like mine did.
     
    Your friend always,
     
    Mike
    P.S. It's good to see that cast off of Nell's foot! Yeehaw

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