Video Door Bells, My New Job, and My Lazy Butt and Keeping My House Clean

 This blog was started in August 2020 and I somehow sent it to drafts.  I  have added an addendum.  

I have a video door bell.  I LOVE it and every night when I go to bed I look through the clips from the day. When I first got it I was viewing the clips and saw a strange person leaving my house.   It was a rather large-ish person, appeared to be a woman with short hair.  I played it back about 3 times when I finally recognized the purse.  I was pretty fixated on the large butt to be honest and when I realized it was me I was horrified in a rubberneck-looking-at-an-accident type of way.  I couldn't stop viewing the clips of me coming and going.  Every night those are the first clips I go to. I walk funny, I have "hangy" down things from the backs of both arms.  My voice, dear God, my VOICE is not what I imagined to the point that I try not to talk while walking in the house.  If I am gone for the day I leave with a "sort of" spring to my step and return dragging and shuffling.  Carrying out the garbage clips are good for a laugh and the one with the flying roach should be on Americas funniest videos. It is a way that I can judge my posture from day to day and view any weight loss(which hasn't happened).  It really is sort of sad watching me carrying in my groceries or the dog food that I get delivered from Pet Co. I struggle.  A lot.  I'm getting old.  I don't understand how my 29 year old self got to look like this but it happened and I have the video clips to prove it. When I fix my real hair my mirror is forgiving and I think it looks nice.  Then that thought gets sideswiped by the video door bell.  I am so glad that I  usually wear wigs.  

I started working  in a  doctor's office last week.  I love it.  I have a job with measurable outcomes and get to spend time with some really great patients. I look forward to work days.  The office is proactive in keeping their staff safe and that is a plus.  I have my own little room with a wall to wall window and a bathroom.  I really wish that I could retire but I have not been wise with my finances and pray to God that I can work at least 3 more years.  I am happy in this place so life is good.  

School is partially in session and due to return to full time next week so I still have Becky's three.  I will miss them but do not miss trying to teach them.  It causes a conflict from the  nice easy going Mimi  to the teacher Mimi that I am not sure I even like.  This last weekend I had Joshua's two and we had a cousin play day at Chico State Park outside of  Ville Platte, La. They spent the morning on the splash pad and it was a welcome relief from the heat.  Aries and Allison had taken over my room and made two different tents.  Allison's tent was pink tones and one great room.  Aries's tent had a front room, weapons room, a place for his army to stay and a place to eat.  Aries has a great imagination.  I am a very very lucky Mimi to be blessed with these five angels. 

When I am off I find it exceedingly difficult to muster up the energy necessary to clean my house.  My house is pretty big and I keep toying with the idea of selling and downsizing to something that I can put on Becky's farm.  But I am so happy when I come in my house.  It has changed so much from just 2 years ago that it is shocking and I love it.  The other plus is that I have extra rooms for guests.  I still have things that need to be done before I can even think about selling and for those improvements I have to work, I have never been much of a housekeeper.  I worked so that I could pay someone else to clean.  It is ridiculous that I cannot keep my house in order.  I got hooked on a few "reality" shows and I end up "resting" in front of the TV to catch up with other peoples lives.  I have set myself up a schedule with a "reward" system.  I have jobs listed that need to be done, a time frame to do them and finally my reward of butt-to-couch time. 

Catch up time.  I didn't realize that I had not finished this post from last August 2020.  So to catch up: Josh has been staying with me during covid and to help around the house.  This has solved the problem of the home work schedule that I started and finished in one week.  Joshua is great at cleaning.  He just doesn't do dishes. An added plus is that he is able to do the things that I was going to have to hire out like ridding my ceilings of that hateful popcorn crap that they used to spray on.    I still hate to look at myself on the video door bell but not much I can do about that! My self improvement continues.  I have another job in a hospital that I love.  The staff is fun and have put themselves out to help me get accustomed to a new field of nursing, I have a great boss and the work is consistent.  I am struggling with the physicality and it makes me realize that I am aging.  I will be having weight loss surgery if all goes well this September and that is going to help tremendously.  Now I have to work to pay for the plastic surgery that will need to be done.  Or not.  I think that I will just duck tape the excess skin up and out of the way.  In the past year Covid has run thru our family like crap through a goose.  Now we are looking at a new mutation the Delta. I am no longer home schooling the grands and that is a fabulous blessing.  They deserved better.  I am a much nicer Mimi-grandma than teacher-Mimi. I am closing now  I need a nap or to catch up with the alternate reality on TV. 

To Vax or Not To Vax - Spoiler alert: I am not an antivaxxer

 Covid 19 has had continued long reaching effects in our country.  People are still sick.  Now we are back in masks even if you have had the vaccine because of the mutations and some people do not wish to or are unable to take the vaccine.  I have promised my daughter that I will not pass on disinformation so I will not be posting links for or against.  Fact: The vaccine is not a cure, just like the flu vaccine will not prevent or cure the flu.  This illness is with us.  Fact: You can still get Covid even if vaccinated, just like the flu.  Fact: Both Covid and the flu can kill you.  Fact: The Covid delta variant is more rapid spreading  than the original.  

I had Covid 19 in November and repeatedly questioned the diagnosis with my PCP because I did not have a persistent cough, high fever,  or extreme fatigue. I was treated immediately with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, steroids ( in a reducing dose over 2 weeks) and a steroid inhaler.  I also had a cocktail of OTC medications that I still take today.  I lost my taste and smell a week into my 10 day isolation  for about 3 days.  I was very fortunate and thank my PCP for  the treatment.  About 2 weeks later I developed a post Covid sequalae in the form of a horrific rash that lasted 3 weeks  and did not respond to anything we threw at it including steroids. Miserable does not describe how I felt.    At the end of the 3 weeks it left as quickly as it appeared.  Since then I have had persistent shortness of breath which my cardiologist calls Covid Lung.  It is getting better.  In January I was curious and had my blood drawn to see if I had antibodies.  It came back with the result of "abnormally high" level of antibodies.  Huh.  I have retested periodically since then with continued results of positive antibodies although no longer abnormally high.  For personal reasons I have resisted getting a vaccine which is why I periodically test for antibodies.  Can I get Covid again? Absolutely!  But so can my friend who is vaccinated.  Can I carry the virus to someone else? Yes again for both my friend and me.  Can I die from it?  Yes again just like my vaccinated friend. To be fair there are articles to be found that say I will bite the dust sooner because I just have current natural immunity that has not been augmented by a vaccine. I believe that the jury is till out on that one and since this virus is not even 2 years old  yet and we don't have enough information.  I can site articles for both sides.  My personal feeling FOR ME is to wait till my antibodies run out and then get the J and J single shot vaccine.  However I have a dilemma: My hospital is mandating that all employees be vaccinated by a set date (to be fair as have most healthcare facilities to date... and I was expecting it) If I don't take the shot I will not be able to earn money to pay my bills thus will not be able to buy things that I like.  You don't have to take the shot, it's a free country but pretty soon if you don't have a vaccine card you are not going to be able to go out to eat, fly anywhere, go on cruises or go to shows.  And most importantly you may not be able to get a job.  

What does that sound like to you people who read the bible?  Revelation 13:17 ESV  " Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of it's name." I am not suggesting that the Covid vaccine is in any way the mark of the beast.  When that time comes it will be so much worse.  The purpose of this blog is to show how we are being deadened to accept whatever the government  says is good for us.  Is the vaccine a good thing? I believe it is but I do not believe that we should be forced to take the vaccine because the government says we should or that we will be penalized for our free choice. If you choose to not get the vaccine then you accept the potential consequences up to and including dying.  It should be your choice.  More and more we are being propelled into accepting something that we may not want.   There are TV ads, politicians, celebrities, face book posts, memes, and twitter posts to demonize the unvaxed.  We are selfish, we hate people, we are conspiracy nuts, we are  Republicans,  and we are ignorant. The best yet was when I was asked "don't you want Covid to end?"  sure I do, but it's never  going to (thank you China) it's going to be here for a long long time mutating it's little heart out.  Today I had a conversation with a woman.  I apologized to her because I was on my phone texting about my hospital's new mandate and the time frame involved.  She said well you have had the vaccine, correct?  I think she assumed so because I am old and fat. ( Two high risk categories for Covid and a host of other things) I told her no because I still have antibodies.  "That won't do anything" was her response.. I responded that it was my choice and still under consideration to end the conversation because you can't argue with a person who has no understanding of the antibody functionality. 

The government does not need to be making decisions about my health choices.  It could be said that most of the "suggestions" that have been made by state and federal governments are for our own good.  Remember seat belts?  Buckle up for life!!  Now it's law.  Decisions like that have been made for our own good for years and we have let it go. It is the subtle changes little by little that we have gotten used to and not given it a second thought.  It's for our own good, look at all the research... for everything from seatbelts to cigarettes.  And it IS good.  There in lies the problem. We are slowly being conditioned. We are becoming so used to "government" making decisions for us that we are not questioning their right to do so.  The outcry about the vaccine is the first time in my memory that Americans are pushing back and we are being shamed for it.  They have upped the ante, now its going for our entertainment and jobs.  This is is less and less a free country and we have allowed it to happen.  

I have a CHOICE to make.  I don't know yet what it will be as I still have antibodies.  Unfortunately I soon will have to make a choice and that is such a damn shame.  

On Being 'Woke' , The Cancel Culture, and the Current State of Our Country, and Governor Cuomo

 I seem to always start a blog with an excuse of why I hadn't posted in such a long time.  My last post was September 11 as I always try to always  recognize that day as one of the worst in our country's history. We were in the midst of a Presidential election between Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris.  I knew then what the outcome would be and I just didn't have the heart to even point out the obvious issues with Biden. Everyday on TV you could see his mistakes, misquotes, lies, blunders and his hiding away in his basement.  He sat out the campaign under the specter of Covid. None of that changed how I knew that Biden would win because the liberal machine would do what ever it took to make it happen. They did just that,  Biden is a racist, Kamala said so repeatedly on the debate stage.  It was magic the way that he lost his racism as soon as he picked Kamala as his running mate. She is a heartbeat or a gaffe away from being president, and she is counting the days.  The only thing that makes her possible rise to POTUS somewhat palatable  is that Hillary will have a stroke.  I will be surprised if he makes it a year. He cannot answer off the cuff questions from the press and in fact has yet to hold a news conference.  When he does his questions will be vetted by his handlers.   He has already figuratively opened the southern border.  People by the thousands are coming to the border and we are stuck.  Trump had successfully controlled the problem and the Fence was going to really help and then Biden came.  I love the way a lot of the illegals are wearing Biden tee-shirts.  Remember when Trump was accused of putting kids in cages(that incidentally Obama built) the outrage was horrific.  Well Biden is using the same places to house illegals.  The left is quiet on the matter even when the press is denied access.   In the month of February the border agents have detained over 100,000 illegals.  When interviewed they say they are coming for health care, and jobs.  That's great.  Who is going to pay for those items including food, housing and education?  The democrats' are looking at these illegals as future voters.   Biden is  allegedly a moderate democrat.  We shall see if he can hold that title while battling with the progressive/socialist members of his party.  

Governor Cuomo is under a lot of stress as of late.  Last year he implemented the single most successful purging of the elderly since the holocaust.  His directive to send Covid positive patients back to elderly nursing homes was a travesty. He then wrote a book about how successful his plan was.  The problem was he  lied about the number of deaths and was outed by one of his top aids.  To add insult to injury the murderous decision he made is being over shadowed by multiple complaints of sexual misconduct.  The number of women of women complaining are up to 8 currently.  Other than the Democrats in his state the left has been mostly silent.  This is the same 'left' that excoriated Brett Kavanaugh during his hearings for the Supreme Court over the unsubstantiated accusations from a single woman about a college party that no one remembers. Just this last week Biden said that it needs to be investigated and that Cuomo should resign if allegations are true.  Pelosi was notably quiet until the second woman came forward and even then what she said was very measured. As of this writing Kamala Harris has not said anything.  You will recall how outspoken she was at the Kavanaugh hearing.  Hypocrites.  What I see is the death of the thousands of elderly due to his mandate  that  is being overshadowed  by  his sexual assault accusations.  The fact that he is a sexual predator is secondary to those who lost loved ones.   

A year ago, truthfully as little as two months ago, I thought being 'woke' was what happened when my feet hit the floor and I had to pee. I have now have to say I probably am still asleep.  I am concerned, sensitive, and aware  of others' feelings and will go out of my way not to purposefully hurt someone.  It happens though and when I do I sincerely apologize. That's what adults do. Now an offending person stands a chance of being "canceled".  This dovetails into my feelings of our  current Cancel culture. To be canceled is to  stop giving support to a person, or a place.  It is rampant as of late.  I was reminded by a relative about the Dixie Chicks.  For those who don't remember they were a female vocal group who sang country music.  On a stage in London 2003   they came out against President Bush and said they were embarrassed by him, the crowd loved it. Their base not so much.  Keep in mind that their base was comprised of  mostly conservative, pro American men and woman who love country music and this happened 2 years after 9/11.  Their comment was met with record burnings, concert cancelling and the like.  They were allowed to voice their opinion  but were stupid by not realizing they were pissing on the source of their paycheck.  To make matters worse they refused to apologize.  Good for them and they are just now starting to make a comeback. The fact is that the cancel culture is the new McCarthyism of the woke generation and according to Henry Olsen in an opinion piece in the Washington Post it is a mob composed  of  the intellectually intolerant. Something you said or did  as a child can come back and ruin you as an adult.  Case in point the canceled Teen Vogue newly hired editor, Alexi McCammond.  She apparently made some insensitive comments in a tweets about Asians when she was 17.  She admitted her fault and deeply apologized.  She, in fact in the job interview, let them know about the deleted tweets but despite her "remarkable work  in journalism elevating the voices of marginalized communities" she was forced to resign.  Some of her coworkers felt uncomfortable.  Awwwwww poor unforgiving snowflakes.  Apparently sincere apologies are not  accepted.  Take note Gov. Cuomo even though your apologies did not sound sincere.  We have a right to our own opinions and should not be afraid to share them for fear of being ruined.  We cannot cancel our history by removing statues, or canceling books and movies that were written at the time when those beliefs, names and traditions were accepted.  We should and have learned greatly from those times and from our mistakes in the past.  If what we are hearing the loudest from a few in society,  please let me stay asleep.

 

September 11, 2020

 It has been 19 years since we were attacked by Muslim extremists.  They wanted to bring us to our knees.  Instead  as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto said after the attack on Pearl Harbor " I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."  We were united, Americans all.  All races, religions, sexes for a time nothing else mattered except our love for the United States.   Our country currently is in turmoil with an increase in domestic terror groups.  Attacks on police officers are at an all time high.  I want these horrible angry people to remember that on that day police officers and firemen ran into those towers to rescue as many people as they could.  They didn't differentiate between black, white, gay, straight, Muslim or Christian.  THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR EVERYONE IN THOSE BUILDINGS. I wonder if ANTIFA or BLM had been active back then if they would have run in to save their sisters and brothers.  I would  bet not.  I wonder if any of those rescued have produced 19 year olds who are rioting and screaming for the death of police officers.  

We have a generation of people who have no investment in the memories of that awful day.  When we say "Never Forget" I bet that many have no clue the agony of that day, the tears shed for people we did not know.  They won't understand  the feeling of pride hearing the recording of Todd Beamer on United Airlines Flight 93 telling his fellow passengers to "lets roll!!" as they took over the flight  so that it would not crash into another building.  They knew that they were going to die.  They are all Heroes. 

Teach your children and grandchildren what happened on that day. That day when we all came together. 

Koray. Turkish for Amber Moon.

 Today I lost my sweet girl Koray.  She died in the arms of the techs at Copper Crown Clinic.  They tried to save her but she was too sick.  I cannot say enough wonderful things about Dr. Corley and Dr. Ashlyn(Guillot) and the staff.  The love that they gave my big girl was palpable.  I will forever be grateful that she died with friends and they were there to send her across the Rainbow Bridge,  For those few who don't know her let me introduce you to her. 

I first became aware of Anatolian Shepherds when a face book friend,  Paula Dempsey got a female and named her  Melania.    I became a daily visitor to her site just to see new pictures.  I was fascinated with the breed.  I had never even heard of them prior to Paula.  I frequently looked up sites to see pictures of puppies and adults.  I had my own dogs and really could not add another to the brood.  After I lost Milo I contacted Paula and she directed me to Debi Grunnah.  I called some time ago and we talked and I told her that while I was not ready to have a new dog that it was my goal to make my next an Anatolian.  I didn't care the sex or the age.  I just knew that I wanted one of those beautiful dogs.  She told me that I would need a big enough space for the dog to exercise and it needed to be fenced.  I tucked away that information working towards that goal.  Stan died May of 2019 and I remember a few months later sending her a video of my backyard questioning if it was big enough.  I had the fence put in in October and let her know that I was ready.  I believed that I would get the dog made just for me.  She called me about an older female that had been  loved for 8 years by her owner who had suddenly died and the spouse was being placed in a retirement center and could not take her. I remember asking her if I needed to get a goat or a sheep so that she  would have something to do.  Debi assured me she just needed love and attention.    I planned to meet her the end of December after our trip to Disney World.  On December 31 I met her.  I was smitten.  She was from Canada  bred by Correna Kelly.  She was sent to her new home as a puppy.  I was her second owner.  She was obviously well loved and socialized.  Debi Grunnah sent me home with leashes, food, information and warned me about their sensitivity to medications and to be very careful.  I pestered Debi a lot. When I was at the vets for shots and her first exam.  I called to make sure she was getting the right things,  I know I probably frustrated Dr. Ashlyn, a lot.  But she put up with me.  Koray settled in to my home and put up with Peanut and all my grandkids.  My visitors all loved her.  Desiree Fairley said that Koray reminded her of a plush animal.  Rebekah called her Eeyore.  She would go in the back yard with the grandkids and play.  She did not look or act her age.  She was mindful of the fence and if someone passed the outside of the fence she placed herself between the fence and the kids.  Cookie the big German Shepard that lives across the street became her fence friend with her owner Maria.  Oh my God did Koray love Maria.  She would be almost as ecstatic at seeing the grandkids as she was Maria.  Maria was truly her favorite.    We talked about letting Cookie and Koray  play in the fence together but never got around to doing so and now it's too late.  

Koray was an affable dog who went from plush toy to guard dog in seconds.  Nothing escaped her eyes and ears.  She made me feel safe.  She was so quirky in her ways.  She would sit in front of me and bark, and bark again.  She either wanted out or food.  When Peanut would get in Koray's bed Koray would walk over and just stare at her.  She never growled or do anything except stare at her.  Peanut would eventually get up.  This was repeated at least once a day.  Yesterday I found Peanut laying beside Koray's bed.  I  cried.  The hair.  Oh my goodness the HAIR.  I needed to sweep at least once a day if not more.  Since she has been in the hospital I had not swept.  I came home today and turned on the sweeper.  I got half way thru and was crying so hard I had to quit.  I feel like I am getting rid of her.

Peanut was the one who alerted me to Koray's distress.  I had, 24 hours prior,  the end of the house treated with Delta Dust by the exterminator.  I was assured that it was safe and indeed I looked it up and it was safe for pets.  Koray developed an allergic reaction and had collapsed at the bottom of the steps at 8pm Friday night.  Peanut went nuts barking at the door and when I opened it up she would not come in and looked to her right and kept barking.  I found her and was able to get her in but she was ataxic and her respiratory rate was over 100.  I called my friend Kay McGuire, DVM and she told me to get her to the emergency center immediately.  Michael and Maria Felton came over and carried her to the car because she could not walk.  She was not treated for an allergic reaction for the first 2 days and eventually by the time my own Vet opened up was in DIC.  Dr. Corley wanted to send her to the emergency clinic in Mandeville, La.  I knew the probable outcome and I so trust Dr.s Corley and Ashlyn that I declined and wanted her home so that I could see her.  She was doing better, her swelling was down and she ate some pumpkin and yogurt last night and was responsive.  I was planning on bringing Peanut by today or tomorrow to visit.   I am having her cremated and will take her to Becky's farm and plant a tree.  

I know that her previous owner who loved her for 8 years before me is enjoying a reunion with her beloved Koray.  I just hope when its my time she will  to come to me for a pat. 

My life was so much richer with Koray.  She was my great gift and I was honored to be her human for the last 9 months.  I wanted more time.  God speed Koray you are forever in my heart.  

And So It Starts and Saving America and Mail In Ballots

 Yesterday Joe Biden announced his running mate as  Kamala Harris(D-Calif.). Representatives from India and Jamaica have expressed their delight that an American descendant of both those countries could possibly be a heart beat away from the presidency.  Her mother is deceased and her father Professor Emeritus professor Donald Harris has not thus far commented.    I find that curious and  I wait to read or hear his response to her candidacy. One thing is perfectly clear.  If Joe Biden is elected she WILL be President.  My guess is that he won't last  the first year.  He cannot voice a consistent thought without it being written down. He gets sidetracked easily and can't remember where he was.  On face book a meme asked "has someone told Joe  his running mate is Kamala?  On that thought, don't look at Joe for policy.  He barely can remember his own name.  Policy will be formed by Kamala and her ilk. The Green New Deal, medicare for all,  expanded funding for abortion with late date abortions allowed, increased taxes, encouragement for illegal immigration with guaranteeing health care and government benefits are just a few "goodies" we can expect and those that work will pay.  On abortion the only democratic candidate that qualified her abortion stance was Tulsi Gabbard who stated that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare" She also stated that she would prohibit abortion during the last three months of pregnancy.   Not a SINGLE other candidate including Biden agreed with her stance. This is telling because while he hasn't said it is okay  for late term abortions or partial birth abortions  he has not come out against the idea  leaving  the door open.     The progressives  are treating abortion as something that is good for society Biden himself  a Catholic has been denied communion at several churches because of his stance.  

Under Trump (until Covid) we have enjoyed unprecedented growth and development in  the country.  Businesses have returned to our country and are now American Made.  We have gotten out of disastrous trade agreements and have entered into newer and better ones.  Black unemployment reached an all time low of 5.4 percent.  New businesses started unencumbered by the red tape from years before. This will all revert back if Biden is elected.  

There is a huge stand for mail in ballots. Mail in ballots are gifts to those who want to commit fraud  quite frankly in both parties.  Mail in ballots can be stolen, forged and "lost ".  We cannot go to a totally mail in election because the rolls are often out of date and are mailed to dead people.  Personally despite multiple attempts at getting Stan's name off the voting rolls he is still there.  If we had unchecked mailed out ballots then Stan would get one.  He would vote for Trump he hated Biden. Ballots meant for someone else could be illegally taken and a vote turned in.  Liberals are behind this process 100%  and are using the Corona virus as ammunition. Our schools are opening, we are social distancing, and I think everyone carries hand sanitizer.  There is no reason we cannot go to the polls and vote except that there is a real concern on the Democratic side that Biden will lose.  

I also predict that if Biden wins.  Shut downs will be  completely over.  Just a thought

I have made every election since COVID19 and it has been done well.  I WILL vote for Trump at the polls.  

The True National Emergency has Nothing To Do With Race

 When I lived in Texas I worked for Humana Hospital as their Emergency Department Manager.  I loved my job and the support I received from the hospital for my child abuse/molestation education project.  I gave lectures to children and adults about identifying child abuse/molestation victims and how we can protect our greatest resource, our children.   I stopped lecturing when I moved to Louisiana but the subject was never far from my mind.  

We are taken over by the news of all the rioting in the country.  We are being led like sheep by the left leaning media and the true emergency is being buried.  Quoted from the site of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children  in the last 36 years they have received more than 5 MILLION calls  for missing children. They state that of the nearly 26,300 runaways reported to NCMEC in 2019 that 1 in 6 were likely victims of child sex trafficking.  That's approximately 4,383 children that are being trafficked last year alone. World wide the numbers a staggering.  Of the few countries that report here are the numbers provided by globalmissingkids.org  Yearly this numbers are listed by country that report 

• Australia 20,000
• Canada    45,288
• Germany  100,000
• India         96,000
• Jamaica     1984
• Russia       45,000
• Spain         20,000
• United Kingdom   112,853
• United States  460,000   

That's an estimated total of 901,125 children that vanish. It is estimated that human trafficking is a 150 billion dollar a year business with a billion of that from sexual exploitation.  dosomething.org reports indicate that a "large number of child sex trafficking survivors in the US were at one time in the foster system.  They also stated that the National Human Trafficking Hotline( 1-888-373-7888) received more calls from California than any other state in the US followed by Texas and Florida.  Who reading this realized the extent of these numbers?  I wonder if  you care?

We are all aware of who Jeffery Epstein was.  He was a pedophile  who was convicted in 2008 for solicitation of an underage girl.  He only served 13 months.  He owned a private island in the Virgin Islands from 1998 to 2019.  Locally the island was known as  the Island of Sin and Pedophile Island. Bill Clinton was a frequent visitor as well as Andrew, Duke of York.  Les Wexner the Victoria Secret Founder, was a frequent visitor.     Jeffery had a mansion in New York that hosted many of the rich and famous including Clinton, the Duke, and the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. After his conviction Bill Gates met with him several times to obtain money for Global Health. Jeffery had a private plane dubbed the Loita Express.  Clinton was on it thru 26 trips.  Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker went on the plane to visit Africa touring HIV/AIDS project sites in 2002. You will recall that Spacey was accused of making unwanted advances to underage boys.   Jeffery Epstein made a statement to James B. Stewart from the NYT  that he knew "an astonishing number of rich, famous and powerful people and had the photos to prove it. He claimed to know embarrassing information about their sexual proclivities and.. drug use"  .  His past caught up with him and his final arrest was  July 6, 2019.  He "committed suicide" August 10, 2019 while in jail.  Anyone who believes that he killed himself is delusional.  He knew too much and was likely to plea bargain with his little black book.  His "girlfriend" Ghislaine Maxwell has recently been arrested  for recruiting and training girls for her boyfriend and his powerful friends.  The whole thing reads like a horror story.  People KNEW what was happening to all those girls.  I hope they lay awake at night with the knowledge that they could have done something.  I will be curious to see if Ghislaine makes it to court because she knows where the proverbial skeletons are buried. .  

You all remember Harvey Weinstein?  He was convicted of rape, found guilty and likely will die in prison.  Over   eighty woman came out against him.  Many Hollywood elites came forward.  Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.  These woman permitted his advances because of his power in the film industry.  Since then many actors have been accused of inappropriate sexual advances.  Women were up in arms #MeToo was viral. Parents of child actors delivered up their children like Thanksgiving turkeys to these corrupt agents and film makers.  Those children were out of their league and many have come out as adults to expose what happened to them.  They didn't disappear their faces were too well known.  I still cannot listen to anything by Michael Jackson. That people find it "normal" that he had young boys visit with him and sleep in his bed is abhorrent.  They got to play with all of his toys and got great presents.  What kind of a mother thinks that is okay? Sorry/not sorry that he is dead.  I pray for his victims.  

 But what about the average children , our children and grandchildren, those without desire for fame.  What about the ones who because of their age and sex are sought after by certain men and women who feel that sex with children is normal and desired. There are groups that want to make sex with children legal.  The North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) works to abolish  age of consent laws. They are still active today.  

A billion dollars a year make child sex trafficking worth the risk to many.  What is being done? The internet is like a gold mine for child sex traffickers.  The need to police what are children are looking at and taking part in is critical.  The internet provides a worldwide marketing  channel for the sale of not only children, but child pornography.  

We need to train our babies how to be safe, we need to prosecute with life time penalties for human traffickers' and stop any public support to those that want the age of consent lowered.  We need strict ENFORCED laws against the internet being used for the purpose of selling children. Finally any convicted pedophile should face the death penalty.  After all they have murdered the innocence of our children for a sexual need they say is normal.

Above all we need ALL parents to say enough is enough and raise our voices because  our children can't.

Parents and grandparents can no longer ignore what is happening and talk to our children. They need to educate themselves to identify the signs of abuse.  They may not be able to prevent the  first attack but they can the second. Parents need to have total control and oversight over their children's internet use despite trusting their kids.  This is a war.