funny bone

Now that I’m back to volunteering in the ER (we still have to wear masks, ugh) I’m in extra-awe of the brave staff that sticks it out to fight super-contagious diseases from Covid to Monkey Pox… HEROES who show up consistently, day-in-day-out, and at their own risk.

We hear about HERO/COWARD contrasts daily, like…

— The Ukrainian civilians who stay and fight in face to face combat for their home and country in contrast to the dastardly Russian Soldiers who bomb schools and shopping centers randomly from far away.

— Or the heroic 25-year-old pizza delivery guy who runs into a burning house and saves five children’s lives contrasted with the spineless 149 Border Patrol, 91 State Police, 25 Uvalde Police Officers and 16 Sheriff’s deputies who do NOTHING while an AR-armed gunman assassinates 19 children and 2 adults.

— And the courageous truth-to-power Republicans like Cheney, Kinzinger, Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews unafraid of bullies compared to the silent Republicans like the three “M”s: McConnell, McCarthy and Meadows (and so many there’s not enough room to list them) who are more concerned with holding on to power than DEMOCRACY.

I don’t know why some of us have the real stuff and others are sadly lacking. But let’s show our appreciation and support for the HEROES because they make our world safer for all of us.