I'm struggling.

[AirmensMom]

133. One complication is

that the friend is also my farrier. She's the best one around and truly cares about my old horse. Sure, I can keep her around as a farrier. I'm in Trump country and there's not much hope of getting anything different, just a not-as-good farrier. We broached the subject several months ago when I mentioned her "Jesus" hat and she said not to make assumptions. So I left it alone. I do get the impression that she has been brainwashed, but is not mean and hateful about it. There might be a possibility of showing her some logic (ie: Occams' razor).

I come from a long line of veterans. My grandfather fought in WWI and my dad in Vietnam. He missed WWII because he was in college to become a chaplain and the Army told him to wait until he graduated. By then the war was over, but he still enlisted and became a chaplain. Both of my brothers enlisted. One of my daughters and her ex are 20-year Air Force veterans. My grandson is in a military academy now. That they devoted their lives to a country headed by a lawless thug is disappointing, to say the least. I'm glad my dad is dead so he doesn't have to see it. It would break his heart the most.

Words cannot express how much I appreciate the responses in this thread. Thank you.