Samhain: Spark within the darkness

[Withywindle]

3. Samhain is the time to remember the dead

And there are so many people dead, who would still be alive in a better world. The dead ask us to rise up and advocate for the lives hanging in the balance now: the poor, the uninsured, the disabled. They ask us to protect life, and that means demanding health care access for the working class. That means that no one should ever be turned away from a hospital, and no one should be saddled with a six-figure bill. Ever. People fear going to hospitals because they fear saddling their families with debt. That is a fundamental injustice.

I believe that the souls of the dead go on, to the Summerlands, and after that to new lives. That does not excuse a country that does not care to preserve the lives and health of individuals.