Seizing a Lifetime, One Day at a Time

I didn't write this letter, but I can't put my feelings into words any better. I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me? Well, these are briefly my ...

I’ve been in Boise almost a month now! The time is flying by. It’s been great and I’ve loved every minute of it. (Except that minute a few nights ago where mosquitoes devoured my feet, but every other minute has been great!) I really am loving it. My internship is great and I’ve been learning a lot. I’m also not sure if programming computers is really for me. I love it and it’s a lot of fun, but it’s really hard to focus on for 8 hours a day. I’d rather be talking to people, interacting with real life beings. Maybe I am supposed to teach. Luckily, I don’t really have to deal with that right now! Besides work, life is good. I just got called to be the Elders Quorum Pianist in church. It’s not a big calling, but it’s something for me to do and I’m loving it. I’ve started making a lot of friends up here. I mostly just hang out with my roommates, but we have people over a lot to play rock band. I also made ice cream on Sunday and it was excellent. (It’s also the first time I had some lef...