My mom has always filled the role of the “man of the house.” That’s just who she was…instead of having a “honey do” list, she’d just do. The other week, while I was kibitzing to some of you fine folks on Twitter, there was a ruckus in the kitchen. My mom was sawing off the top of a metal wine rack just to make it fit in the cabinet better.
What my dad’s role was, which I’m finding out now, is that he would know who to call when something went wrong. Of course when I finally realized this it was Christmas Day, there was something scurrying around our attic, the roof had rotted, the gradient heat wasn’t working, and the thermostat found a way to turn the heat up ten degrees even when it was shut off.
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“For His anger endures but for a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” – Psalm 30:5
Just wanted to wish everyone at Smart Girl Politics a happy 3rd anniversary. I had started blogging around the same time that GSP launched, and my first “event” was the 9/12 march in 2009 where I first got to spend time with Stacy Mott, Teri Christoph, and Tabitha Hale.
One of my goals in life was to see former NYC Mayor Ed Koch at a fundraiser somewhere, just so could walk up to him and say that I loved him in “The Muppets Take Manhattan.”
I’ve had that title in my head for a future blog post once all was said and done, though originally it was going to be called “The Worst Fucking Cancer Advice You’re Ever Going to Hear.” The irony being, my dad would get upset if you ever said that something “sucked.”
With young republicans from all over the state of New York traveling to Corning this weekend for our biennial convention, I wanted to take a few moments to salute our outgoing state chair Lynn Krogh.
