#IBRunning

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Looks like I am the gazelle today and as such I am running!  Started a post on Monica Lewinsky’s reemergence on the public stage but don’t know if time to note here.  In the midst of the usual flurry of kid-related activities, I met with another roofer to get a quote for damages received to our metal roof in an early October storm.  Naturally it appears our homeowners insurance wants to get by as cheaply as possible so it will be up to “yours truly” to make a compelling case – despite Nationwide claiming to be on our side.  Truthfully, their tagline/jingle should be modified to “on your side, as long as it doesn’t cost us too much“, in compliance with truth-in-advertising practices.

Today is the District Cross Country (CC) meet and Anne is running.  This is my first CC season – Anne’s our first child to participate in the sport.   I am enamored with its numerous benefits not the least of which are the obvious mental and physical ones.  It appears that Cross Country provides a unique and fitting opportunity for “citizens-in-training”.  I’ll have to elaborate when time permits so let the premise serve as a teaser or appetizer (leave it to me to use a food analogy in a sentence about running but it DOES explains a lot!).

Left Anne “the lunch of champions” in her locker:  Chick-fil-a with a cookie slice from The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Company.  Good Luck, Anne . . . Run YOUR race!!  Love, Mom.

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Philosophy “To-Go”

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I took Anne to the school gym this evening so she could get some extra practice before her volleyball game tomorrow.  When I went in the girls’ locker room to retrieve the volleyballs I saw this on the wall:  Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 12.50.19 AM

I totally LOVE it!  Great advice:)

Thanks For Reminding Me!

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DSC_0110When I drove in this evening from Fall Fest in Clifton – where The Liberty Brand Co. (TLBCo.) had a vendor booth for the day – my daughter came running outside to greet me and immediately asked how it went.  I commented that it was a lot of work for not a lot of money.  Then Anne responded “but mom, it’s supposed to be about getting your message out not the money!”  Wow, kids don’t miss a thing!   And yes Anne, as usual, your are right . . . thanks for reminding your mom why I do what I do.  It was a good day.

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The Right Side

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When I’m feeling anxious – alot lately – I find solace, inspiration, and direction in the life of Abraham Lincoln.  The following is a perfect example of why.  Lincoln once wrote to a clergyman, “If it were not for my firm belief in an over-ruling providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason in its seat.  But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans and will work them out; and whether we see it or not, they will be the wisest and best for us.”  And when another minister expressed his hope that the Lord is on the side of the North, Lincoln responded:  “I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right.  But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.”  Amen.Screen Shot 2014-10-18 at 12.50.26 AM

Is Chelsea Clinton a Closet Conservative and Future Republican Strategist?

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DSC_0094Even Chelsea Clinton recognizes the intrinsic value of the elephant – a fact lost on Republican strategists, the political establishment, and even the GOP itself.  The recent birth of her first child, Charlotte, is “scooped” in the current issue of People Magazine.  In the opening paragraph it is revealed that not only is Charlotte’s nursery swathed in elephants but Chelsea has “collaborated with an Oxford pal on a line of pachyderm products to help fund elephant conservation.”  Might the new mom be a closet Conservative and have a bright future as a Republican strategist?

Screen Shot 2014-10-04 at 2.56.52 PMTo those unaware, the emblem of the Republican Party is an elephant.  While confessing ignorance of the historical meaning – if any – of the GOP’s selection of this particular party animal, I like to think of the elephant as symbolic of the Founders’ memory.  For whatever reason an elephant is know for its memory, captured in the saying “he/she has the memory of an elephant”.  The Republican Party was established in 1856 and organized around the universal, political principles of the Declaration of Independence.  Lincoln was the first president elected from the new party on the eve of the Civil War.  Claiming the mantle of America’s Founding Fathers for the Republican Party, Lincoln employed original research on the anti-slavery views of “our fathers” and cast himself as a conservative.  It was the work of Lincoln and his Republican Party to recall Americans to the Founders’ model of self-government grounded in the transcendent moral principle of “liberty to all”.

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The essence of Conservatism is the belief in the constitutionally-defined role of government embraced in the American founding.  Chelsea Clinton’s conservation work recognizes the elephant as worthy of saving – as are our founding principles.  This uniquely qualifies her as a possible future Republican strategist and unlikely closet conservative.