Are We There Yet?

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble. Maxwell Perkins I am running away from this statement. This is where my heart turns hard and my chest fills up with a hot weight. Fear of the unknown is the one thing that all those politicians, those men on the hill, have in common. They count on this fear that the wrong choice or , more accurately, guess will be our undoing. Our nation under God. I thought we were under Canada. Really. Let me be clear. I need to be sitting at the table with bittersweet and candles. The candles have been used. The burnt wicks tell the story of a meal shared and a host thoughtfully providing the soft light  of tapers to encourage a relaxed state. Candles to wash over her guests with calm while they are comforted by delicious aromas, polished wood floors to caress their feet. The wood stove warm with the fire laid there earlier. I have spent a much of my lifetime in anticipation of what will come next. Not the happy surprise generally, bu...