I got my walk in yesterday. I did a trail that was suggested by our neighbor. I had a small climb and then the rest of the trail was behind the houses of a subdivision. After a very long walk in through the subdivision, I came out 9 blocks from our place. So it was the furthest I’ve been around here, but I”m still exploring. I’ve gotten to where I will sometimes go for walk around here at night. Just seems peaceful and helps to clear my mind.
I worked on trying to get things done around the house yesterday. I got the dresser cleared off, reworked the bookcase, ordered some steaks from Omaha, got some laundry done and a few other little things. It felt good to get some things accomplished. Today I got the downstairs vacuumed, I still need to do upstairs tomorrow and clean out the litters…..the never ending battle……lol
I did very good on the treadmill today, I got 2.98mile in 30min. =) It took longer at the gym then normal.
I ended up talking to one of the ladies at the gym. She had a personal story that I found very interesting. Her husband was in the military in the 60s & 70s. They were living in the south when Hurricane Camille hit in ’69 and ended up in a shelter with their 6week old daughter. While they were there another baby was crying and nothing the mother did was able to calm it. When she asked this mother if there was anything she could do, she said that the baby was hunger. Since she was nursing, she offered to breastfeed that mother’s baby…which totally surprised the mother…..because the crying baby was black and the nursing mother was white. With it being the 60s and the south….that is totally unheard of. It was common for black women to be used as wet nurses to white babies, but not the other way around. But the lady insisted on helping the crying baby while the mother could not stop thanking her. She simply said, “are you a christian?” and when the mother said yes, “then that settles it, I’m a christian”
I love hearing little individual stories like that. Even through it took marches and protests to get civil rights addressed, a lot of people did things that were not reported that helped in some small way.  Even though I’m agnostic, I love hearing when people actually practice the meaning of their faith instead of using it for hate and division.
Here are some articles to show that we are still moving forward on progress :
Army gets first female four-star general
**I love this! Not only the fact that she has broken a HUGE barrier, but the history that there has been a member of her family in every war since the Revolution and other women in her family are making strides for women. Her page : Ann E. DunwoodyÂ
Now this one kind of surprised me, but kind of didn’t. It helps that a new generation is moving into the military that is more open minded, which makes it easier for some to speak up : Admirals, generals: Let gays serve openly
I got my Nov 5 Chicago Tribune today, still waiting on my NY Times. I just want to be able to preserve part of the history of this election. =)