Fixer Upper

Unexpectedly Lyndon

LBJ

popped up 

this morning

just as I was enjoying

my morning coffee. 

Having closed that

chapter of history,

in theory,

his appearance

was not

a particularly welcome

suprise. 

In spite of

many favorable qualities;

liberalism,

civil rights,

environmentalism,

he stepped in

unexpectedly

and I was not

happy to see him.

His entrance

was announced by

one who has proven herself

untrustworthy

on numerous occasions. 

Alternative facts,

betrayal,

and ever shifting

stories

in which

the truth is very difficult

to divine. 

My morning coffee

sets the tone for 

the day's activities.

Today,

changing

my passwords

will top the list.

~ Mk Michaels

I Love Lucy - Valentine's Day 2017

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. ~ Lucille Ball

Most of us are familiar with the television show ‘I Love Lucy.’  I grew up watching it and always enjoyed the hilarious situations in which Lucy would find herself; from the grape stomping episode to the one in which Lucy and Ethel worked in a candy factory and couldn’t keep up with the conveyor belt of sweets.  Good stuff and a happy, lighthearted childhood memory.

Consider this – if the emphasis of the show’s title is changed and the speaker is Lucy herself, it becomes a radical statement of self-love.  I – love – Lucy.  I love me.  I love myself.   I believe Lucy did love herself and, in this, set the bar for generations of young women to love themselves even when the chips are down, you find yourself knee deep in grapes, or the sweets are coming far too fast to manage. In short, she set the stage as an example of someone who could love herself even when life borders on the absurd.  For this reason and so many others, I love Lucy, too.

Today, on Valentine’s Day, I encourage us all to follow Lucy’s example and start with self love, trusting the rest will follow.  ~ Mk Michaels