THE FACE OF AMERICA

I understand the expression "The Ugly American.

I've lived overseas, and seen American tourists being loud, rude and insulting. I can fully appreciate that to a lot of people, NOT Americans, we are not a real classy group of people.

BUT I DO NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP TO REPRESENT ME.

I appreciate that political opponents can get a little nasty and call each others names, and insinuate things, and point in all negative directions.

BUT I CANNOT ACCEPT DONALD TRUMP'S SHEER RUDENESS.

He is not outspoken or honest - he is rude. He calls people names, he insults like a 12 year old, he is the ultimate say-whatever-he-wants-at-that-particular-instant.

I AM EMBARRASSED TO HAVE HIM EVEN SERIOUSLY BEING CONSIDERED A REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.  

I want to have a dignified, well-educated, intelligent and MATURE individual to be our commander-in-chief.

I don't want a reality-show buffoon, who makes fun of people, belittles them, and talks trash about woman in particular.

Can we just have President Obama for one more term?

Please?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR 16 YEAR OLD SELF?

There are so many times in life when you wish you could back and "re-do" incidents.

You wish you knew things sooner.

You realize how much easier it could have gone.

And somehow you wonder why the smarts never seem to show up until years after you need them.

And as a parent, you try as hard as you possibly can to pass on the knowledge you've gained to your kids.... and it doesn't work.

Because youth know that adults simply DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Is there any way around this?

WHEN YOUR LITTLE BOY BECOMES A MAN

Sometimes it's an actual date.

It might be an event - like a brit milah.

But one day your little person is suddenly not a little person anymore.

I'm not certain when it happened with Roo, but it hit me today.

He is no longer a little baby colt.

He is just a colt.

 I may cry now.