I haven’t read all the comments but, as a former chaplain at a Louisville area hospital: we are fighting for our existence tooth and nail every day. Hospital administrators are nearly always looking for reasons to remove chaplains.
I am now catching up on the podcasts. This podcast was put on 7/23. I am typing this on 7/26.
A lot has already happened in 3 days. You all are smart to go on vacation now.
So much needs to be done, we need new ideas, we need a new vision, so many people need just basic HELP... yet the Republicans in charge may pardon sex trafficker and rapists to save Trump and own Democrats.
I enjoyed this episode and feel the pain of “reach out to your representatives” and how they don’t give a crap about me. My representative is Andy Biggs here in Gilbert, Arizona, and every time he is up for reelection I just pray SOMEONE can unseat him…otherwise I know all I have ever written him has fallen on deaf ears. I just ended up subscribed to his newsletter which was the most biased, hate mongering, propaganda laden piece of garbage to ever enter my inbox! The news makes me want to move daily. Out of Arizona, out of this country. But that is not reality, and trying to make peace with that and figure out what to do and live our lives, make things normal for our kids and not go insane is so frustrating.
Live in St Paul, heading to my cabin on the North Shore (near Finland, MN) for most of August. It’s virtually bug-free up there in August. Let me know if you need recs for Twin Cities or anywhere along the shore of Lake Superior. Wishing you and Beth two weeks of repair.
Loved the EP retreat, loved the live show. Thankful for you both! (And Maggie and Alise!!) Enjoy your break! Also Beth - high school is the best. I’ve got 6 kids (23, 18, 16, 13, 12, 10) and teenagers are just a delight. They’re funny and so much fun. They really hit their stride in high school, in my opinion. PS - this is going back several weeks, but I don’t think teaching them to drive is that hard. I’ve done it 3 times with 3 very different kids. We’re all still alive and like each other. Just plan on being in a parking lot the first few times!
What causes simmering rage in me is the undoing of previous decisions. What precedents are being set by this madness? Rather than implement your changes you just undo previous changes?! As Beth often says, “It’s bananas”!!!
2 weeks away from news and politics sounds fantastic. I think I'll do the same. Maybe we'll feel less rageful and helpless if we can just take some time to process and breathe.
This is the kind of rage rant I needed. 😅 you’ve both done a fabulous job of being level headed and not freaking out about all the things happening everywhere all at once. And I’ve needed that too but this episode felt cathartic because I think we all feel this rage.
We've been trying to watch Emmy-nominated shows in advance of the ceremony, and the HBO Max show "Mountainhead" was just so horrifying. Money is power and religion and government, and ego supercedes any sense of morality or compassion or common sense. Please, let's fix it before it comes to this!
I think Sarah is really on to something with her observation about AI and people's feelings about the economy. AI is already ruining parts of our society, and is poised to ruin even more of it, all so that the people at the tippy top can get even more ridiculously wealthy, and not a soul can fathom the people in power doing anything to stop it.
I live in Texas’s 18th district, which was held by the late Shelia Jackson Lee until she passed last July and then the Sylvester Turner who passed away in March of this year. I’m feeling a lot of rage-rage about it. The office has been vacant for 253 days in the last 12 months. And this is fueling my sense of hopelessness. Every time someone says, “contact your representative” I want to scream. I have reached out to neighboring reps, but it’s just a reminder of the lack of representation.
Gov. Abbott refused to call a special election, so the seat won’t be filled until November. And now TX18 is one of the ones Trump is targeting for redistricting. Without someone in that office to fight for their own seat/district, it feels like it’s inevitable.
Sarah, I am in northern Wisconsin living right next to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. I keep waiting for your fam to come here because we have a boat and could take you to the really good places. 🤣🤣 Also FINGERS CROSSED. We really haven't had many mosquitoes at all this year in northern Wisconsin so hopefully MN is the same?
I was at a church camp out of cell range last week and came home Friday to a whole bunch of awful news. I told my friends it was too much and so awful. What was worst was my absolute powerlessness and realizing how much my elected officials just do not care about my opinion or all the suffering. I mean, Gaza? Destroying the food instead of giving it to children who are starving?
This morning the skies were overcast, so I popped in my ear buds and did some yard work. Listening to you echo my thoughts while snipping overgrown cat mint repaired a little bit of that wound.
Thank you, Sarah and Beth. Enjoy your break. I hope you both get a little repair to your souls, too. 💜💜💜
I’m just so glad you don’t know what to do either.
I haven’t read all the comments but, as a former chaplain at a Louisville area hospital: we are fighting for our existence tooth and nail every day. Hospital administrators are nearly always looking for reasons to remove chaplains.
I am now catching up on the podcasts. This podcast was put on 7/23. I am typing this on 7/26.
A lot has already happened in 3 days. You all are smart to go on vacation now.
So much needs to be done, we need new ideas, we need a new vision, so many people need just basic HELP... yet the Republicans in charge may pardon sex trafficker and rapists to save Trump and own Democrats.
I enjoyed this episode and feel the pain of “reach out to your representatives” and how they don’t give a crap about me. My representative is Andy Biggs here in Gilbert, Arizona, and every time he is up for reelection I just pray SOMEONE can unseat him…otherwise I know all I have ever written him has fallen on deaf ears. I just ended up subscribed to his newsletter which was the most biased, hate mongering, propaganda laden piece of garbage to ever enter my inbox! The news makes me want to move daily. Out of Arizona, out of this country. But that is not reality, and trying to make peace with that and figure out what to do and live our lives, make things normal for our kids and not go insane is so frustrating.
Live in St Paul, heading to my cabin on the North Shore (near Finland, MN) for most of August. It’s virtually bug-free up there in August. Let me know if you need recs for Twin Cities or anywhere along the shore of Lake Superior. Wishing you and Beth two weeks of repair.
Loved the EP retreat, loved the live show. Thankful for you both! (And Maggie and Alise!!) Enjoy your break! Also Beth - high school is the best. I’ve got 6 kids (23, 18, 16, 13, 12, 10) and teenagers are just a delight. They’re funny and so much fun. They really hit their stride in high school, in my opinion. PS - this is going back several weeks, but I don’t think teaching them to drive is that hard. I’ve done it 3 times with 3 very different kids. We’re all still alive and like each other. Just plan on being in a parking lot the first few times!
Love you guys! But now I feel like I need to be on alert for a crazy news event because those always happen when you guys take a break 👀
What causes simmering rage in me is the undoing of previous decisions. What precedents are being set by this madness? Rather than implement your changes you just undo previous changes?! As Beth often says, “It’s bananas”!!!
2 weeks away from news and politics sounds fantastic. I think I'll do the same. Maybe we'll feel less rageful and helpless if we can just take some time to process and breathe.
Ladies, thank you for what you do. I wish you the most restful, joy filled, rejuvenating, book loving, two weeks available to you.
This is the kind of rage rant I needed. 😅 you’ve both done a fabulous job of being level headed and not freaking out about all the things happening everywhere all at once. And I’ve needed that too but this episode felt cathartic because I think we all feel this rage.
We've been trying to watch Emmy-nominated shows in advance of the ceremony, and the HBO Max show "Mountainhead" was just so horrifying. Money is power and religion and government, and ego supercedes any sense of morality or compassion or common sense. Please, let's fix it before it comes to this!
I think Sarah is really on to something with her observation about AI and people's feelings about the economy. AI is already ruining parts of our society, and is poised to ruin even more of it, all so that the people at the tippy top can get even more ridiculously wealthy, and not a soul can fathom the people in power doing anything to stop it.
I live in Texas’s 18th district, which was held by the late Shelia Jackson Lee until she passed last July and then the Sylvester Turner who passed away in March of this year. I’m feeling a lot of rage-rage about it. The office has been vacant for 253 days in the last 12 months. And this is fueling my sense of hopelessness. Every time someone says, “contact your representative” I want to scream. I have reached out to neighboring reps, but it’s just a reminder of the lack of representation.
Gov. Abbott refused to call a special election, so the seat won’t be filled until November. And now TX18 is one of the ones Trump is targeting for redistricting. Without someone in that office to fight for their own seat/district, it feels like it’s inevitable.
Sarah, I am in northern Wisconsin living right next to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. I keep waiting for your fam to come here because we have a boat and could take you to the really good places. 🤣🤣 Also FINGERS CROSSED. We really haven't had many mosquitoes at all this year in northern Wisconsin so hopefully MN is the same?
I was at a church camp out of cell range last week and came home Friday to a whole bunch of awful news. I told my friends it was too much and so awful. What was worst was my absolute powerlessness and realizing how much my elected officials just do not care about my opinion or all the suffering. I mean, Gaza? Destroying the food instead of giving it to children who are starving?
This morning the skies were overcast, so I popped in my ear buds and did some yard work. Listening to you echo my thoughts while snipping overgrown cat mint repaired a little bit of that wound.
Thank you, Sarah and Beth. Enjoy your break. I hope you both get a little repair to your souls, too. 💜💜💜