In reading a open letter to Barack Obama written by Stefania Pomponi Butler on Momocrats the other day, I got to thinking about liberals and anger. Butler ends her letter w/the quote Joe Biden's mother told him when he was bullied as a kid, "Bloody their noses so you can walk down the street tomorrow." I admit, the imagery of Obama bloodying McCain and Palin is swift and gratifying for me - and I don't like blood or violence.

She's amazing, my little girl. I drop her at school in the morning and see her everywhere, in everything, during the day. I kiss her goodnight, and my dreams, they are filled with her giggles. Even in the moments when I'm screaming inside to be left alone so I can just write, read, think or even shower, I still ache to stay with her and touch the curve of her cheek. I yearn to smell her yeasty, (sometimes funky) kid smell. And every moment of every day I try to be the best woman I know how to be so she grows up doing the same. Every. single. moment.

The Realist (TR) v. The Idealist (TI): TR: VP Choice is Biden - time to get down to business. TI: But he's not a woman. It would have been nice to have a woman as VP - breaking down that ceiling...I'm kind of surprised Hillary wasn't the choice. And Biden isn't exactly a change agent is he?

I've been reading about John Edwards and his affair all day. I've gone from incredulous to pissed to sad to resigned. In the height of my pissed-offness, I called my mom to rant. She works for a breast cancer foundation and has what I call a pretty solid moral code, so I thought for sure she would rant right along with me. I mean, Elizabeth was wronged - while undergoing breast cancer treatment. Edwards is a scumbag, right?

I'm missing the hell out of my grandma today. I don't know why. She's been gone for thirteen years, but this morning her absence aches. I was fine. I poured my coffee and was getting ready to boil my eggs when the feeling hit me so hard my knees almost buckled. And now I'm writing this with tears pouring down my face, hiccups of sorrow so unbelievably fresh even I'm surprised.