I’m standing at the Keurig, listening to its gurgle as it makes me a fresh cup of coffee.

My mind drifts, thinking yet again about how divided my country is because of politics.

My mind questions if maybe we need another 9/11 event to rejoin us as Americans.

I think about the casualties of that event, people who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I feel a tad bit guilty for even thinking that thought about a reoccurring event.

I then think about our armed services personnel, who have entered into battle to defend this country, and how, for them, it must have felt to have felled casualties during a violent battle to do so. Innocent human beings who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I feel ache in my heart that these brave heroes should have to live with that guilt.

And this, dear readers, is why I titled my blog “Ramblings and Ruminations”. This is how my mind sometimes wanders in a path far from its original thought in a short time frame.

Welcome to a clear view of my struggles….