Here we go again .


I woke up this morning one of the worst ways possible. Blurry eyed from sleep fresh out of bed getting ready to go to work, I turned on the TV and found out we are at war.

It is unsettling. Even if this isn't the first time I have seen conflict break out in my lifetime, it never feels normal. You hear about tensions for years. You hear about missile programs and threats. Then one day it becomes real.

My mind goes where a lot of minds go. Gas prices. Empty shelves. Parents with kids in the military wondering if they will be sent halfway across the world. The quiet anxiety that settles in the back of your brain and hums all day long. 

The truth is there is nothing I can personally do to stop nations from clashing. There is no switch I can flip to calm the markets or steady the headlines.

My dad was a Boy Scout early in life, and he always drilled one phrase into my head.. "Always be prepared“. Not panicked.. Not paranoid.. 'Prepared'.
So that is what I will do. 

I will keep living my life. I will stay informed. I will prepare in practical ways if needed. And I will not let fear run the show.

Wars have happened in my grandparents’ time, in my parents’ time, and in mine for as long as I can recall. This is not my first rodeo. We keep going and fight that little piece of anxiety floating around in the old gray matter.

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