HarryBosch – I could not have said it better myself. I’m in my early 40s and have experienced/witnessed things in my life that I simply would not have thought possible 10 or 20 years ago.
I’ve seen good people work hard to raise kids who have viciously turned on them in adulthood; financially savvy people make a wrong move, become seriously ill, or incapacitated, and have everything they worked so hard for come crashing down. I’ve seen people literally be in the “Wrong place at the wrong time” and get screwed in irrevocable ways.
Yes, good planning is important but at the end of the day it’s all kind of a numbers game isnt it? One day, your number could be up and The Unexpected happens. Kind of like the film, “American Beauty”…doesnt Kevin Spacey announce – in the beginning of the film – that he didnt know he was going to die when he woke up that day?
I seriously doubt that any of you posters are in your 60s – at least the ones suggesting the woman move to Phoenix and work at St. Arbucks.
At 67, this woman may have some sort of a support system in Santa Barbara, however meager it may be. It could be terrifying for a woman that age to pick up and move to Phoenix and work with a bunch of smart-ass, tattooed and pierced baristas for $10/hour. If you’ve lived in a place for a while, understand how the “system” works there, it could be scary to pick up and move.
So, to all of you who say she is a “dum dum liberal” and all of that….let’s just hope that your life glides along according to your meticulous plans.
As HarryB says, “There but for the grace of God I go.”
You never know what the future has in store for you. Be grateful for what you have now, and be kind to the less fortunate.
