Politcs! And other matters! in Majimaze Musing!

Hi there Readers. My monthly entry and it IS Spring and temperatures here on the Island tell me that!
It is much warmer and all the Spring flowers and blossoms are out,however,it is soo–oo wet that me and my dog Taitai are searching for places for him to walk! Good news is ,no floods in my house!(so far!) so feeling very thankful!
What prompted the title is I am fed up to the back teeth with politics! No surprise really I think at my age of 73, having participated in heaps of elections. This election year is MUCH different. A biased media debates debates debates and scandals.And hysterical reporters, commentators and candidates.
Last time I mentioned I might have to go to my default vote. Since then, candidates have changed, leaders have resigned and my vote is now solidifed to what I normally vote. What is driving me nuts is all the mud slinging and hysteria, so thank goodness, only 16 days to go.
Some of my criticism reminds me of the Presidential elections in the U.S.A. and I would be interested in your opinions on that last remark.

Enough anyway for the moment.I don’t want to bore you senseless.
Today would have been my Mothers 99th birthday. She has been dead 9 years and I miss her, however I have to admit I didn’t get along with her until the last 20 years of her life. She was a difficult woman who would have loved to have had a family of boys: NOT a stroppy daughter! She came from a family of girl s from landed gentry in England who emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1920s following a financial collapse in her family. Her mother ,my Nana , was an awful snob and I never got along with her either !Ha ha! However, I adored my Grandfather who was a delightful man and really made up for all Nanas failings!

I always felt I disappointed my Nana and my mother and that was difficult to swallow.My mother was much better with her grandchildren which I gather is not unusual.Anyway, she was also manic depressive and all my childhood and teen years were in shades of black and white! Good times and really bad times. As I married and raised children and had my beloved late husband, her mental state deteriorated and I was able to realise with Hubby’s help, that whenever she fired barbs at me which REALLY hurt, it was probably her mental illness speaking. Interesting to me.She had a favorite child, my older brother who could do no wrong, and it stayed that way til the end.However, she managed to alienate my younger brother and his wife to such a degree that after her ashes arrived at his home ,he put the urn in the darkest corner of the garage and it wasn’t until the older brother found them there ,that he rescued them and took them to join my late Dads grave in Fiji.Younger brother didn’t go with them.He could afford to ,I couldn’t.
20 years ago I decided to LOVE my Mother. Weird. I was tired of being hurt by her, and after a particularly difficult incident at a rest home I got back home and talked to hubby and decided to forgive her for the past and just love her. So every time she was awful to me, I didn’t allow it to do that, I would say to her, “I don’t care what you say, I love you Mum” and hug her.
It took a few months, then the change happened. She grew to trust me and when I visited her in the resthome, we would be happy! Mine was the biggest reward as by the time she died, I was genuinely sad and I genuinely miss her. Forgiveness works and I have done it many times since that first decision. An Uncle I despised, a madwoman who harasses me, a son-in-law who hurt my daughter etc!So, Happy Birthday Mum!I love you and I miss you.
My son has another lady.He is irrepressible and I love him.Ha ha! I have been low key about it to all who are interested!As daughter Penny said,”As long as we don’t muddle the names at Xmas, should be fine!”I like that.

I am enjoying Toastmasters and the Womens Section of the RSA and have been asked to join another group which I MIGHT! I think two is enough at the moment. The RSA one is all women my age, most of whom I know and we tease each other and emphathise with each other and chat about our lives and all the similarities we have. Toastmasters is ALL ages and genders and types of people and gives me intellectual challenges and unity and company.

Not prepared to comment on the USA as everyone else, like me, has their own opinion and the media grabs anything and everything that pops up. I think Hurricane Harvey was just awful and devastating and my prayers and love go to them all and to the Caribbean Islands and Florida that are in the throes of Hurricane Irma. Also I am so sorry for all the other disasters in the world. That is IT!.

In conclusion, I am fine and so is my family.A slight exception is Penny who is really quite ill with her third chest cold. Her three girls have all had it 3 times as well. I am quietly mentioning Doctors. Poor darlings.

I trust you are all well and enjoying life and love and God Bless you all,
Much love,
Majimazexxxxxxxxx