Cup of Coffee
hat tip Doll at Freedom Watch who rightfully asks:
Can you imagine not being able to access for example, Fox News, Move America Forward, Michelle Malkin's Blog, or even Instapundit?
Crystal Clear this is a chance we don't want to take. Head on over, sign up, and contact your representatives to remind them this one ain't gonna slide on by unnoticed.
The graphic on the right, although tongue in cheek, has significance to me. I loved both Legally Blonde movies because in some sense I could truly relate to Elle's experiences and I loved cheering her on as she surprised everyone.
It may come as some surprise but I was quite the hotty when I was younger. I had long blonde hair and was relatively hot and was seen primarily as those two things: Blonde and Hot. It hopefully won't come as a surprise but I was also always highly intelligent. I had always known I was smart. However, whether my issue or the male species issue... not a single male ever got past the first two... I was Blonde and Hot. I can't think of a single guy who took me seriously for far too many years. Not to say I didn't eventually capitalize on it a bit by going to Japan with my MBA and working with Japanese businessmen raking in beaucoup bucks for the company...but it took two masters degrees, a lot of therapy, and a great deal of experience before I and some men could begin to appreciate both my intelligence and attractiveness. Somewhere along the line,thank goodness, I had embraced the saying:
Beauty fades ....stupidity is FOREVER.
Yes,okay, it was right alongside the saying:
Nothing tastes as good as being a size 4 feels.
But back to the post... I write all of this because I think it is relevant to the coffee I had with 43rd district Representative Kymberly Pine on Monday morning.
You too can also write letters and make phone calls and PUT YOURSELF out there... Be nervous and anxious. This was not easy for me to do. You never know until you put it out there and ASK. Ask for a meeting. Go ahead... ASK...
I never saw myself as a person who would get a personal response or who would know what to do with a personal meeting.Granted I truly think Kymberly is a special type of politician and I am very grateful she is my representative, I still suggest you do the same and hope you have the same ype of experience I had.
Kymberly was just as beautiful and as warm as she appears in her picture. 
. She was engaging, genuine, and really fun to be around. I was nervous I admit. I also know I reframed it on the drive to being excited to have such an opportunity and proud (??) somehow Hawaii has this type of engagement possible. We talked about the obvious local issues of housing and education and she listened as I shared my experiences of having moved here with plans of improving the lives of myself and my boys and yet the minimization/devalutaion/lack of understanding by Hawaii regarding the profession of Marriage and Family Therapy. While sharing my thoughts and impressions of the mental health system, she suggested we should get me on one of the Governor's task force committees. Comical and intuitive because I am so naive I was going to ask her what the process is regarding being appointed to a task force committee! I also out of my naivete asked her about getting this May proclaimed Foster Care month in Hawaii as I had no idea about the process or whehter it was too late.This is definitely in the works and I will keep you updated. Take note...Seriously.. click on the link... check out getting your Governor to proclaim May-Foster Care Month...Do it. I am shocked something so simple hasn't been done in Hawaii before and it definitely isn't too late for you to ask your own Governor. What a simple request with such possibilites for so many kids.Don't count on someone else having done it. Just do it. It is really easy.
Kymberly appeared relaxed and yet genuine as she shared her experiences dealing with the various factions of local government. It was fun to share thoughts about Ed Case shaking up the Democrat establishment and wishing him well. She really had a way of not only respecting my views and questions about an issue but presenting a logical and rational explanation for her position that also addressed my underlying concern. Masterful...and I say that will complete respect.
Frankly, it was fun and it was a total blast. I enjoyed spending time with her and hope to meet with her again. I plan on meeting with her again. Not to mention it feels great to know who I am really voting for...
This single mom to two boys working a new job in a new home state who just lost her beloved grandmother and under went surgery made time to put herself out there and try it and can not possibly reccommend the experience highly enough.
Not really blogger's block but more like an overload of things I want to blog. What I first enjoyed about blogging was I would just sit down and start typing. I rarely edited and never composed drafts before pushing the publish button. I loved the way it seemed to help with the overly perfectionistic part of myself. I felt free and relished in it. I was also gratified by the responses I received from readers.
However, the past week or so I have actually had some time to blog and I have indeed written posts... rather started posts and then just left them hanging as drafts. Although tonight I could go back to the drafts, I decided I would try and work through this by addressing it head on.
Various thoughts come to mind like just putting out there some of the topics I am thinking about and linking them and adding a few comments. Then I think about writing the personal part of my life as i continue to mourn the loss of my beloved grandmother and then I think about work and career issues and I think about blogging about that then I think about my boys and realize it has been far too long since I gave a Nethan "Poop" update and I also have some really funny Bryceton stories as well as disappointments regarding his education here in Hawaii which leads me to thinking about how much I love Hawaii and the locals and the food and the smallness of it...quick side note off of that which will definitely have a post on Monday is that in Mexifornia I was definitely one in the past few years who would write letters to my Senators and Representatives and make phone calls. Although I received boilerplated emails and letters back I never had the time or gumption to request a meeting or believe I'd even get one.
Since being here in Hawaii I have kept that up. However, this time I actually received a phone call from my local Representative Kymberly Pine. 
I was shocked at first but to speed up the story... I wasn't able to make a community meeting here on Tuesday night to meet her but emailed her I would like a bit of time to have coffee or meet briefly. Someone from her office called and scheduled us to have coffee this Monday!!!
I am so impressed... and you know I can't help but think of my grandma being tickled pink by this and feeling so awful she isn't here to share this with...and thten that jumps me over to the other thing I was going to blog about which a funny thing that happened at work today when someone congratulated me on my letter to the editor about Terri Schiavo being published... At first I thought they were referring to my blog or something and was embarassed and then I thought there must be a mistake because the paper didn't call me to tell me they were going to print it... later I found it on line ...bit embarassed because it truly was off the tips of my fingers (a blog version you can see here)...
Realization: I have reached middle age:
my letter to the editor was published and I have a meeting with my representative to discuss legislature
Nevertheless....to me this is a reminder of how many you can possibly touch with your words, how many I think I still touch with my blog, and perhaps...I should just get back to blogging and stop leaving things sitting as drafts... because remaining in my draft box, posts only make me uncomfortable and anxious. Published here on my blog... I can be agreed with or engaged in discussion and I always end up a better person and better writer.
