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The current administration and their backers have murdered our family, friends, associates, and fellow citizens, they didn't even let us give them a proper burial, forced them to die alone, murdered without even their own knowledge, and even cremated their remains without any consent. EVIL is exactly the word that comes to mind.

The other day I was coming home from taking my granddaughter to high school. Often I come back the slower but shorter way because it saves on gas. Had passed a fire at one of the houses a few days before, didn't hear anything about it, it sort of shook me up, but this day, on the way home there were several cars parked around the area and a group of people gathering out front.

I stopped, somehow I felt connected to it, and I had thought that perhaps someone has lost their life a few nights earlier.

Literally as soon as I stepped out the car I heard "Doctor Edwin, welcome." It was old Reverend Waddell, he used to come regularly into the local CVS to pick up prescriptions for members of his congregation and sometimes their kids or grands. Retired now, near 80, he was still a quite active member of the community. He greeted me, and I told him that I feared the worst, after witnessing all the fire trucks a few nights before, and then this gathering today.

"No my son, we did not lose anyone the other night, but we did lose the house, and that is why we are here this morning. You see, a little over two years ago, we lost one of our good friends right here, you may remember him you used to fill prescriptions for him through TRICCARE."

I did remember him, he usually didn't come to the pharmacy, as he had lost all of one and most of the other leg at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea. But when he did, I always welcomed him, shook his hand and thanked him for his service. On one of his rare trips to the pharmacy, he brought his Purple Heart and Bronze Star just to show me, and I made a big deal of it and our District Manager, who was visiting the store that day gave him a $50 CVS gift card.

The Father continued by telling me it was Covid-19 that took our hero. "Since the house now has to be demolished, and he didn't get a proper home service due to the lockdowns, his daughter wanted to have a short service here in his memory. We would be honored if you would join us."

"It would be one of my greatest honors to do sir, Reverend Waddell." I replied.

After the brief ceremony in the front yard his daughter, who remarked she liked my now long hair, gave me a kiss on the cheek and a hug and said "Dad, and me are so fortunate you came by, thank you so very much."

I told her it was he we should thank and direct our gratitude to God, "Where do we get such men?" Everyone there, a decidedly elderly and mixed race crowd all agreed with smiles and nods.

I told the daughter I might use the story and she only requested I use no names, that after all these years with no recognition he certainly wouldn't want it now, that he got at the CVS that day with a $50 gift card was more than "sufficient."

You know, it might have been for him, but it isn't enough for the rest of us.

But I will honor his and her wishes.

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KW NORTON's avatar

Great timely post, thanks. Makes it clear after these past years of serial abuse by sociopaths that either we stand or it is over. Those who actually believe the two political parties in the USA are going to solve this are delusional. Many wait for the elections ignoring the fact that our digital election network has been infiltrated by corrupted software. The people who are intentionally undermining you are not going to give up power willingly.

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