Gathering Storm

The Weather forecast tells us as storms form, assemble and are ready to let loose. They tell us to take cover and protect our family and property. We do. Make preparations, gather food supplies, and seal windows and doors. We gather blankets, water, snow shovels and other implements handy for surviving what comes next.


We even help our neighbors do the same. It is a group effort. The community comes together to prepare. Afterward we struggle to recover, count our blessings and get back to work to regain normalcy.


That’s what is happening now. Only it is a gathering storm on our democracy focused on Washington DC. The barometric readings have been falling for months. Storm clouds are on the horizon. Sharp stabs of lightening staccato the skies. Claps of thunder roll over the landscape warning of the coming turmoil.


Yet, the community does not prepare. Their leaders split into factions and argue the fine points of the odds of what kind of damage will be done? Where will the storm hit exactly? How high the turmoil is likely to be. What kind of preparation is needed, and which committee has this responsibility in its job description?


Oh. And what party do you belong to? Do you have the ideological credentials to be one among us?

And then the fragile egg that is democracy is left all alone without protection.


But, the storm approaches. With steady determination it zeroes in on the nation’s capital.

Elsewhere, we the people are more assured of what is happening. We are preparing for the storm. We are gathering the survival tools, gathering the kids and families. Seeking safe shelter and food, we are preparing for the shattering storm that approaches.


Impeaching a President is not meant to be easy. But it must be possible when malfeasance and incompetence is present. That has to be proven by the established process; it is working as we write and read these words. The facts are gathered and analyzed. More facts are identified as needed, and work is set out to gather the information. This storm of reality and facts is forming well. Those in the know are assured of the outcome.


Those who have shirked knowing, are beginning to hear the distant rumbles of thunder. Now they are looking up and realizing the need for protective action - to protect their families and communities.

And our democracy.


The tide is shifting. The snow shovels and sand bags are being gathered.


And the President of the moment feels the momentum shifting. The votes are gathering. The process is working. The US Constitution lives.


We The People shall prevail.


October 18, 2019