Becky Ellisor

The last few months have been so busy that I have had no time to write. A qiuck update will have to do. I brought my mother in law Mary Rose to live with me a few months ago. She is 89 and has congestive heart failure. It took a couple of months to fight the care home where she was staying to let us take her from San Antonio. It took a judge and an inordinate amount of stress. If you want a long harangue on the state of care homes for the  elderly just ask me. They are much better off at home with you. No one wants to hear this because it takes away the good feeling that Mom or Pop is getting good care and it is ok to just visit them once a week when you are expected.

Ok, I will quit ranting.

I am making a short speech tonight at the Texas Democratic Women of Harris County about the organization I have formed called Take Our Children to Vote, Inc. Check out our website at TakeOurChildrentoVote.org

Some of the finest people I know attend these gatherings and have for many years.  I won’t mention any names but they are the salt of the earth. Actually most of the people who stay long term involved in Democratic Politics are good people who care about their neighbors.  They care enough to vote and help others to vote. More people should join us. I can’t and won’t say any thing bad about Republicans because they are most often nice people, too. They just haven’t had the fun we have: helping our neighbors.

Worked 18 hours yesterday, with a payrate of 14 hours at 8.50 an hour paid by the County of Harris for my services as an Election Judge in the Democratic Primary. The Democratic Party pays the County back, as do the Republicans.  What I really got was the honor of serving my country. I always swear to myself that this election  will be the last time, I serve. But like having a baby, the pain is gone at the finish and look what you have: an election that you know was conducted properly and fairly without any fear of cheating while the ballots were in your possession.

It is a damn small price to pay for free elections.

It has been a really rough two weeks for me but at least I am here with Elektra. Life’s little ups and downs make life interesting; at least, that is what I keep telling myself. The snow is pretty from the window but yuck to walk in. I love to be reminded why I live on the Gulf Coast. Surely we won’t have two years in a row of extremely cold weather. Knock on wood.

One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime and the rest should support their decisions. It is their right as a human being to decide what happens to their body, not ours or anyone elses.

Sitting around a shared fire, smiling and joking, happy.

Now let’s work to get it done. Time is wasting.

State of the Union

My organic fertilizer man came by today to spray my yard and told me my Kumquats were not only ready but delicious. He is right, they are delicious and so beautiful on the tree, too. I can’t wait for spring to come so my flowers start blooming again.

I drove I-45 about 6:00 tonight and I saw the most beautiful full-sky sunset I have ever seen. I was on my way to the Texas Democratic Women of Harris County monthly meeting. A wonderful bunch of women who want to see women get ahead all over the county. You are going to start seeing a lot of good coming out of this group. I am the Communications Secretary. Come join us on the last Monday night of every month, currently at HCDP on 610 North. Andrea White is our speaker next month and we plan a big event with seats limited to 300. I will let you know as soon as the meeting place is set.