My Foundation Is Solid

"I don't own nothin' new.  I might look like a mess to you, but I'm solid.  You may think I'm way too chill but get it done, got my daddy's will.  And I'll always keep a promise.:  Eric Church

OK ya'll hold on, it's gonna be more than any 8 second ride.  Isn't that a song?  Oh well either way this song has been stuck in my mind a few days so I might as well write something about it.  So here goes.

I don't drive a new car and I look a mess way more days than not but that's just how I roll.  I've had new cars driven right off the show room floor and the one I'm thinking about right now didn't last or work any better than the used one I have right now.  It was a brand new T-top Corvette that was the hot diggity damn and I drove the wheels off that thing but would I consider it solid?  Heck no.  Didn't own it 6 months and the alternator went out on it, right on my way home and in the dark.  Yep, it surely did so there you go, not the best car for being dependable but I sure did look good in it.  Oh but it did make me look a hot mess 'cause I always had the t-tops out so imagine this.  Me, young and a hott mess with wind blown hair that looked like I just woke up.  Yeah, ya'll get the picture.

It's a big world out there and every day I hear or read something trying to convince me to try this or that.  It's the best thing since slice bread, this diet, this meal plan or this exercise program.  I've probably tried half of them and so far I haven't seen any pounds shed and I don't look 20 years younger because I used this miracle cream for 14 days and look 10 years younger.  Hells bells, if that stuff  gonna erase years, I want more than 10.  Heck, take me back to about 40.  Now y'all figure how many that is.

"Everybody wants me to think like they do.  Put my faith in somethin' new.  But this old school is tried and true, it's solid."  I had this conversation with an old friend of mine just last night.  We were talking about the business we're in and how it's changed.  I've been in this business 20+ years and in those 20+ years, the business has gone to being done on computers, to paperless and now working at home.  All that sounds great and wonderful but what if those computers go down?  Well, today ours did...company wide.  So we sat all day not able to do anything.  That's Ok with me 'cause I did a lot of posting on FB, twitter & instagram but that stuff didn't get my job done.  

I'm going to skip right to the last verse of this song that talks about the long road to Mama & daddy's house.  Well today is the first time in my life I can EVER remember not going to my mama's on Sunday because something is going on in this country keeping us from it.  There are Sunday's when some of us can't come because we're sick, we're out of town or whatever reason but today it's because we're all guarantined at our own house.  We decided yesterday to be cautious because some of us work at the hospital, some of us have been to work every day and some have been out and about.  Me?  I went to work every day and I've been to the local Kroger twice so Nurse sister said stay home.  

Well as cautious as I was trying to be, I picked up stuff for mama at the local Kroger so when I took it to her I said mama I'm not coming in.  Her response?  "It'll be alright".  Well alrighty then if mama said it, then it's gonna be alright.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  LOL   I took the groceries in and sat down with her at the table to eat the nuggets I brought and we talked about everything going on. I stayed maybe an hour and when I was leaving I said mama you spray the Lysol and wipe down the table where I was eating.  I might as well been talking to the wind because she left right behind me to take the trash off.  LORD help that woman.  I tried to get her to let me take it but nothing having it but her to take it.  She said there wouldn't be anybody at the trash dump.  Again it'll be alright.

 We take care of each other most of the time any way but in times like these we do it even more.  This foundation my friends is built because of my mama and daddy.  Their work ethics, their love for their family and most importantly their words of wisdom that makes us realize where our foundation is and that is HOME!!!!  Nothing like the road to mama and daddy's, nothing like lunch on Sunday's there and nothing like the love of family. But today we will have to show them that love on the phone 'cause we can't go home.  Bon Jovi's song "who says you can't go home?"  well today we can't go home which makes me so sad but maybe if we're careful this week we can go home next Sunday.  Lord I sure do hope so. 

LESSON TODAY?  As usual who really knows but I'm just gonna start with if your parents are still living, take that road that may be less traveled to their house.  Take a minute and remember YOUR foundation.

Is it something you're strong in or is it something that might be not so strong because of things that may have caused that foundation to crack a bit.  If this be the case, stop a minute and think what you can do to

repair it.  People in times like these we need our families.  Make that foundation strong and take the time
to check on your family.  Don't just text them - make a call, hear their voice because you may not get that chance tomorrow.

Love to all,
Sweet Southern Sass