ENJOYMENT

         I had no idea how much enjoyment writing the words, “DECEASED, Return to Sender” could bring. John and I were not on the same political page the last decade or so. How this almost hippie, believer of free love, live and let live, nonjudgmental, uncritical left-wing man could go so far to the right was absolutely amazing to me.  

          Rather than discuss politics or gun ownership, we didn’t talk about these at all. For a while, John sent me email after email from a variety of very right wing organizations. After reading a couple, I simply deleted them without reading. And, heavens, should I send him an email that disagreed with the one he sent...let me tell you I quickly learned to not do that. Some times I had to leave the room or even the house because he was so virulent about the topic under discussion. He even went so far as to sign his ballot and let me do the voting except for the presidential election because he knew I wouldn't vote for his guy.  

          Then there were the “nonprofits” to which he would send a check. Even though I went to Charity Navigator and showed him how poorly these organizations used his funds, he continued to write a check and send it off…it was HIS money. 

So, when the envelopes from the NRA, the Trump family or other such organizations  or the nonprofits he supported began to arrive, it was with great joy I wrote the italicized words above on the envelopes and took them to the post office. 

I guess one can find joy in the strangest things.