e-ditorial: I, Bitch

I bitch because I cannot take a shower.

I should be thankful that I can shower the other 360 days of the year.

I bitch when I have to tote buckets of branch water 40 yards in order to flush the toilet.

I should be thankful that I have indoor plumbing at all.

In this humidity – and of course no air conditioning – I go through about 4 T-shirts a day. I bitch.

I should be thankful that I have such an ample supply of clothing that I can change clothes 4 times a day for 5 days running.

We lost nearly all the food in our refrigerator and stand-alone freezer. Bitch, bitch, bitch.

How thankful I am that we still have ample food, will not go hungry, and will have the fridge and freezer re-stocked within weeks.

Many people lost their house, auto, or life. I lost none of the above. I have no room to bitch.

I am grateful to be alive!

I return home Tuesday and the house is awash in incandescent light.

Thank you, God.