Seniors

I think I barely wake up and "kill" whatever is disturbing my sleep. I've thrown the alarm clock, the radio, and the phone across the room at times. My bed covers look like I've gone 10 rounds with a fighter.

I also wake from night terrors that are only getting worse. And the night terrors feature donald trump front and center... by face, by name, by voice. Is it any wonder I come up out of bed ready to hit whoever is close to me? For the record, I've scared my daughter half to death with some of these.

Stress, worry, care, empathy, friends, my religious belief, my desire to help people and animals... everything that makes me "me" is involved in a war that I never came close to asking for. My rebellious nature (which has been there since I was a kid) has never dissipated, and actually, only grows in this time of life when my "memory," life, and actions are "forgiven" by all those younger than me than just being a symptom of "old." I'll go down fighting, with my mouth yelling at anyone within earshot the reason why. But it does make for uncomfortable nights... no poltergeist needed.