Sittin Round the table

Women, chatter, wine, (water for me!!), dinner, laughter, silence, chill in the air, live music in the background..the ladies night out. The women in my circle gather..from time to time to leave the little ones and just be in adult time...Always an interesting group..a bit of a hodgepodge..from such random backgrounds all somehow families in this little town in the mountains. The one thing in common kids..the second thing in common the need for other women and conversation..the stores usually go from births, to marriage to the crazy days with the kids..and then it changes on this night.
It became a bit more serious..yeah...HUMAN RIGHTS....wow...how far we are all from what this looks like..main conversation i brought up the depressing health care drama in our own backyard. how can our neighbors be without, without the choice to seek help..and at times how can they be denied even with "insurance" Now it all got interesting as the chatter began..some clueless that this truly happens..clueless that we continue to forget our people...what is more important then that??? Then the comment "it will all change for the better soon.." HOW I ASK???i guess i start to feel like the pessimist..i don't see it...come on Corporate world how will it change..and that is where i am stuck. Sick of hearing about countries able to find there people more important then oil, more important then being at the top technically..but damn straight the people are cared for regardless of race, age, illness, history.. simply because they care for others....I want to be the optimist..I want to be changing not waiting..where do I go from here? In between running the boys to "school, " playtime, changing diapers, catching up on rest and starting all over again. Where do you go..where is your voice heard? It is time for change and I want to be apart of it NOW.
The dinner ends, the laughter picks up with conversation of the randoms, the night grows late and another night at the table comes to an end. We drive in quiet cars, and go back to the "real" world at home! AHHHH, the round tables