It was a beautiful day in North Dakota and Montana today. We had a busy weekend in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and I have a lot to yap about regarding the family reunion and the week before that. However, sitting in the car for hours and hours for the past seven weeks has really aggravated my pinched nerve and the tingling in my left hand is back with a vengeance. The pain was unbearable.
We took Kenric’s aunt advice and went to the Sanford Orthopedic Fast Track Clinic in Sioux Falls. The staff was really nice. The x-rays confirmed I have a spine (if you ever doubted that), but too bad it also showed my arthritis was flaring up. So, I’m on steroids and a muscle relaxer. (I really shouldn’t be typing this much.)
The little arrow pointing at the inflammation caused by my arthritis. I’m one of those unlucky people who’ve had arthritis since my 30s ?
Tomorrow we’ll cross the Canadian border
Tomorrow, after a short visit to Glacier National Park in Montana, we will drive north to Canada. As we approach the Canadian border, I can’t help but think about the atrocities at the US southern border. The unnecessary cruelty and wickedness by the current administration against unaccompanied children at the detention centers is truly sickening.
I am also reminded of something Kenric’s aunt said in January regarding the border crisis. She said if her kids and family were in danger in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, she would try to escape with them to Canada. She would keep walking her children towards the border of Canada even if Canada said “Don’t come” because they might get killed if they stayed in South Dakota.
Somewhere between North Dakota and Montana.
To those of you who still support the cruel and illegal policy at the US southern border, I ask that you have some empathy. Put yourselves in the Central Americans’ shoes. They are simply doing what your children and family also deserve from you.
From the Rescue.org website, I quote:
People arriving at the U.S. border have the right to request asylum without being criminalized, turned back, or separated from their children. The right to seek asylum was incorporated into international law following the atrocities of World War II. Congress adopted key provisions of the Geneva Refugee Convention (including the international definition of a refugee) into U.S. immigration law when it passed the Refugee Act of 1980.
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