I caught a clip of Kate Gosselin on Sarah Palin's show. I have to admit that I did feel a little sorry for poor Kate - (a little - as in I'm playing the world's tiniest violin). The idea that dealing with a little weather made her break down and give up within two hours had me laughing - and then considering how Kate represents a large portion of the general public - and it isn't just women who have gone way too soft - don't even get me going on the "new" men.
To be honest, I never liked camping all that much. I don't mind doing it for a day or two, as long as the weather is nice, but trudging around in the rain and waking up with a backache from sleeping on the hard ground... no thanks. AGAIN, though, I know what it is to do it, and I am fully capable of handling it. You can be sure I'd handle it if I were crazy enough to agree to it -- and I wouldn't stand under the tarp while others were getting it all together, either.
More than the camping, this speaks to how our definition of hardship can make a day enjoyable or take it completely down the drain. I didn't grow up with money. We made do with the little we had, and sometimes that meant dealing with conditions that others now feel are "too much", but that I was raised to see as "life". I guess I never knew just how "bad" I had it. I've been enlightened.
As for Sarah, the more I see and hear of her, the more I like her.
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