Here we are, in 2008, tooling toward the future and, of course, our elections (yikes!). But, before we start discussing any of that I would like to make a recap of 2007, where I was and where I am today.
I remember New Year’s Eve of 2006.
My husband and I were aimlessly driving around in our then hometown in PA looking for a good New Year’s Party.
Not finding one, or just deciding we were too dull for that kind of thing, we drove home and sat on the couch to bring in the New Year.
I think I might of even had a glass of Champagne but I can’t remember (hey, it was a year ago).
Anyway, 2007 proved to be an eventful year for us and a year spent learning and developing and growing and expanding and it led us to New Year’s Eve of 2007.
This time my husband and I weren’t driving around aimlessly looking for a New Year’s Eve party, we were sitting at our kitchen table with almost every single gun we owned spread out on top of it teaching some good friends of ours everything we could think about guns in general.
The the question came, “Why do you guys carry everyday? Is there something that makes you think you are in danger or anything?”
I couldn’t give you my response word for word because my husband and I sort of tag-teamed our answer.
But what it came down to was a discussion mostly of responsibility.
It’s my responsibility to honor the vow I made to my husband almost three years ago that I would come home to him every night for better or for worse.
It’s my husband’s responsibility to do the same for me.
It’s my responsibility to protect my home and my family.
It’s my responsibility to be attentive and alert and to make sure I don’t get into questionable situations.
It’s my responsibility to defend myself.
Bottom line? I am responsible for myself. For where I am, what I do, how I talk, where I go and how I will protect myself.
I learned, sometimes through some rough times, that protecting yourself isn’t always as easy as it may seem, so I chose a gun.
I was pleased to see that what I was saying was getting through and my friend seemed to completely understand what I was saying.
It seems a bit odd to me though that one year ago from New Year’s Eve I was driving around looking for a party, and this New Years Ever I was talking about responsibility with a defensive firearm.
Wow, what a difference a year can make?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
