The Leper of Henry County

 

“The Leper of Henry County”

I have known for a long time now that I am nothing in the eyes of those around me that I am like a leper.  I live a quiet solitary life in a world much akin to a leper colony where people don’t want to be seen with me.  Much of it is because of my size and people have made fun of me all my life.  They don’t want to be seen with the oversized man  because it will cramp their style. This is how the people who had leprosy had to live and I can relate to their situation.   People out there don’t know how sad I truly am and how many tears I have shed just wanting some human contact and a kind word.   I am always worried about the spread of the current virus and knowing that people don’t follow the rules is why it is spreading even farther and wider than earlier predicted.   I may sound harsh about the virus and what needs to be done, but I mean it in a way to help others and not hurt them.  People have unfriended me because of it and some are family members.  Truly, truly sad, but this leads me back to the knowledge that I am just a leper and will be avoided at all costs to promote their own idealistic thoughts and harsh realism.  I am a person with feelings that do get hurt a lot because of those who are thoughtless in these matters.   I often feel so alone and lost in a sea of the lost and I know I can speak with the Lord because he is the only one who truly knows my heart and what is inside.   Remember when you cast a stone in my direction you are only getting hit yourself in ways you don’t understand.   I lost the one who loved me and wanted to share their life with me to those who hate our way of life.   Now I am attacked and blacklisted for speaking my mind.   I will not beg and I will not ask for people to recognize me more than they would a dog or cat.  I am a human with a heart and I will not lower myself to those levels. 

So, I will continue being the Leper of Henry County. 

Can Little Kids Learn?

 

This bad virus that is called covid-19 was created by some bad people in the far off land of China.   They let this highly dangerous weapon loose on the unsuspecting people of their own area.   Then, it was carried worldwide by those same unsuspecting people.  The government there did not tell of this being unleashed like a bully on the playground.   The bully always takes your candy.  This bully takes your life.  Doctors and other people who learned of this problem tell us to wash our hands a lot, stay at least six feet apart and to wear a mask to try and stop the spread of the weapon that is among us.  This bully is picking on our parents and grandparents more than it does us here on the playground.  Many of our elders are not heeding to the advice that is given to try and save their lives.  Now a vaccine is going to be given and many have said they will not take it.   If we don’t take our medicine we are punished.  So, many of those who refuse to go by the rules will be punished by not letting them on public buses, trains and airplanes.  Many will pay the price with their lives for not obeying the rules because the bully that is the virus will win.

Wear your mask kids or you may be put in a long time-out.

The Staff.