Speedwalking Through 2011-2014 or What's Going On?

I cannot believe that I haven't posted since 2011. Winston died September 1st, 2011 of liver cancer so we got a new shelter dog named Emily for my birthday that year. Winston was such a joy and a part of the family, we wanted to continue having a fuzzy family member. Emily is very sweet but skittish. Somewhere in her past while she was on her own, we think she may have abused. The study group that Jeffrey started became the Afrikan Village Church. I spent the entire year of 2012 serving as Treasurer. As it turned out, it was a mistake because it didn't suit me so I was asked to step down. While I could make deposits etc. I found the other responsibilities difficult. My mind was very scattered. By the end of 2012, I had run out of money and was damned near destitute. My financial picture is definitely not rosy, but we're surviving. Imani still lives at home and doesn't work anywhere. I have no idea of how she'll manage when I leave this earth, because my assets are pretty much gone. Warren ended up having several strokes so he's in a nursing home. I feel badly for him because no one wants the responsibility of taking care of him. Not even the home he's in, and he is so lonely, poor thing. Aunt Millie is still hale and hearty, but is a very suspicious old lady. Lynda is a published author of several books, and Vanessa is doing well doing whatever Vanessa does. Wayne's father and my former stepfather died in 2013 in a nursing home; and Wayne is still playing prison roulette.( A broken man who is stuck in place.) Relations between Black and White America are at an all time low. So many young black men shot by cops; riots in Missouri,and terrorist attacks all over the world. The more we learn, the less we know as human beings. We celebrate our differences and carry them on our shoulders like part of some worn out honor guard. People are still dying of hunger and disease. To be from Africa is to be an Ebola carrier; or so the media and government would have us think. Imagine if that energy could be harnessed in solving our problems as people! I wonder all those years ago when we were children sitting around holiday time, did anyone ever imagine we would be like this?