is an interesting idea, but it does not really apply to many folks around here. Farmers can't take a day off for Labor Day and they are some of the most hard-working folk around. Truck drivers were still driving yesterday. Hourly and part-time employees were working in stores, at hospitals, emergency and fire departments and police stations. Some of our staff worked, taking care of our patients. Labor Day is kind of like Boxing Day - a day off for the working class, but not everyone gets to enjoy it. It seems it was so much better when nearly everyone had off Sundays with their families - not everyone did, of course, but most did. A day at home and church. Time for dad to throw the baseball or listen to/watch a game. Everything was closed down - stores, most restaurants, the mall. We lost that (or gave it up) to make more money. LOVE of money is the root of all evil - and it cost us our Sabbath. Families lost time to play together and even to NAP! We suffer as a result. This sleep deprived nation of crankies stays up watching cable TV - whatever happened to stations signing off at midnight and starting again at 5 AM or 6? If everything (and I mean computers and all) shut down at night, folks would learn to go to bed and sleep....I hear my bed calling and know I need a NAP. So off to enjoy my delicious luxury....refreshment.
Be Blessed,
Kim
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