Juneteenth

It’s Juneteenth and a Federal holiday. Unfortunately I’m quickly learning that these holidays aren’t really days off for parents as daycares and nannies are also off meaning the kids are home. It’s great to spend time with Colin but a Thursday “day-off” doesn’t mean the work stops unfortunately.

In world news - the situation in the Middle East is intensifying and it’s a bit terrifying to see where this will go. It appeared that the Trump administration was initially trying to stay out of the Israel-Iran conflict by publicly stating that the U.S. was not involved.

Just a few days later though, Trump seems to have injected himself squarely back into this. It’s pretty obvious to me that the unexpected welcome response from most of the west in regards to Israel attacking Iran is an open opportunity for Trump. If things go well, he’ll undoubtedly look to take credit for organizing the whole thing.

The one thing I do agree with Trump on is that we need a long-term solution here. Israel and Iran exchanging missiles and attacks every other month isn’t driving much stability either. I don’t know how this will all end up, but I hope this isn’t another conflict in the Middle East that the US has to get involved with.

On this day, I do need to remind myself of the progress that we’ve made as a country. It’s not a perfect country, but it’s my country and I still remain optimistic that we will make progress to bettering the country, albeit with a few bumps in the road.