Do you ever talk to yourself?  I’m not referring to the mumbling all of us have in our heads.  I’m referring to audible, out loud talking.

Sometimes, I have regular oral conversations with our dog and cat. I’m imagining what they might be thinking and then I speak it…

It goes without explaining that we live in a very polarized time.  Friendships and lifelong relationships are being tested and sometimes broken because of the heightened political rhetoric.  Jokes of the rudest manner seem to live and breathe in this atmosphere.  People seem to think by saying “it’s just a joke” is a free pass to saying something rude, offensive, racist, or demeaning to a group of people.