It's time to clean the backyard!

I feel compelled to share a story with you that still bring a giggle to my face. As a teen-ager, my brother and I would make some extra dough by cutting my uncle’s grass every week. Who needed a part-time job, with an uncle paying $50-$100 dollars, just for cutting his grass? One morning my brother and I woke up and went directly over to our uncle’s house to cut his yard but in the process, we bypassed our own yard needing to be cut. We walked about 4 blocks before my uncle pulled up in his car and told us to that our granny said, “Mo Back”. Since we didn’t know what Mo Back meant, we said, “What?” My uncle said in a loud voice, “Granny said to come back.” The lesson we learned that day was, “Take care of home before you take care else where.” We also learned what the phrase Mo Back meant; which was, come on back.

I sit and wonder at times if America could stand to hear the phrase, “Mo Back.” As a nation we appear to be highly motivated to assist Ukraine; while at home, we have doctors treating people for cancer who are perfectly well; it’s time to Mo Back. We have taking the lead in sending troops to Afghanistan in order to fight terrorist; while at home, we have unarmed solders being killed by terrorist; it’s time to Mo Back. As a nation we have sent troops to Iraq to implement democracy; while at home we struggle with acknowledging racism and social injustices taking place nation wide; it’s time to Mo Back. We assist in Egypt with massive airstrikes due to hundreds of people being killed but at home, we have policemen terminated black life for misdemeanors; it’s time to Mo Back.  

I’m not a rocket scientist but it would seem logical that a country would want to first establish at home what they’re attempting to implement abroad. Here’s an idea, why don’t America restore the trust of the American people in politicians? How about this one, establish a government that works for the people who elect them, instead of people working for the officials they’ve elected? As for a war against Isis and the Taliban; if we are not winning at home, what makes us believe we can win in the Middle East? It’s time for America to come on home, while there is still a home to come home to.