Give Thanks For: Helping Those In Need

Everybody has a moment when they realize they are a part of something much larger than themselves. For me that moment was in 2002, when Big Elm Creek in Abilene reached over 23 feet above flood level and began to seep into people’s houses.

The next day I was asked by some friends to help them clean the house of their church’s Bishop, whose home was devastated by over eleven inches of water. When we arrived there were already a few members of their church helping with the house. After about five minutes of cleaning up there was a knock on the door from the Taylor County Democrats who came to help clean up the neighborhood. They stayed and helped us clean the Bishop's house for nearly six hours.

The next day the local Republican incumbents defended their position to not allow the city to extend its drainage system to Lytle Lake. They claimed it was not necessary as it would not have prevented the flood from happening; not to mention it would lower property values for the Abilene upper-class.

This experience proved to me that even in the most conservative of cities the Democratic Party is the party of the people and I have been a loyal member ever since.