Written on February 6, 2025, as Project 2025 moves from plan to action...

A few days ago, in her Tuesday live talk, Heather Cox Richardson told a story that broke the dam of tears I’ve been holding back. It was advice from a veteran trucker, applied to what we all must do in this national crisis. After years on the road, he said that too often when things suddenly got really dangerous, drivers panicked and stopped driving. They covered their eyes, and they died.

His advice was Keep driving!

Well, that hit a nerve. A few years ago, I’d stopped my sedan on the one highway on the island where I live, waiting to safely make a left turn, watching oncoming traffic. Suddenly I was airborne, looking at the sky, then IN the oncoming lane with a 16-wheeler coming straight at me. Fast.

If I had covered my eyes, I’d be dead, and possibly the trucker too. But I kept driving. In the seconds available, I saw a ditch, thought Mud! Soft! And headed the car at it. It stopped on its side in that soft, muddy ditch, driver-side down, but I got up to the passenger door and climbed out. Alive.

The trucker, much shaken, was asking me if I could see his finger moving side to side. Despite having a concussion from the impact, I could. I checked on the driver of the truck that rear-ended my car, and he was ok too, just messed up the front of his pretty, personal-sized truck.

My car was totalled. But I wasn’t. Because I kept driving.

So. Yes. No matter what they crash into and destroy—Do not cover your eyes.

It's not over.

Watch for your best move.

Make it.

KEEP DRIVING!