Gratitude

Cara’s lawyers fought tooth and nail. They delayed, filed endless motions, and tied up the courts,  In the meantime, her husband hired a PR firm.  They flooded social media with posts blaming the road, the car maker, and the weather.  She was offered a sweet plea agreement.

Cara spent five years in a minimum security prison and a year on house arrest.  A friend who was an attorney told me anyone else would have spent fifteen years in a real prison. 

“We should be grateful we don’t have her money,” the attorney said. “The more trouble you can buy your way out of, the less likely you are to change your ways.”

I thought he made a great point.  Without money, connections, or influence, the rest of us are forced to take responsibility for our actions. 

Today I’ll be grateful for the things I don’t have.

Dogged Determination ©2018 & 2019 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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