I was struck by a thought today. One of the things that has weighed heavy on my heart since the election is the need for everyday people like me to speak out and act to prevent the further decline of our country, it is one of the reasons I started writing this blog. Yesterday I wrote about how difficult it can be to speak out as a lone voice, because the what if’s and self-doubt assail us. Which begs the question how can we be heard in this world as the issues that abound around us can seem insurmountable to any one person?

This train of thought led me to another train of thought about how change is made in the political world that touches every aspect of our lives. In the industry I work in there is something called PACs (a Political Action Committee), and they actually exist in all industries. A PAC allows a group of people who have the same interests to speak louder and with more force than a lone voice does.

Additionally, as most of us know there are various Special Interest Groups and Lobbyist who work on Capitol Hill to get their various agendas past. Now PACs, Special Interest, and Lobbyist in general are viewed as corrupt and greedy. I don’t deny that there are many such groups who are greedy and corrupt and have worked diligently to corrupt politics on all governmental levels. However, I know there are some that are effective without being corrupt.

However, what I have never heard of is a group that speaks for me as a conservative mom or any mom for the most part. I mean think about it, what mom do you know who does not cringe when they read the paper or listen to the news about the economy going south, increasing high school drop out rates, the rise of juvenile crimes and gangs, the increasing drug and alcohol use of our kids, that increased stripping of a parental right, rising energy prices, rising food prices, and our nation’s security. How many times have you just had to shut off the news because you can’t watch it, or how many of us don’t even turn the news on anymore, because we can’t stand the decline of our society?

I said before that moms are a huge voting block and I believe that. I would put forth that conservative/traditional moms are probably one of the largest voting blocks in any city, county or state yet many of us don’t feel we have a voice at all. I believe the time has come for us to be bold, and if you knew me you would not have ever believed that such a statement would come out of my mouth... Nothing will change if we don’t come together and speak out. However, speaking out is not enough, we need to have viable solutions on hand to rectify the corruption we see around us. We need to speak with one voice to effect a positive change in our society, and to support those who stand in the gap, when we cannot.

I would also put forth that many of you who are reading this have plenty of ideas on how to change policy, and I bet your ideas are excellent solutions to the problems we face. So how do we get our ideas and solutions to be heard? I submit that if we band together we can make our voices heard and thus get our solutions out there. Here is the rub, I am not sure how to do that exactly, but I am willing to find out and work to make that happen. I believe that each of us has gifts and talents, and I know that if we come together we can make a change. So if anyone who is reading this has any ideas let me know and don’t be shy either or think your ideas don’t make sense or are stupid, because I bet you they are neither