The Switch Witch

Bob has been walking Sonja to school in the morning.  He says she's quite chatty and they have interesting conversations.  The day after Halloween the subject of the "Switch Witch" came up.  She'd overheard a conversation we had with Arne while they were out trick-or-treating in California.  When I mentioned the huge piles of candy the girls had gotten,  Karna asked if the Switch Witch came here in Michigan?  For our California grandchildren, on Halloween night, the Switch Witch comes and takes all the candy away leaving presents in place of the candy.  Sonja told Bob, "I don't believe in the Switch Witch, I think it's Aunt Karna that takes the candy."  They pondered what happened to the candy after it was gone.  As they walked on, she pronounced that she did believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, but not in the Switch Witch.  She was dead certain about this.  This certainty even in the face of evidence to the contrary reminds me of our political situation, here in the United States.  Trump Republicans are certain of their beliefs and nothing, no facts, no arguments, will convince them to change their minds.  Democrats, too, have their beliefs (their lens on reality) that cannot be changed.  I wonder if the whole world is confused these days.  We've lived through years of very pragmatic and relativistic times, maybe people are just clinging to something to hold it as their rock of truth.  Never in my lifetime has our country and our world been divided with such hostility.  I fear for what is to come.
FYI:  the Switch Witch's candy is donated to the local school where it is sent to our servicemen overseas.

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