Towers Trumps Gypsies and Thieves

MONDAY

it's

Monday

a new day

a new week to make

your voice be heard

or

to dance in the streets

or

to sit it out.

I have listened, laughed, cried,

been downright outraged

and

still

can say

"I am continually amazed at the buoyancy of the human spirit".

Many many many

have asked since the writing of these blogs

and

Healing Heartaches

for a voice to go with my thoughts.

Many have asked others here

"what does her voice sound like?"

and

I have finally been drug up the mountain to the world

of

You Tube

and

answered your questions!

I sure hope you enjoy what is to become a daily

program there

called

DrSherry Keeping It Real!

The number of "clicks" to view it

will probably determine how long I will do this,

or shall I say the number

of

"likes"!

But

many have asked

and

now the ask need be no more.

Hope you enjoy

what is the first of many

thoughts and musings

of

"Keeping it Real"

you tube style!

"click"

and save it to your favs'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShdTZANhtQ&context=C308fe5cADOEgsToPDskJAgxaR6jz2eaiXTlRjuKhs

From the Towers we see The Trump

and

his celebrities

and the t.v. realities that just seem so short of reality in so many ways.

We see people that I can hardly recognize

yet they are doing their best to win

The Donald's challenges

for charity or organizations they believe in.

We see

Humanity at its best

in the worst of times

witnessed over the news

with all that has been devastated in our country

with the Tornadoes and now sift through rubble.

People are finding their way to those that need them, those that need hands, arms, and bodies.

Once again

we are reminded that we are all connected

by the many who are responding

in all the ways they are able

at a time of crisis.

I cannot imagine the pain, the devastation

of sifting or walking through what moments before was my home, my life, my treasures

now exposed for the world to see

and

wonder how ...

The prayers and the prayer bowl are full

and

prayers are going UP

...

We have witnessed horror

in the news, on the air,

on the sides of buses

and

in those who exercise their rights of

the

1st Amendment.

We've also seen an outcry

and

those who have said,

"enough is more than enough".

We are seeing the efforts of many ordinary citizens; men and women, teenagers

now standing

and demanding that

one man be taken off the air

for his crude, insensitive and reprehensible

acts.

We're seeing sponsors, and those who advertise on the Rush show

now "backing out"

and

taking emails and phone calls seriously.

Those like Proflowers, and a few others

will see that supporting your

local business and mom/pop operations

will in fact boost the economy

and

the service will probably be better as well.

The heat is on

where those folks live.

It lives in their pockets

and

many are now saying

"we boycott".

...

And yet,

the wonderment of the day,

is spirits of gypsies and thieves

and

those who embrace this as a time

to

ACT not react

to

STAND

not to sit.

Anyone who values women;

has a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister,

a

granddaughter

is now realizing that

women are powerful, they vote, they will not tolerate any longer being treated in ways that are less than what they deserve.

And

we deserve all the rights and privledges

and

choices that men make and enjoy

every day.

"We The People"

are

The People.

And the people are talking.

STOMP

Yesterday's blog has a list and so many comments from readers.

It also has a wealth of resources of ways and numbers that YOU can get involved with

to add your message

YOUR words

to those that are being spoken.

I encourage you to speak

so that theives

will not steal your spirit

nor

your rights

nor

your choices

nor

your respect

nor

decency.

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To end,

the really grand news of this weekend

is that;

Godson Kamryn and his team

in Radford VA

played some wicked basketball

with him averaging 13 points a game,

and

after 3 games of the AAU

those boys

took

2nd place in the championships!

Way to go Lakers in Radford,

great job!

Seems the effects of 3 games in a row

on those who are 10 years old

takes a smile

even when they are

crowned as winners!

Of course it could also be that the smiles are hard to come by

as a result of the

outright FIGHT

they were exposed to and the secondary trauma that was absorbed by seeing

ADULTS

act like asses

in front of kids playing their hearts out.

Perhaps that had some impact

on why they lost one of the three games

after witnessing an almost brawl

on

the basketball court

where parents showed themselves

and conducted themselves

in a way that

was shameful

resulting in the police being called.

What is wrong with people?

Role models?

C'mon now... these are kids

playin their hearts out

and

they are passionate

and

competitive

in their sports.

Sit down parents, holler, praise

and

have fun,

but please... stop the maddness up there.

Congrats kids,

not all grown-ups are insane,

hope you all will forget what you saw

but learn

from the lesson of it.

Radford Lakers 2012

Kamryn and his best pal JW bottom left.

Oh those are some tired lookin champs!

So here we are

in the beginning of a new week,

a time of newness all around.

From devastation will be re-building,

from strangers will become friends of a lifetime.

From ignorance will grow empowerment

and

knowledge.

From this moment

we

have the choice

to dance

or

sit it out.

I hope you dance.

STOMP

To those in Sundays prayer bowl,

YOU were being held up.. and always are.

Walk in Beauty

DRSES

keepin it real

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