WEATHER WIMPS

Ok I have been covering some topics lately that have been considered depressing and heavy. So I decided to end the week with a funny comment made by our President. We had some snow and ice this week and with the bad weather we had school closings. Now the President is from Chicago so their snow fall is a lot heavier than ours. So the President opened up a meeting stating”My children’s school was closed today because of what? Some ice?” before he started a meeting with local businessmen. He than stated that local people, (Maryland, DC, and Virginia) are weather wimps which I found hilarious, only because I have friends who are from Chicago and they talk about how they go to school in snow as long as its under 12 inches. So it would only make sense that the president and his kids would feel the same way. So DC, Maryland, and Virginia we need to toughen up, and weather the storms (Hilarious), AND even though my team “The Ravens” aren’t in the super bowl I know some people will be glued to the TV watching and rooting for their team you know those steeler fans can be fanatical (Rolling my Eyes) I hope it’s a good game and maybe the cardinals finish with a trophy and rings wouldn’t that be an upset…LOL Everyone enjoy your weekend!!!!

I DONT UNDERSTAND!!!!!

Today the subject that is weighing heavy on trouble mind is that of the Lupoe family. I have ran scenarios through my mind tying to understand what could have caused the two adults in this situation to find no other way out but to end their lives and the lives of their young children. The more the media is coming out with information the more confused I am getting. I want to know did they reach out to someone and say that they felt trapped with no way out. Did they make any attempts to find resources so that they didn’t have to live in poverty, or is this story of murder suicide orchestrated by the Mr. Lupoe? Did Mrs. Lupoe really play a part in ending the lives of her young children and herself over having to struggle for a small period of time or was she married to a weak minded man who was not strong enough to handle a struggle? I understand how devastating it is to loose a job, but we pay a consequence for every action so when they lied to get cheaper daycare were they not aware of the consequences, or did they think they were not going to get caught? My heart goes out to the family member’s who is left to deal with this mystery and have to live with the unanswered questions. I would love to get some of my reader’s opinions and your take on this event. Have we become such a society where we rather die than earn what’s rightfully ours? Have we become such an instant fix society that the thought of struggle is unbearable? I understand what is like to have to struggle with children but children learn from the struggles of their parents it makes them want to do better so they don’t have to struggle. I hope that those beautiful babies did not suffer long, and if the mother is truly a victim that she didn’t either. But if she was a willing party I hope she is judged accordingly. I don’t have the facts to form a solid opinion and reality is only Mr. and Mrs. Lupoe knows what happened those two days. But I can say this was truly one of the saddest stories I have ever heard.

Bloody Monday

Well this Tuesday morning it is hard for some folks to get up and go about their day. I am not talking about the snow and slush that has appeared in this area and tends to makes us all lazy, but the fact that yesterday was labeled “Bloody Monday”. Several large companies announced lay offs which totaled in the thousands 50.000 to be exact. Local Governments are worrying of depleting unemployment funds due to unemployment rates rising. Like social security even though you contribute, it doesn’t mean there will be enough funds for you when you need it. I knew that the economy would get worst before it got better and I understand that it is a part of the repair process, but I can not help but think about all of the families that were affected by yesterday’s announcements. That is 50,000 families who have lost income and may not have any other means of support. We will have to be our brothers, neighbors, sister, mothers’ cousins’ keepers. We will have to not be so judgmental when someone asks for help, because we never know when our turn to suffer the financial crunch will come around. So let us rally together and look out for one another. My prayers go out to the families who are going through these changes at this time.

Interesting View

Well today I received an interesting email written by a reporter in Atlanta who is also a professor of history at Macon State College Andrew M Manis. Professor Manis wrote this article (editorial) for the Macon Telegraph I found this to be informational and thought that I would share.


Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It?

For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans finally going to get over it? Now I want to ask: "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color? Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes” should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in “Bombing ham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do more than "talk the talk." Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, yes. Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we’ve proven what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less the whole world, look like us? How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white skin makes us superior? How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head of the line merely because of our white skin? How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only conversations? I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? How long before we starting "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. But here's my three-point plan: First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him and his family from us white people. Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama. Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our damnable color prejudice, "We HAVE overcome." ************************************** It takes a Village to protect our President

DISCUSS!!!!!

Remaining Informed

This is for my readers who interested in what’s going on with our government the new president is a very informational president and he is very with the times e-mail and websites and so forth. The white house web page is updated daily and you can read the news blog and see what’s going on his agenda. It’s our job to know what is going on http://www.whitehouse.gov/...... Thanks Trish

Repairing Relationships

Today I want to discuss relationship building after pain and hurt. I myself have been through some traumatic events that have caused me to treat relationships differently from friendships (platonic) on down to intimate friendships. Because I myself have learned that I am a very trusting person once you make it past all the stuff I use to protect myself from people I tend to be aggressive sometimes even unbearable but that is my armor to keep people out because once your in you see that I am a strong person but vulnerable all at the same time so A friend of mine gave me this book that places friendships in a perspective that seems so obvious you almost feel foolish for not seeing it that way. The name of the book “Who Is in Your Circle and Why?” it is by Dr J. Calvin Alberty. It gives examples and tells a story that anyone will fall in love with and it helps you to set boundaries and realize the differences between acquaintances and how to build healthy long term relationships. It is one of the most awesome reads I am able to incorporate in my everyday life. This is a MUST read I would suggest you read and spread the word this book is awesome. I have not read a book that has broken down relationships Platonic and intimate with such detail. It has examples it gives details of lines that need to be drawn and how to do so without being offensive and suffering consequences which is also noted. Dr Alberty put a lot of thought, research and time into this book and I recommend it to you once you have read this book you will also recommend it. You can reach out to Dr Alberty at his web site https://www.whosinyourcircles.com/. You can also get a copy of the book there. In this new year not only should we focus on getting finances straight we need to get our relationships in order we need to make the sick ones healthy and to cut loose those who bring no value to our lives

Generation Lost

Today my thoughts are about family and family structure. When I was growing up I was fortunate to have both parents in the home up until my teens (that’s another article). I also had the input of grandmothers on both maternal and fraternal sides and a maternal great grandmother and at the time it felt like I had too much input on my life. But now looking back I had one of the best upbringings possible and because I loved to talk and listen I received a lot of wisdom and knowledge from them. Looking at the lives of my children and their friends there doesn’t seem to be enough input in the lives of this generation. Yes there are a lot of reasons some we can control and some we can’t. I just sat with my kids the other day and had was like an impromptu family meeting because for some reason I felt out of the loop and they had no problem bringing me up to speed some things we had to discuss in depth and others were just kid stuff but listening to my two teenagers and my tween they are a generation who feels motherless and unloved. Not my children per se ( but they wish I didn’t work)but some of their concerns about friends was saddening some of them are stuck with siblings for days to the point where the child visits friends and sneaks away to get a break from her sibling. Than there is my daughters friend who is pregnant and going through a lot of changes and my daughter who is close to this girl just doesn’t understand why her friend is changing and now pushing her away, and no matter how much I tried to explain it she didn’t understand so I said to her “that why children aren’t suppose to have children”. I know it’s a little ironic coming from me for those who know me. They seem to have a feeling of being lost and just being. So I had to have a conversation of purpose. Our children are not being told that they have a positive purpose. I have always spoke positivity in their lives but they need more confirmation than I have been giving. So I have decided to remind them weekly that they are going to be important and good at whatever it is that they put their minds to. I had to remind them that sometimes our surroundings are test for better things. So if you have a chance to speak positivity and purpose in a child’s life do so you may help them to see outside of their surroundings and give them hope.

What we care about

I am writing today because I had one of those good conversations last evening with a person who is a great thinker and can get a good conversation or debate started and it not be foolishness or an empty topic and he talked about how people made pilgrimages to DC and glued themselves to the TV for 6 hours and how all took off work for the inauguration and the parade and to attend the balls. And if you asked anyone what designer Michelle and Barack were wearing they could tell you and could give you all the small tid bits of the day, but if you asked what He did on his first day as president most people do not know. They don’t know how foreign policy will be changed, or what the game plan is for economics. So we were all so excited about getting a black man, this black man into office with all the support and T shirts and now he is there how will we show support now for the very hard job we have elected him to do? We can not get him to this point and drop the ball we have to be in the know. The best way to support him now is to be active and knowledable. Get more involved and not pass the blame. The worst thing we can do now is be ignorant to how we are being governed. He will need his supporters to be in the know and prepared for all the things that are about to happen. It’s our Government also. As for his 1st day our president got off to a very good start he jumped right into correcting the error from the previous day with the oath so he had the justice come and do the oath properly. Than the new President jumped right into a busy day of speaking with foreign leaders, setting up his cabinet and reversing all the policies that needed changing which is a good start on such a large job.

Inaugural Thoughts

Today while I am sitting at my desk listening to the different opinions on the events of the day before I realize that not only was history made but every person has made it their very own experience those that were present and those that watched on the TV all have been touched by the plight of this 1 American family and with all the hoopla over and life back to normal now this man has started his journey to began to rebuild his country.....Our country. In his speech he expressed that this is a new America and that we are a country reborn willing to give our hand out to any friend. This will be and interesting journey and historic time. I look for things to have a slow start but for him to get plenty accomplished. My prayers are with him because he has a very large task ahead but I think he is up to the challenge