Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

Birthday 2Nana & the Boys!Arthur & SaraPapa & the BoysJenniferDa Boys
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Jen & ArthurBig toyWide openLandon and his new truckboys tractor booksplay time
opening giftsLandon & his DadPapas little budsboyslet me helpJen & Arthur

Christmas Eve 2012, a set on Flickr.

I am so BLESSED to have a GREAT Family!

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Landon's 2nd Birthday

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Landon's 2nd Birthday, a set on Flickr.

Here's are a few of my Birthday Boy Landon's Pictures!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Remembering 911, 11 Year's Later


More than a decade later, most of us still remember 9/11 like it was yesterday.  I was working at my computer, updating WBFJ (Music From the Heart.  Now called, Your Family Station) Contemporary Christian Music Radio Station 89.3 website.  While tuning into my favorite TV National News Station FOX News, when the the News Alert come on.  My 1st  thought was how on such a clear Carolina Blue Sky could a Passenger Plane Crash into the World Trade Center.  Plane malfunction was all I had thought about.  

I had just a few months ahead of 9-11-2001 set-up a WBFJ contest called WBFJ “Where In The World Are You” Contest!!!  See the archived website at http://web.archive.org/web/20010709012035/http://www.wbfj.org/events.htm

I had used a picture of the World Trade Center for the Contest that my Daughter Jennifer had taken while visiting NY the year before.

We all remember how worried some people were about what the attacks would do to America. Would it weaken us in the world? Would it weaken us at home? Would we stand up?

Well, 11 years later we can say with certainty and pride that 9/11 didn’t reveal the weakness of America. It revealed the greatness of America. We didn’t have to wait long to see it.

In the first moments after the attacks, we saw the courage of the first responders. In the days and weeks that followed, we saw the goodness and generosity of the volunteers who descended on New York. As the months turned into years, monuments were dedicated, mighty buildings rose again at the World Trade Center site, and of course we’ve all watched with admiration and gratitude as so many have stepped forward since the 9/11 attacks to serve in the armed forces and in our intelligence community. We honor them today too. Thanks to their service and sacrifice, America is a safer place, many who were responsible for the 9/11 attacks have been killed or captured. Many of those who harbored them are on the run. And across the globe, there is little doubt today that ours is the greatest fighting force the world has even known.

Out of a great evil, we have seen greatness and goodness from our country and our countrymen and countrywomen. And that’s why we can now mark this solemn anniversary not simply with pain and  sorrow, but with a renewed pride in our nation, and an unbending confidence in the resilience and the goodness of its people.

In her darkest hours, America always has summoned the courage and the strength to persevere and to prevail. We now know that 9/11 was no different. And here’s why — because, as Americans, WE believe that every person counts. That’s why we’re still haunted by the faces of those who died, by the hopes and dreams that were extinguished, by the families and friendships that were shattered on that crisp September morning 11 years ago. And that’s why we are still should be determined to vindicate their lives.

In remembering those we lost on 9/11, we should testify to our shared belief that each and every one of them was irreplaceable. We renew our commitment to live lives of so many, worthy of their memory. And we should pledge, once again, to do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe from those who still wish to do us harm.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

It's All About Government

Michelle Obama's speech to the convention was "all about government. I've got to say, listening closely to the speech, one of the things that struck me was it was all about government. When she talked at the beginning about the people who exemplified the best of the American spirit, she talked about teachers and first responders and the military, all very admirable professions, but all government. When she talked about ways to build the middle class, it was all about the auto bailout and student loans and health care reform. Once again, all government programs. And that was a subtle subtext to the entire speech.