Associate Broker & Commercial Real Estate Specialist, Town Center Associates, Beaver, PA. I love the real estate business; my family; and my greyhound, Gus!
Abraham Lincoln revered the Declaration of Independence and frequently referred to it in various speeches. He understood that it represents the rights of men (and women), not only in the U.S., but around the world. Freedom is more powerful than kings and wannabe kings. Always.
My brother has Down syndrome. He is thirty four and he bags groceries at the same store he has worked at for sixteen years. He knows every regular by name. Last year a new manager transferred in and started cutting his hours. Said he was too slow. Said customers wanted efficiency. My brother came home confused and quiet. He kept asking what he did wrong. He did nothing wrong and telling him that did not fix the hurt in his face. Then something happened I still cannot talk about without crying.A regular customer noticed he was gone from his usual shift. She asked. Then she asked again. Then she started a petition at the customer service desk without telling anyone. Within two weeks it had over nine hundred signatures. People wrote notes in the margins. He remembers my kids names. He carried my groceries when I broke my arm. He is the reason I shop here. A man in his eighties wrote that my brother was the only person who talked to him some weeks. The petition landed on the regionaldirector’s desk. The manager was reassigned. My brother got his hours back plus a raise and a vest that says customer experience specialist. He wears it like a uniform of honor. The woman who started the petition still shops there every Tuesday. My brother saves her a cart with the good wheels. She told me once that kindness is just paying attention out loud. I think about that constantly. He was never too slow. The world was just moving too fast to see him.
A quick way to boost your mood is to begin reading daily. In my youth I experienced abuse, poverty, the death of a dear friend, and books were the thread that led me out of the labyrinth of despair. You will not regret beginning to read again.
On this Independence Day, please take time to enjoy the most underrated version of The Star-Spangled Banner ever performed.
Meat Loaf in Pittsburgh.
1994 All-Star Game.
@Mr_Lincoln@TheRealLA__ What an amazing memory! In '79 everybody was singing "We Are Family!" Those were amazing years in Pittsburgh, with the Steelers winning Super Bowls and the Pirates winning the World Series. I hope to see them win another one before the Lord takes me.
Celebrate America 250 in Pittsburgh or Philly - named no. 1 and 3 best places to celebrate the 4th by @USATODAY https://t.co/kpXXTCmnyt via @PARealtors
We talk a lot about people not knowing how to use 4-way stops in the Midwest
but a real conversation needs to be had about people not knowing how to merge onto a busy highway
The Phillies radio announcers spent a lot of time attacking Pirates players throughout last night's game.
Blowing a 5-0 lead must've been too much for their announcers to handle:
😂
#LetsGoBucs
Today in 1863, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia commence a 3-day battle in and around the village of Gettysburg, PA. It will be the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. A Union victory, it is one of the turning points of the war. #Gettysburg
The child does not have to be yours to care for another human
August 8, 1982. A line drive foul ball hits a four year old boy in the head at Fenway. Jim Rice, realizing in a flash that it would take EMTs too long to arrive and cut through the crowd, sprang from the dugout and scooped up the boy. He laid the boy gently on the dugout floor, where the Red Sox medical team began to treat him.
When the boy arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors said, without a doubt that Jim's prompt actions saved the boy's life. Jim returned to the game in a blood-stained uniform.
A real badge of courage. After visiting the boy in the hospital, and realizing the family was of modest means, he stopped by the business office and instructed that the bill be sent to him.
This is what a sports Hero looks like! <3
@Kristinartz I do remember this. You came to homeroom; your homeroom teacher took roll. Then you listened to Morning Announcements, which talked about the upcoming events and how to buy tickets to the football game or dance. Then the bell rang, and you went to first period class.