Rob Nakoneshny

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is one of the most beloved paintings in America, and it puts its finger on something we all pass through, first as the child, and one day as the parent left behind...

The painting is Breaking Home Ties, by Norman Rockwell, on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1954. A father and his teenage son sit side by side on the running board of a battered farm truck, waiting at a railway stop. A single track runs along the bottom of the picture. A ticket pokes from the boy's pocket. His suitcase is stacked with schoolbooks and wears a "State U" pennant. The train is coming to carry him off to college, away from home, for the first time in his life.

Everything is in the way they sit.

The son sits upright, scrubbed and dressed in his best, eyes fixed on the horizon, on the track, on the future rushing toward him. He is already half gone. For him that train is the beginning of everything.

His father sits beside him in worn work clothes and scuffed boots, looking the other way, down the line, as if he cannot bear to watch it arrive. The same train means the opposite thing to him. For the son it is the start of a life. For the father it is the day the house grows quieter, the chair at the table sits empty, and the person he built his world around walks out into a life that no longer has him at its centre.

Look at his hands. He is holding two hats. His own battered one, and resting on top of it, his son's crisp new one, held carefully together, because it is the last small thing he can still do for the boy...

And then the dog, its head laid in the son's lap, gazing up, refusing to look away. Rockwell knew exactly what that was for: "The father couldn't show how he felt about the boy's leaving," he said. "The dog did."

It has moved people for 70 years because every leaving is a beginning for one person and an ending for another. The child steps out into the world, as they should. And someone stays behind, watching them go, and loving them enough to let them go anyway...

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Folding your cards is a great way to lose at poker.

And trade talks.

[Americanmade @madenamerica3]

Make babies it’s fun and they’re cute.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Boy wrote "Jesus is REAL" before he passed away

His father shared on social media "Before my son Jonathan was resuscitated.. he signalled to me as if he is seeing someone.. but i can't understand him.. so i gave him a paper and a pen to write down what he wants to tell me.. but i couldn't read his writing.. he is so weak already and shaking and can't hold the pen properly.. but before the nurses called code blue.. he was able to write this Jesus is real.. and it amazed me because it is so clearly readable.. and i believe he saw Jesus coz Aidy my wife seen a bright light.. and a hand holding my son ascending.. and he was smiling."

[Trad West @trad_west_]

>24-year-old Catholic student walking across France on a pilgrimage to cathedrals
>Stops in a park in Annecy
>See a man trying to attack babies in strollers
>Police aren't there
>Henri charges the attacker using only his heavy hiking backpack as a shield
>Blocks the knife strikes, chases the man away from the kids
>Keeps engaging him until police arrive
>Asked why he did it: "I am a Catholic. I followed my instinct to protect the weak."

This is what a true Christian warrior looks like

[Altine Kasire @altinekasre1]

“Don’t be afraid. Just believe.

Mark 5:36

[Andrés Cuevas @ancuevasm]

En los últimos días han llamado la atención dos imágenes.

Primero, el 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘀 (Gironda, Francia), que permaneció en pie tras el devastador incendio que arrasó la zona.

Después, en el 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 (Italia), una escultura de Cristo tallada en un olivo muerto por la Xylella sobrevivió al fuego mientras el paisaje a su alrededor quedó reducido a cenizas.

¿Son milagros? La Iglesia siempre ha sido prudente antes de llamar “milagro” a un acontecimiento. Y nosotros también deberíamos serlo.

Pero sí hay algo que estas imágenes nos recuerdan.

El fuego puede consumir bosques, templos o esculturas. Lo que nunca podrá consumir es el mensaje de la Cruz.

Cristo no vino a prometernos una vida sin llamas. Entró Él mismo en el sufrimiento para vencer aquello que parecía tener la última palabra: el pecado y la muerte.

Ver un crucifijo en pie entre las cenizas es, al menos, una poderosa imagen de esa verdad: cuando todo parece perdido, la esperanza cristiana permanece.

Porque, al final, no es la madera la que sostiene a Cristo. Es Cristo quien sigue sosteniendo al mundo.

✝️🙏

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Workers often focus solely on their retirement savings balance. But figuring out how you want to spend the rest of your life could be job No. 1. https://t.co/1o2bBP5NX2

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

As popular as cryptocurrency has become in the United States, it remains an obscure concept for many Americans. While 95% of U.S. adults say they’ve heard of cryptocurrency, 60% say they still don’t know much about it, and just 14% https://t.co/aLDywRbxQi

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

As the race heads to the Alpe d’Huez for two stages, before a final-day fight on the streets of Montmartre, hundreds of thousands of fans are flocking to the most celebrated roads in cycling. https://t.co/vXtLPo7q6P

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Borrowing against your stock portfolio can free up cash without selling appreciated shares. Here's how a securities-backed line of credit works, and the risks. https://t.co/uliE6q2wd8

[Alberta Emergency Alert @AB_EmergAlert]

This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. Environment Canada has issued a Tornado Watch.

This Tornado Watch is in effect for Flagstaff Co. near Killam and Sedgewick.

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms which may produce tornadoes. Strong winds, large hail and heavy rain are also possible.

The greatest risk for tornadoes will be through 7 PM local time. Any storm with the potential to produce tornadoes will be accompanied by hail up to the size of baseballs.

In the event of a tornado, or if a tornado warning is issued for your area: Go indoors to a room on the lowest floor, away from outside walls and windows, such as a basement, bathroom, stairwell or interior closet.
Leave mobile homes, vehicles, tents, trailers and other temporary or free-standing shelter, and move to a strong building if you can.
As a last resort, lie in a low spot and protect your head from flying debris.
If you hear a roaring sound or see a funnel cloud, swirling debris near the ground, flying debris, or any threatening weather approaching, take cover immediately.
When out on the water, be prepared for severe weather. If threatening weather approaches make for shore and take shelter immediately.
It is particularly dangerous to be on a small craft on the open water when lightning is occurring.

Significant damage or destruction to infrastructure, homes and the natural environment is possible. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected], call 1-800-239-0484.

https://t.co/MBvbyeOKvZ #ABemerg #ABtornado

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Be humble enough to be replaced, but confident enough to know there's no one else like you. https://t.co/SINIBl5mw6

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Canada’s premiers are meeting this week in Prince Edward Island to discuss the country’s biggest challenges. Their discussions will likely include the alcohol standoff. https://t.co/z5ieuud9AF

[𝔊𝔯á𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢 🕊️☘️ @GrainneMcD92925]

“The demons are very anxious in their pursuit of souls, yet they quickly abandon their prey merely at the name of Mary.”

St. Bridget of Sweden 🕊️

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Why high valuations may actually be a good thing, whether to take a partial position and more. https://t.co/S0MHLKxtsk

[Jasmin Laine @JasminLaine]

CBC may never invite him back on…

Ron Kubek calls out the “illusions” of the governments latest interprovincial trade barrier announcement.

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Bathrooms seem to be designed to be as dangerous as possible. There are ways to fix that. https://t.co/eK75bwhqaa

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Watch to see why companies are betting big on the therapeutic potential of a toad poison. https://t.co/hCLiiTDcgR

[Rob Nakoneshny @RobNak67]

Workers say finding a job and protecting their careers requires more effort than it once did. https://t.co/4u1p5bj0Yu