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@libbyrstein@keywestgrrl No. Biden was lucid, made sense when he spoke, walked, stood, made sense. Sure, he’s elderly, weaker and slower but he can still communicate and think clearly. Mitch isn’t communicating. He obviously cannot.
When NFL legend Jerry Rice visited an elementary school in the California Bay Area, he saw a hidden crisis: thousands of kids weighed down by the stress and stigma of unpaid lunch debt. He didn't just walk away; he and his wife, Latisha, quietly moved mountains.
Without any camera crews or public fanfares, they stepped up to clear over $667,000 in school lunch debt across 103 schools nationwide.
From struggling inner-city districts to overlooked rural communities, their gift gave thousands of children the dignity to eat, learn, and focus without shame—and gave hard-pressed families a real chance to breathe.
As they beautifully reminded us: "No child should ever step into a classroom hungry. Our responsibility is to plant strong seeds for the next generation to thrive."
This is true legacy. No publicity stunts. Just pure, targeted, life-changing impact.
🚨NEW: The Kennedy Family, led by Former Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA), is suing to block Trump’s triumphal arch, claiming it would cast a shadow over JFK’s grave.
RETWEET if you stand with @JoeKennedy against Donald Trump!
The fact that this country just handed Republicans the ass kicking of the century, and their answer was to hand even MORE power to psychos like Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan tells you everything you need to know about them.
En mars 2015, Tom Hanks reçut un appel téléphonique à quatre heures du matin.
Au bout du fil, son épouse, Rita Wilson, était en larmes. Elle venait d’apprendre qu’elle était atteinte d’un cancer du sein. Une double mastectomie était nécessaire.
Tom Hanks se trouvait alors à New York, où il tournait un film. Après avoir raccroché, il quitta son hôtel à 4 h 15 du matin, encore en pyjama, prit le premier avion pour Los Angeles et ne quitta plus son épouse pendant les neuf mois qui suivirent.
Il annula tout. Plus de tournages, plus d’interviews, plus de tapis rouges.
Depuis trente ans, Hollywood connaissait Tom Hanks comme l’inoubliable Forrest Gump, la voix de Woody et l’un des hommes les plus appréciés du cinéma américain. Mais ce que le public ignorait, c’était la manière dont il se comportait lorsque les caméras s’éteignaient.
Rita dut subir l’ablation de ses deux seins, suivie d’une reconstruction mammaire. Puis vinrent les complications. Pendant plusieurs semaines, elle ne pouvait même plus lever les bras. La douleur l’empêchait de dormir.
Tom apprit à lui laver les cheveux. Il lui préparait des repas réduits en purée et changeait ses pansements sans jamais lui donner l’impression de perdre sa dignité.
Une nuit, vers trois heures du matin, Rita se réveilla, terrassée par la douleur. En ouvrant les yeux, elle aperçut Tom endormi sur une chaise, juste à côté de son lit, lui tenant la main depuis des heures.
« Tu peux aller te coucher », murmura-t-elle.
« Mais je suis déjà dans mon lit », lui répondit-il.
Lorsque son état s’améliora, Rita lui demanda pourquoi il ne s’était jamais plaint.
Il lui répondit :
« Tu m’as épousé quand je n’avais rien. Tu es restée à mes côtés quand je n’étais encore personne. C’est cela, le mariage. On ne fuit pas les moments difficiles. Au contraire, c’est vers eux que l’on court. »
Lorsqu’on demanda à Tom quel était le secret de leur longévité, il répondit simplement :
« Nous rions. Chaque jour. Même dans les pires moments, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui nous fait rire. »
Le véritable amour ne se mesure pas aux beaux jours que l’on publie sur Instagram.
Il se révèle dans ces nuits interminables où l’on reste assis sur une chaise, à trois heures du matin, à tenir la main de la personne que l’on aime.
Car aimer quelqu’un, ce n’est pas seulement être présent lorsque tout va bien.
C’est aussi choisir de rester lorsque la vie devient douloureuse, lorsque le corps souffre, lorsque les nuits semblent interminables et que les mots ne suffisent plus.
Le véritable amour ne promet pas de vous éviter les tempêtes. Il promet de ne pas vous laisser les affronter seul.
#TomHanks #RitaWilson #AmourVéritable #Mariage #36AnsDeMariage #WeAreHumanAngels #HistoireDamour
In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at RobinsonHigh School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'
They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.
'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.
Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'
By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded the Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW.
Do you think this email is worth passing along so others won't forget either, that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by our U.S. Veterans?... I did.
Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights they have won for us.