It felt good to be off social media yesterday. Things are in the works, that's all I can say for now. Negotiations are ongoing with the DA. My attorney choked me up yesterday when he sent me an email that was just one line: "Let's get Lucy home."
Amen. Amen, amen, amen.
I spent the day with the kids at the park while @Herb_Minstrel gave voice lessons at home, going over with pen and paper what I had feverishly typed up thus far about Lucy, the makings of what I hope will be a story with some appeal beyond just myself and my little family.
Things just jump out at me on paper in a way they don't on a screen.
I'm writing this as a way to protect her, in my own way, from anything like this ever happening again. She's kind of famous right now, but it's the 15-minutes-of-fame sort of notoriety.
I want to lock that in. I want to make Lucy untouchable. I fell into a trap once that has made her vulnerable. I'm doing everything I can right now to make her invincible for the rest of her life.
If I fail to convey Lucy's story in a way that has broad appeal, then at least I hope to have a personal story to add to our family lore, where it will be valued by the people who know and matter most, the same way I treasure all of the songs my wife wrote me to get me through the terror and tedium overseas.
This will probably be another quiet day from me as I scribble lines on paper, cross them out, work them and rework them over and over - and do it all in those quiet moments when the kids aren't fighting with each other or getting into trouble or making messes and getting loud.
Thank you all for your support of me and Lucy for these past several weeks. It means the world.
#SaveLucy
🚨BREAKING: ANTIFA RIOTERS ARE NOW ATTACKING POLICE HORSES OUTSIDE ICE NEWARK
LARGE pieces of wood and ROCKS are being thrown at the horses’ heads while other rioters get in the horses’ faces with makeshift shields and umbrellas
THESE ARE NOT PROTESTORS. THESE ARE MILITANTS
The installation features red, white, and blue illumination and a massive American flag measuring 300 feet wide by 150 feet tall suspended across the dam.
The special light display will illuminate Hoover Dam nightly through Saturday, July 4.
.@brendanmjones Today is a beautiful day! Let’s save Lucy!!
⭐️ Call the Shenandoah County’s Commonwealth’s Attorneys Office and demand her release! It’s been five weeks! Enough is enough!
☎️ 540-459-6129
SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!!
🇺🇸 Let’s bring Lucy home!
#savelucy
You know who you are. On April 17, you saw me in my yard with my dog. You watched a freak mishap occur. You saw the collar slip over my dog's head. You saw me immediately react, bringing my dog under control as quickly as I could manage without her leaving my property. You heard me apologize and wish you an enjoyable rest of your walk and a great day. You saw me smile.
After seeing that, you did not choose to show me understanding. You called the police. Maybe you told one of your buddies, who called the police on your behalf. Either way, you chose litigiousness over grace. For an incident that left no victims.
The police took my family's dog for that. A dog we've had for ten years. A dog I bonded with in war. Now she's in a concrete cell and I face criminal charges over an incident that left no victims.
I've been angry at you. But I am no more. I choose forgiveness. Not for your sake, but for mine. You are free to hate me if you want, but I will not hate you in return. I do not want to carry that weight.
I'm sure that you have managed to convince yourself that you were in the right. That you were perfectly justified in calling the police on me over the freak collar mishap. That taking away a family's dog and putting a law-abiding citizen who has never wanted to be anything but a good neighbor to you through a living hell was the right thing to do. These words of mine are not going to convince you otherwise, but time may.
"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts." I pray that the Lord will find me a humble servant, doing justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with Him when he weighs my heart. I am a work in progress, but I'm trying to let the Word be my guide and His will be my own.
When I say that I forgive you, I mean that sincerely. I hold you no ill will and I will not hold a grudge against you. Not for one day more.
I wish you nothing but the best. I hope that God blesses you and your family.
#SaveLucy
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A Georgia Democrat who says when Democrats retake power they will pass laws making it legal to “execute Trump supporters and Republicans” has been identified as Rob Adkerson, a system administrator for ExecuSource in Atlanta.
Contact his job and ask if this is acceptable.
I love it when my friends cook for me!
Baked yogurt turmeric chicken, rice & lentils with caramelized onions, roasted cauliflower, fresh salad, and green sauce.
#twittersupperclub
This Islamic radical is working security at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
He threatened to kill Jews last night.
Can we make this go viral to raise awareness so he can be arrested?
My uncle, Captain Wylder Modine, was a real B-17 "Flying Fortress" pilot during WWII. After returning from a bombing mission, he got hit by anti-aircraft fire and almost had his right arm taken off. He had his crew bail, but his co-pilot was shot up really bad and couldn’t parachute, so my uncle, with one arm, landed the heavily damaged B-17 in a field behind enemy lines. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. I talked with him before making MEMPHIS BELLE in 1989. He gave me his dress uniform to wear in the film and said, “when you put that on, don't disrespect it.”