Valerie Beatrix Blake

..sometime times life deals you a hand that sucks. #EarlyOnsetAlzheimer’s. make life count while you can.

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@4evaBlessed23 @SBNationNFL Find another team if you’re not happy with the Cowboys.

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@RoyallyBelle_ Beautiful!! Happy Birthday!!

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@RoyallyBelle_ HRH Princess of Wales looking lovely, as always. ❤️

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

I’ve been diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s. Devastated.

[Julius . D @D_Julius0]

These American RV’s are next level! 😳

📽️The_rv_hunter

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@Mystifeye No children.

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

https://t.co/ebWx00vrLD

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@MeghansMole Like mother, like daughter.

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

@richardaeden It means he doesn’t have anything truthful to say. That the majority of his tweets are fiction.

[Gr8fulNurse 𝕏 @Gr8fulSusan]

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie.
By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.
There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.
'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.
She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.'
'Oh, you're such a good boy,’ she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive
through downtown?'
'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly..
'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice.’
I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued in a soft voice.. ‘The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.
'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.
We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'.
We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.
Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move.
They must have been expecting her.
I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.
'How much do I owe you?' She asked, reaching into her purse.
'Nothing,' I said.
'You have to make a living,' she answered.
'There are other passengers,' I responded.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.
'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said. 'Thank you.'
I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life..
I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day,I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?
On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.
We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.
But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID ~BUT~ THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
🙏🏼🥰✝️

[Todd Archer @toddarcher]

Dak Prescott went 9-of-14 in team drills Saturday. He was victimized by one drop. He ended a 2-minute drill with a perfect throw to CeeDee Lamb, who used the traffic from the slot to break free to the corner of the end zone for the TD.

[Julius . D @D_Julius0]

In a world full of Kardashians, be a Catherine ⚜️🎩

[Becky Horne @Nibbles93786332]

Bookworm 2 has released a new video.
https://t.co/bSORrZ61iS
Fast forward to 12.41. Record of miscarriage that I didn't have dates for.
Child born: July 2020
Child died : July 2020
July 2020 has 5 weeks on 1, 2, 3 July. The rest of the month is 4 weeks. /2

[Valerie Beatrix Blake @VBB_UpEaSide]

Happy birthday Camilla, Queen Consort! I hope you will have a lovely day.

[Tourré Bakahai @TourreBakahai]

This...Also when Markle allowed herself to be filmed bad-mouthing Prince William in the kitchen, while her gormless now husband also looked on. Markle is finished, and deservedly so - it's all her own doing.

[Sabirah Lohn 💕🦕🦖 @SabirahLohn]

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!! 🥰

[jen @JenCarsonTaylor]

The way Prince George steps forward, maintaining eye contact, extends a confident handshake says everything about how much this young boy has matured in the last year. And look at Papa William’s face: a mix of pride and perhaps a touch of regret at what he is witnessing: his eldest stepping into a lifetime of responsibility and the fish bowl.

[HarrysGreySuit @hrrysgreysuit]

Harry 'panicked' over money and his future in America and phoned his brother to discuss the possibility of him and Meg returning to London “where they would serve King Charles.”

<Meg is said to be less keen on the thought of returning to the UK and was “taken aback” after finding out Harry reached out to William>

I don’t even need to be a psychic to know that’s not ever going to happen.

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https://t.co/dVVfRBmT2I

[Belle @RoyallyBelle_]

Today the Prince of Wales scored 2 goals during the polo match to take his team to victory!🏆

For his second strike, the father-of-three hit the ball with such force he broke his mallet🫢 (it’s safe to say Catherine was loving it)