Christine Schmitz

Forever Hopeful

[Christine Schmitz @chrisbschmitz]

@tru_fru

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@ChefReactions Next time you come - drive an hour down the thruway and we will treat you to a Garbage Plate in Rochester which is a Western NY must (plus we are part of Bills Mafia in Rochester too)

[King Roy @RoyIsThaTruth]

Bad Bunny walked out in a #64 jersey with “OCASIO” on the back.

Not Bad Bunny.

Not Benito.

His real name.

His family name.

Then he grabbed the mic and said:

“My name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. And if today I’m here at the Super Bowl, it’s because I never, never stopped believing in myself.”

In Spanish.
No translation.
Even the jumbotron was in Spanish.

And I watched the whole thing with a translator on.

Because the message was that important to me.

They said he was “un-American.”

They said nobody would understand him.

They said having him perform was “ridiculous.”

And he SHOWED OUT!

He brought out Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

He staged a wedding on the field.

He recreated a bodega.

He gave us a whole scene of family and love.

He humanized an entire culture on the world’s biggest stage.

All in his native language.

And he didn’t flinch.

His lyrics were clear messages:

“They want to take the river from me, and the beach too. They want my neighborhood and for my grandma to leave.”

“I should have taken more photos when I had you. Hopefully my loved ones will never move.”

And that last line:

“Ojalá que los míos nunca se muden.”

Hopefully my loved ones will never move.

That’s about families being separated.

Forced to leave.

Displacement.

Yeah, he didn’t chase the mainstream.

He made the mainstream come to him.

He put his family name on his back and told 120 million people exactly who he is.

And I’m here for ALL of it!👏🏽

[Christine Schmitz @chrisbschmitz]

@otokyo__ 14

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@Milajoy 34 in one month

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@ChefReactions The Bills Mafia would be happy to accept you with open arms

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@ThrillaRilla369 Dead batteries

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@ThrillaRilla369 I remember when it was a dime to use the pay phone. How old am I??

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@NatalieFaas @buffalolibrary Reading the same book!

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@AdamKinzinger @lisamurkowski Apparently not 🙄

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@NoLieWithBTC Good!!!

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.

ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.

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@RepRaskin

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[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This is good 💯

Pope Francis wrote this in the Hospital.
“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
—Pope Francis

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Vote now for @Hind3_Tyler amazing shot

[Alfred University Men’s Basketball @AlfredSaxonsMBB]

Vote for AUMBB ⬇️

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@RocRedWings 97-13

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@CynicalMother Carnival

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@NatalieFaas I have never know you to be anything other than the definition of kind and thoughtful in all you do

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@StalkingKyle I wonder what he would say about mine who goes to the store, then comes homes and cooks and then does the dishes - oh the humanity 🙄