nan1013

Nan to the best!

[NRM84 @Mappy6984]

This isn't cool at all

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

Alright everyone can pack it up for this year’s graduation commencement speeches because Eric Church gave the best one I’ve ever heard. 🔥

[nan1013 @isims1013]

@robbystarbuck Tears. This is the best!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

On July 3, 1976, Tina Turner waited until her husband, Ike, fell asleep in their Dallas hotel room. Her face was swollen and bruised from another beating. In her pocket were just 36 cents and a Mobil gas card. Nothing more.

She slipped out of the Statler Hilton and ran. Not toward a car. Not toward help she could call. She ran straight across Interstate 30, weaving through traffic in the dark, nearly hit by a truck, driven by nothing but survival. On the other side stood the Ramada Inn. The manager recognized her instantly, even through the injuries. He gave her a room on the eleventh floor and placed a guard outside her door. For three days, Tina stayed hidden there, too injured to even eat properly, letting her body begin to heal.

Three weeks later, she filed for divorce. When asked what she wanted from sixteen years of marriage, her answer stunned everyone. She wanted nothing except her name. No house. No money. No royalties. Just “Tina Turner.” A name created to control her, now the only thing she could use to rebuild her life.

She walked away with debt, an IRS tax lien, and an industry that believed she was finished. Nearly forty years old, a Black woman in a business obsessed with youth, with no ownership of her past music. The odds were stacked brutally against her.

But Tina refused to accept defeat. She turned to Nichiren Buddhism, chanting daily for strength. She took every job she could find. Game shows. Hotel lounges. County fairs. Corporate events. She even cleaned houses between performances. While the world called her a has-been, she was quietly reconstructing herself piece by piece.

Then came 1984.

At forty-four, she released Private Dancer. It changed everything. The album sold more than twenty million copies. “What’s Love Got to Do with It” reached number one, her first solo chart-topper. She won three Grammy Awards in 1985, performed at Live Aid, and starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The world finally recognized her as the Queen of Rock and Roll.

Her second act lasted decades. Record-breaking tours. Twelve Grammy Awards. Over one hundred million records sold. A career rebuilt entirely on her own terms.

And love found her too. Erwin Bach met Tina at an airport in 1986 and never left her side. When her kidneys failed in 2016, he offered her one of his own without hesitation. In 2017, he kept that promise and saved her life.

On May 24, 2023, Tina Turner passed away peacefully in Switzerland at the age of eighty-three, with Erwin beside her. She left behind more than music. She left proof.

It is never too late to reclaim your life. You can begin again at forty. At fifty. At any age. All it takes is the courage to cross the road.

Thirty-six cents. A gas card. And an unbreakable will.

That is how legends are made.

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

Good morning, America. As you awake, we have radical Islamic terrorists throwing IED’s in NYC & 5 hr security lines at some airports … and the Democratic Party has the Dpt of Homeland Security shut down.

[nan1013 @isims1013]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is such an upgrade!

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

American has stage 4 cancer and it’s a metastatic melanoma (that means it moves)

Her doctor orders PET scans to see the locations so they can properly treat it

Her health insurance company denied the scans saying to try a cheaper method…

“I'm so f*cking pissed off, man. The people that work at these healthcare companies are not doctors. So why is it that they get to dictate over a doctor the treatment that I get”

We need healthcare reform right now

[Merica 🦋💞 @Merica197138]

Putting Nana's clothes on until she notices! 😂
She has the best laugh ever! OMG you bottle up her laugh and sell it!

Just in case anyone needed to know. This is called rich. Not the beautiful home. But, family who can laugh together. ❤️🥰

[Michelle #AmericaOnly🇺🇲 @MichelleRM68]

Billy Bob Thornton on Joe Rogan:👇

"Unless you have REALLY studied stuff & know about a subject fully, ahhh who THE HELL would want to listen to an actor or a musician talk about politics."

Thank you Billy,

AMERICA

[Michael Grange @michaelgrange]

2025 Blue Jays may not be immortalized with a trophy, but they will be legends forever. An incredible team that met the moment over and over again, taking a country along with them. Can only say thanks, for all of it.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

I'm at the age where I don't correct
my autocorrect anymore. If I text you "let's meef for lunvh", that's your puzzle to solve now.

[AmericanPapaBear™ @AmericaPapaBear]

Watch as this Clemson football player sings the National Anthem in front of 83,000 fans before his own game!

[Phillies Tailgate @PhilsTailgate]

October 21, 1980. The Phillies win their first World Series in franchise history!

[Jonathan Slater @slater57649]

This. This is what we all need

[nan1013 @isims1013]

Heartbreaking

[John DeMarsico @JohnDeMarsico]

Friendly reminder that human beings play this game

[nan1013 @isims1013]

Bats are hot! Let’s go Phillies!!!

[nan1013 @isims1013]

Ugh. Just one for now, please!

[AppPatriotgirl 🇺🇸 @goneers]

Welp, dumbass, there goes your career.