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[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

Thank you for all you do in helping to raise young girls & boys thru hard work and helping others.

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Looking at these three photos reminds me just how much life can change when you trust the path God has for you. In the first photo, I had just earned my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. At the time, I truly believed that was the direction my life was going. Then, lmI started mowing lawns for people who couldn’t do it themselves. What began as a simple act of kindness slowly became something much bigger. I realized that what fulfilled me most wasn’t sitting behind a computer, it was serving people, hearing their stories, and knowing that something as simple as cutting a lawn could make someone’s day a little easier. That realization led me back to school, where I earned my master’s degree in Social Work.

Today, the third photo represents where that unexpected journey has taken me, running an organization built around helping others and inspiring young people to serve their communities. In a way, both degrees still play a part in what I do. My computer science background helps with our websites, coding, technology, and everything happening behind the scenes, while social work connects directly to the people, families, and communities we serve. But neither degree could have taught me the lesson that this journey has: sometimes your purpose finds you in the place you least expect it.

As a kid, I hated mowing lawns. Now I wake up every day grateful for the opportunity to mow lawns for free for people in need. That still amazes me. So if your life doesn’t look exactly like the plan you had for yourself, don’t lose faith. You never know what God is preparing you for, what door He is about to open, or how something you once disliked could one day become part of your purpose. I thought I was choosing a career. God was leading me toward a calling.

[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

Still do that here in Key West

[LadyValor @lady_valor_07]

Some memories never fade

[Dallas Based @litmands]

"Let's Roll" --Remembering September 11
On Flight 93 they had minutes, butter knives, and a phone line.
Todd Beamer prayed the Lord’s Prayer and said, “Let’s roll.” Jeremy Glick (Jewish btw) told his wife they were going to rush the cockpit. Tom Burnett and Mark Bingham were in that same vote. Ordinary men—sales, PR, a new father, a church volunteer—decided they would die on their feet so Washington would not.
Across the aisle were Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Saeed al-Ghamdi. They boarded with a plan: murder the crew, fly a loaded jet into the Capitol or the White House.
One side charged the door. The other side had already chosen slaughter.
In the ensuing struggle, the plane went down in a Pennsylvania field. The Capitol and the White House still stand.
Remember the names of the men who ran forward, Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Tom Burnett and Mark Bingham. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.” (Psalm 23:4). May their memories be a blessing. "Let’s roll."

[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

💯

[Jason Henrichs @jasonhenrichs]

If you pass kids selling lemonade, you stop, buy lemonade, overpay, complement the kids, and drive on your merry way. Those are the rules.

[ceciarmy @ceciarmy]

Los aficionados de los Kansas City Royals tenían 30 segundos para conseguir juntar el pan con la salchicha y si lo lograban, todo el estadio ganaba hot dogs gratis. 🌭

[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

Good for you!

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

This is what happens when you let your niece paint your nails "Elsa Blue" (with sparkles), then forget about it, then have to do a very serious interview giving your very serious views on the very serious economy.

[Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg]

The care that goes into maintaining the @Sept11Memorial is extraordinary. Every night, Jim Maroon and his team meticulously clean the reflecting pools so visitors can come to remember and reflect. I'm grateful for their dedication, especially as we prepare to mark 25 years since 9/11. https://t.co/YQsG7J7zKO

[Greg Fergus @GregFergus]

The best part of Canada is Canadians.

Please share this post widely.

Perhaps some folks in D.C. might learn a thing or two about their neighbours to the North.

[UN Women @UN_Women]

We honor Gloria Steinem; an American journalist and global women's movement icon.

Thank you, Gloria, for spending a life working to expand what is possible #ForAllWomenAndGirls, everywhere.

#GloriaSteinem

[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

One of the best and uplifting and TRUE stories ever told

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

I just saw the musical “Come from Away” which tells the story of Gander, Newfoundland taking in thousands of travelers stranded after planes were grounded following the attacks on 9/11.

I’m a live performance person. I go to plays, musicals, symphonies, readings. But I have never in my life been to a show where the audience sobbed and people passed tissues down the aisle and patted each other’s shoulders and strangers hugged each other when the house lights came back on. Until today.

It was as if we were all remembering not just the tragedy, but the triumph of goodness. How we used to be. How we were once united.

I hope some even remembered that Canada has always been our country’s friend, and friends deserve our loyalty.

This country was great when it was kind. That’s the America we need again.

Thank you, @KCRep.

[jezz @JezziiB]

Nearly 100,000 people signed a petition demanding that Zohran Mamdani be excluded from the 9/11 commemoration.

Today, he declared September 11 New York City’s first official Day of Remembrance and Service and ordered the city to update its emergency continuity plans for the first time since 2007.

The people trying to turn 9/11 into an Islamophobic weapon against him should be fucking embarrassed.

[MWkeywest @kwest2008]

💔

[🇺🇲 Mr Warmth 🇺🇲✝️ 🟦 @CAHartley64]

Sept 10th, 2001

[Lesley Abravanel 🪩 @lesleyabravanel]

I will never understand it. I spent 2024 putting up posters in women's pubic bathrooms saying that a vote for Trump will rip away our rights, and watched young MAGA girls come out tearing up my posters and laughing with their redneck boyfriends. I will never understand women for Trump. Ever.

[Just Me Marney @maestramarney]

This 👇🏽 💯

[Bob Ryan @GlobeBobRyan]

@Zack_magaig Lost? Gotta have it before you can lose it.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton embodied two towering versions of the same idea: that women should know themselves well enough to make their own choices about matters intimate and societal. https://t.co/dLAGNKLR5k

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

They were not small potatoes