Mich

Be kind. To yourself. And to others. Gentle Gentle Gentle. She/her.

[Veterans Affairs CA @VeteransENG_CA]

Back on the beaches of Normandy.

Today, we returned to Juno Beach to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice here 80 years ago on D-Day. For some Veterans, it will be their last time returning to this beach.

Lest we forget.

#DDay80
#CanadaRemembers

[Juno Beach Centre @JunoBeachCentre]

#DDay80 🍁 On June 6th, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Armoured Brigade were tasked with establishing a bridgehead at Juno Beach. This was an 8 km stretch of beach between Sword and Gold landing beaches.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Good morning!

Saturday Night Live did, in fact, take on Sen. Katie Britt’s all-time awful SOTU response, and they didn’t disappoint.

[James Duthie @tsnjamesduthie]

Never gets old.

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

WOMEN’S HOCKEY HISTORY

19,285 FANS AT SCOTIABANK ARENA IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

It’s the largest crowd ever for a professional women’s hockey game.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Nike's tribute to Caitlin Clark is perfect

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Alexei Navalny was asked what his message would be to people if he was killed.

His response from the Academy Award winning documentary about him directed by @DanielRoher

[ana⸆⸉ ❤️‍🔥 @invisibleasu]

And that’s for saying that you didn’t know who Simone Biles was

[Canadian Army @CanadianArmy]

We will remember them.

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

BLACK GIRL MAGIC 👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾

[APTN News @APTNNews]

This red banner lists the names of 2,800 children who didn’t make it home from residential schools across Canada. #everychildmatters

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Goodable @Goodable]

On this day, a tiny town in Canada opened up their hearts — and their homes — to 7,000 stranded passengers in their time of need.

They didn’t care about politics, or who the President was.

They did it because it's what Canadians do. Here's how they did it.

A Goodable Thread🧵

[Ottawa Public Health @OttawaHealth]

So, a tornado just hit Barrhaven. For many of us, it's just some pics & videos we'll see online.

But for a lot of people in our city, this is downright brutal...and will likely be that way for days to come.

And the stressful memories could last for a while, too. (1/2)

[Edgar McGregor @edgarrmcgregor]

🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks:

1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week.
https://t.co/BLiyOyxHHp

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

"I'm proud of my heritage. Proud of my culture, and proud of where I come from." 🧡

Zach Whitecloud becomes the first Indigenous @NHL player from the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to win the #StanleyCup.

[Mich @Mich___MB]

I got nothing…

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

A female GPS-tracked falcon flew from South Africa to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km. That's 230 km per day. What have you achieved in the last 42 days? Source: https://t.co/5vsQb4LR5x

[In all thy sons command @Nunyabizzness00]

@tsnjamesduthie Done