Starla Rich

Author, freelance writer, columnist/blogger, health advocate, motivational speaker, foodie. On Amazon:

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

This is for every writer, actor, creator, support team member & fan who appreciates the power & impact of words. I'm not one to "jump into the fray" but sometimes, we have a duty to one another to do just that. #WordsMatter #speakfromtheheart

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[Caleb Hull @CalebJHull]

On the way from Dallas to DC, our @AmericanAir pilot announced there was a special passenger on board.

Awesome. 🦅

[Department of State @StateDept]

On this day 250 years ago, our forefathers gathered for a national day of fasting and prayer. Today, Americans will come together again as one Nation under God.

This is who we are and who we’ve always been.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Unvaccinated Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kennie Kelly — a Master Aviator — has officially been REINSTATED to the US military, with full backpay, entitlements, station preference and benefits...

...after being REMOVED due to refusing the COVID jab under Biden

LFG!

I VOTED FOR THAT!

Bless this hero 🙏🏻🇺🇸

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇪🇺 The food you eat every day is banned in Europe. Not some of it. Most of it.

American strawberries are sprayed with pesticides linked to hormone disruption and cancer that are banned across Europe. Drop one in salt water and see what comes out.

American white bread contains potassium bromate, a cancer-linked chemical banned in the EU, Canada, China, and India. The FDA hasn't reviewed it since 1973.

Same products. Different standards. And Americans eat this every single day.

Watch the video.

Source: @CoryBOnChain

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Before 1961, premature babies with failing lungs had almost no chance—doctors could only watch them slip away. Then one woman refused to accept that and changed medicine forever.

Picture a hospital nursery in 1960. A baby born two months early struggles to breathe. Her tiny chest rises and falls in desperate effort. Her skin turns blue. Nurses and doctors gather around her, but they have nothing to offer. In a matter of hours, maybe less, she will be gone.

This scene repeated itself thousands of times each year. Respiratory Distress Syndrome was a death sentence for premature infants. Their lungs were not developed enough to function. Medical textbooks described it as unavoidable.

But Mildred Stahlman refused to accept unavoidable.

Born in 1922 in Nashville, Mildred was not expected to become a doctor. Her affluent family imagined a traditional Southern life for her. But at eleven, she received a microscope—and everything changed.

She fought her way into Vanderbilt Medical School as one of only four women in a class of fifty. She studied abroad in Sweden at leading institutes. She returned home in 1951 and began witnessing the same tragedy again and again—infants dying because no one knew how to help them breathe.

And she made a decision: this would not continue.

In a small lab beside the Vanderbilt nursery, Stahlman began doing what seemed impossible. She took large adult breathing machines and redesigned them for the smallest patients. She created tiny airway tubes no wider than a straw. She developed methods to monitor oxygen levels in real time.

Her colleagues doubted her. The technology did not exist. The risks were severe. A single mistake could damage fragile lungs beyond repair.

Stahlman continued anyway.

October 31, 1961. A baby girl named Martha Humphreys was born two months early. She could not breathe.

Without intervention, she had only hours to live.

Dr. Stahlman placed her into the miniature respirator she had built. The machine gently expanded the baby’s chest, helping air reach lungs that could not function on their own. Then Stahlman set up a folding bed beside the machine and stayed, watching every breath.

Four days later, Martha was breathing on her own.

What had once been impossible was now real.

But Stahlman did not stop there. She established one of the first neonatal intensive care units in the United States. She trained specialists from around the world. She developed systems to transport critically ill newborns. She created standards of care that continue to guide medicine today.

"If you’re going to practice medicine," she told her students, "the first thing you must learn is charity—unconditional love."

She lived by those words. Her team tracked not only medical data but family needs—where they lived, what they could afford, what support they required. Every child mattered. Every family mattered.

Dr. Stahlman continued her work for decades. At 101, she was still advocating for premature infants when she passed away in June 2024.

And Martha Humphreys, the first baby she saved?

She grew up healthy. She married, becoming Martha Lott. And then she made a decision that brought the story full circle.

Martha became a nurse in the very same neonatal intensive care unit where her life had been saved.

The child who should have died in 1961 spent her life in that room, helping save others.

Today, hundreds of thousands of premature infants survive every year in NICUs around the world. Many of them owe their lives to the work that began with one determined doctor who refused to accept limits.

The next time you hear about a premature baby surviving against the odds, remember: someone once decided that those odds could change.

Someone refused to accept that small lives should be lost.

Someone redefined what was possible.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! Trump HUD Sec. Scott Turner just said it PERFECTLY at the National Day of Prayer

"Prayer is very powerful because Almighty God is powerful. And that truth has guided our great nation through mountaintops and valleys for the past 250 years." 🇺🇸

"Our Founding Fathers were men of faith who understood that God is the cornerstone of our republic."

"And all of us here because we recognize that truth as well."

"And we know that God's power impacts both the lives of individuals and the destiny of our entire country."

"To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin said, the God who controls the flight of sparrows is the same God who charged the course of nations."

"Scripture says in Proverbs that the heart of man plans his ways, but the Lord establishes His steps."

"I'm so grateful that God establishes my steps. How about you?" 🙏🏻 @RapidResponse47

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

This may be the most articulate response I’ve ever heard to this question.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Out of every disgusting, dishonest piece of filth the mainstream media has produced about Hurricane Helene...

This is the worst.

60 Minutes has NEVER done a story on the families FEMA denied.

They NEVER mentioned the Amish, who are STILL in the mountains rebuilding homes 550 days later.

They NEVER mentioned Jake Jarvis, who has worked 550 days STRAIGHT FOR FREE for Hurricane Helene victims.

Instead, they dug up some fringe conspiracy angle to smear the people who actually showed up as White Nationalists.

I'm so angry.

Let me tell you what 60 Minutes will NEVER report on

I was there. I lived it. I am still here.

I shared every story I could find.

Me, my wife, hundreds of volunteers delivered RVs to mothers holding babies who were sleeping in TOOL SHEDS AND TENTS in the freezing cold, in the mountains.

Because their homes had been ripped off the side of a mountain and washed down the French Broad.

So tell me 60 Minutes... WHERE WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

Tell me, WHY did all these volunteers NEED to show up?

Any thoughts on that?!!!!!

Any investigation AT ALL into the federal or state government's response to Hurricane Helene?

Please tell me... if the federal government was doing such a GREAT JOB, why did we need to put victims in RVs...

...A MONTH AFTER THE HURRICANE?!!!!!!!

Literally every single victim you talk to in Western North Carolina has a horror story about dealing with FEMA...

...and guess who they will all say actually cam through for them?

Neighbors.
Church groups.
The Amish.
The Cajun Navy.
Shawn Hendricks.
Samaritan's Purse.
MercuryOne.

The Mission Mules hauling insulin up washed-out roads, ONLY ACCESSIBLE by mules.

Greg Biffle burning his own fuel in helicopters.

Veterans like Adam Smith who organized helicopter rescues with other veterans BY HIMSELF and then was demonized by the media for it.

Volunteers like Jake Jarvis working TO THIS DAY, 550 days later without ANY PAY AT ALL.

THOSE ARE THE STORIES FROM HURRICANE HELENE WORTH TELLING.

But 60 Minutes won't tell ANY OF THEM.

Because the truth makes the federal government the villain and the "deplorables" are actually the heroes in this story and they can NEVER admit that.

So instead they smeared the rescuers as white nationalists.

This is unforgivable.

I was there. I saw it with my own eyes.

And I will BE DAMNED if I let CBS rewrite the history of what happened to my mountains.

[Erin Derham @HistoryBoutique]

Shawn Hendrix came into Western North Carolina to help after a natural disaster.

Is he a “white nationalist” 60 Minutes?

He continues to deliver gifts to orphans in Black Mountain.

He still suffers from health issues from being around moisture and mold.

He took a chance and partnered with Matt and I, a liberal couple at the time.

He showed us love, kindness, empathy, but more importantly, he brought his survival skills to my community.

We were safer having him here and are better humans now for knowing him.

A MILLION legacy media losers would not equal one of him.

SIT DOWN!

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

From the mouth of someone who lived it and reported the facts daily. @mattvanswol is right. The CBS segment was disgusting and total propaganda.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Out of every disgusting, dishonest piece of filth the mainstream media has produced about Hurricane Helene...

This is the worst.

60 Minutes has NEVER done a story on the families FEMA denied.

They NEVER mentioned the Amish, who are STILL in the mountains rebuilding homes 550 days later.

They NEVER mentioned Jake Jarvis, who has worked 550 days STRAIGHT FOR FREE for Hurricane Helene victims.

Instead, they dug up some fringe conspiracy angle to smear the people who actually showed up as White Nationalists.

I'm so angry.

Let me tell you what 60 Minutes will NEVER report on

I was there. I lived it. I am still here.

I shared every story I could find.

Me, my wife, hundreds of volunteers delivered RVs to mothers holding babies who were sleeping in TOOL SHEDS AND TENTS in the freezing cold, in the mountains.

Because their homes had been ripped off the side of a mountain and washed down the French Broad.

So tell me 60 Minutes... WHERE WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

Tell me, WHY did all these volunteers NEED to show up?

Any thoughts on that?!!!!!

Any investigation AT ALL into the federal or state government's response to Hurricane Helene?

Please tell me... if the federal government was doing such a GREAT JOB, why did we need to put victims in RVs...

...A MONTH AFTER THE HURRICANE?!!!!!!!

Literally every single victim you talk to in Western North Carolina has a horror story about dealing with FEMA...

...and guess who they will all say actually cam through for them?

Neighbors.
Church groups.
The Amish.
The Cajun Navy.
Shawn Hendricks.
Samaritan's Purse.
MercuryOne.

The Mission Mules hauling insulin up washed-out roads, ONLY ACCESSIBLE by mules.

Greg Biffle burning his own fuel in helicopters.

Veterans like Adam Smith who organized helicopter rescues with other veterans BY HIMSELF and then was demonized by the media for it.

Volunteers like Jake Jarvis working TO THIS DAY, 550 days later without ANY PAY AT ALL.

THOSE ARE THE STORIES FROM HURRICANE HELENE WORTH TELLING.

But 60 Minutes won't tell ANY OF THEM.

Because the truth makes the federal government the villain and the "deplorables" are actually the heroes in this story and they can NEVER admit that.

So instead they smeared the rescuers as white nationalists.

This is unforgivable.

I was there. I saw it with my own eyes.

And I will BE DAMNED if I let CBS rewrite the history of what happened to my mountains.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

This photo was taken TWO WEEKS AGO.

The Amish, who YES are WHITE, are STILL in Western North Carolina rebuilding after Helene.

Hundreds of bridges.
Hundreds of homes.
By hand. FOR FREE. With NO cameras.

Zero mainstream media coverage.

GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

So sad 😢

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Another day, Another Catholic Church in flames.

This time, it's the historic Église Saint-Cyriaque in Montenach, France engulfed in fire.

Survived both world wars and was known for historic limestone carvings and artefacts, some dating back to the 15th century.

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

@GryffindorJenny I hope you are feeling better and on the road to full recovery ❤️

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

"In light of this evening's events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Jack @jackunheard]

NEW: An 11-year-old boy hears his mom’s voice clearly for the very first time after receiving a cochlear implant.

For years, hearing aids only gave him muffled noise. The moment the implant turned on, his world changed.

“Wait I can hear you! No way.”

His mom and family were in tears watching him experience real sound for the first time.

Ryder later said: “Sometimes people feel like being different is the worst thing. It’s not. Being different… it makes you, you. And I am happy that I am who I am.”

A kid finally hearing the world around him after 11 years of silence.

This one hits different.

[Dr. Jebra Faushay @JebraFaushay]

If you see something, say something.

I saw this incredible piano battle and had to say something about it. Truly magnificent.

For context, “Rush E” is one of the most complicated pieces of music in existence.

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

@Joanie95270269 @ericmetaxas Thank you!

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

Yes , I'm aware of Tucker's comment about Martin Luther. My response was on Tucker's partial and inaccurate recount of the story of Esther and the Jewish people. Whether someone thinks Esther should've been included in Holy Scripture or not, the story has profound historical significance worthy of remembering. Had Queen Esther not stood up for her people, ALL Jews would've been killed, Jesus' lineage wiped out, and He wouldn't have been born. God's plan of redemption would have been altered.

[Starla Rich @ncourage1]

@PrairieSkyes @ericmetaxas Thank you. It has been heartbreaking to see this drastic change in Tucker. Perhaps he was always this way, but masterfully hid it.