cindy

Wife, mom and grandma🩵 Nurse Member of @Ch_JesusChrist “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be” ~ Abraham Lincoln

[Brit Hume @brithume]

In which Bernie Sanders gets a lesson in economics. Which he needs, but won't believe.

[cindy @puzzzld]

@RolandOrzabal_ 1983 I was 13 TFF is the soundtrack of my teen years.

[cindy @puzzzld]

@FreddyLA7 This is amazing!! You are making more and more Americans fall in love Germany and America ❤️

[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

Agree.
When they cry for “equality,” what they really want is to be treated the “equally” as those who have worked hard and put in the time.

Well, no.
If all you do is whine and insist that everyone cater to you, you are not equal to those who work hard. You do not get the same rewards.
You just don’t.
You are not equal to them.

[Heidi Duckworth @Here_s_Hoping]

Ok, get some tissues.

God is not done with you. ❤️‍🩹

[Emma Camp @emmma_camp_]

What can a vintage refrigerator tell us about capitalism? Quite a lot, actually!

Find out more in my latest for @WSJFreeEx

[Earth @earthcurated]

A group of ladybugs is called a loveliness 🐞

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A 28-year-old confirms he has spent the last 10 YEARS of his life interviewing World War II combat veterans to keep their stories alive...

...in fact, for the last 10 years, he has interviewed World War 2 veterans EVERY SINGLE DAY

He started as a teenager, ditching school to ride his BIKE to the local retirement home, walking up to the front desk and asking to, "meet some World War II heroes."

His name is Rishi Sharma.

He's crossed all 50 states and half the world.

He's slept in his car and lived on gas-station food to afford it.

He asks these men for hours of their memories, and then he hands the entire recording to their families...

...FOR FREE

So that 200 years from now, a great-great-grandchild will know not just their hero's name, but how he laughed, how he cried, and what he sacrificed.

Rishi has no military family, his parents immigrated here from India.

He does it out of pure gratitude.

In his words:

"My parents were given the opportunity to immigrate and raise a family because of veterans like these. It's a debt of love I'll spend my entire life trying to repay..."

As one 100-year-old Marine who stormed Iwo Jima told him, remembering the flag going up:

"The hair on my arms still stands up when I think about how beautiful it was."

THAT is America.

250 years of ordinary people doing extraordinary things...

God bless our veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[cindy @puzzzld]

@DaveEDanna Incredible ❤️👏👏🥰 Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸

[Meghan McCain @MeghanMcCain]

Today is a victory for women and girls across America. To every woman who refused to be bullied into silence, thank you. Your courage made this possible. As the mother of daughters, I’ll never stop saying it: men do not belong in women’s sports or women’s spaces. Period.

[Conservatron @Conservatron1]

Yes. America has it all.
Literally.

[cindy @puzzzld]

@japan_nobunaga I was in Japan 2 weeks ago. It was my first visit but I intend to go back. I can say after spending a week there I have such respect for the Japanese culture and people.

[cindy @puzzzld]

The World Cup is giving me hope for humans in a way I wasn’t expecting ❤️ I will be sad when it ends

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Perhaps the video that best explains the World Cup. A Japanese fan is inconsolable after their 2-1 loss to Brazil in extra time.

Brazil fans console him and Mexican fans toss him into the air.

The World Cup 2026.❤️⚽️

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[cindy @puzzzld]

GenX 🙌

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

Society “you’re too old”
Artemis 2 Crew: “hold my beer”

[cindy @puzzzld]

@FiredUpCoug I also didn’t know not everyone can do this 🤯 Crazy

[cindy @puzzzld]

Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 and died a few weeks before I turned 3 🤯

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today we remember Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century!

He died April 8, 1973 in France at age 91.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

New report ranks Utah #1 in family structure index, based on high marriage rate, high percentage of children in two-parent households, and high fertility rate.

Utah is also the #1 state for:
– Volunteerism
– Economic Outlook
– Births to Married Mothers
– Weekly Church Attendance
– Donations to Charitable Causes

Utah has the lowest childhood poverty rate in the country and the lowest rate of households receiving public assistance or SNAP benefits.

For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report has named it the best state in the nation.

It’s reasonable to say that Utah is the greatest success story of the American experiment.

[cindy @puzzzld]

@fenshamc @TheGermanicist Wonderful! I’m grateful for your curiosity and thoughtful response to what you learned watching General Conference.