Sharon

[Sharon @sharon4170]

Petition: Fast track benefits as soon as someone is diagnosed as terminally ill https://t.co/N7oyyVUYC7

[Revd Dr Bawtree @RevdDrABawtree]

As the The Church of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 chaplain for RNLI Dover Lifeboat Station I pray for and support the sterling work done by staff and brave volunteers. They are funded by charitable giving and are guided by HM Coastguard to save lives at sea. It takes courage to head into a storm

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

She gently pressed a sedative to her daughter's lips, bundled her in a blanket, and tucked her into a large leather suitcase. Heart pounding, she strode toward the Nazi guards. One whimper, one restless shift, even the faintest sound would mean instant death for them both.

Yet, against all odds, the guards waved her through.

The little girl inside that suitcase was three-year-old Henia Lewin, and the brave woman carrying her was her mother, Gita Wisgardisky. What Gita did next is almost impossible to believe. After successfully smuggling her own daughter to safety, she did not run away to hide. Instead, she turned around and walked right back into the terrors of the ghetto.

Then she did it again. And again.

Each time, she carried another helpless child toward a chance at a future.

For most of her life, Henia believed her mother had performed just one desperate act of survival for her own flesh and blood. But years later, at Gita’s funeral, an elderly survivor stepped forward and quietly revealed the truth. The woman looked at Henia and told her that her mother had saved so many children, she had likely stopped counting.

This incredible bravery took place during World War II inside Lithuania's Kovno Ghetto. Jewish families there lived under constant terror. Hunger, disease, and sudden executions were part of daily life.

Children would vanish overnight as Nazi authorities carried out mass killings under the lie of "relocation." Gita understood exactly what those deportations meant, and she refused to sit by and wait for the worst to happen.

Working secretly with a brave Catholic priest and kind-hearted families outside the ghetto walls, Gita began smuggling Jewish children to safety. Some children were hidden in bags, and others were guided through secret routes. Every single rescue depended on absolute silence, perfect timing, and pure luck.

The danger was unimaginable. Every single trip meant facing armed guards, strict searches, and the constant risk of being caught and killed on the spot. To keep the young children completely quiet during the escape, Gita used sedatives before hiding them inside suitcases and bundles carried right past the gates.

Even after ensuring her own daughter was safe, she kept returning for others. One child. Then another. Then another.

There were no speeches, no recognition, and no rewards. She was simply a mother who refused to leave innocent children behind.

Against all odds, Gita, her husband Jonas, and little Henia all survived the war. They eventually immigrated to the United States to start a beautiful new life. Henia grew up surrounded by her mother's love, became a schoolteacher, and spent decades sharing Holocaust history so the stories of those who vanished would never be forgotten.

Gita never bragged or sought fame for her heroism. She was content simply knowing she had done what was right. Today, her beautiful legacy lives on not just in history books, but in the laughter of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who exist because she chose love and courage over fear.

Gita proved to the world that a mother's heart is powerful enough to conquer even the darkest shadows, leaving behind a glowing trail of hope, life, and sweet, hard-won tomorrows.

#archaeohistories

[Sharon @sharon4170]

Sign and share for a long overdue new maternity unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton
https://t.co/JKPYMnSJqA

[Nermeen from Gaza 𓂆🇵🇸🍉 @Nermeenalswaisi]

I know nobody cares about us Except a few, I know we're just a post and it's going to end but I'm really tired, I'm saying we're tired.

If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . it's just a dot.

[Emma Dolan @JustMissEmma]

Dear Future Me,

In case you have forgotten,
I am writing this from the ruins.

From the years spent folding myself
into shapes that made other people comfortable.
Softening my voice.
Swallowing my needs.
Calling sacrifice love
because that was the language we where taught.

Read this slowly.

You were never born
to be someone’s convenience.

You were never placed on this earth
to absorb the weight of other people’s loneliness,
to become their refuge
while they left you standing
in the rain.

Need is not love.

You must try remember that.

People will mistake your kindness
for endless capacity.
They will call you strong
because it excuses them
from carrying anything themselves.

Don’t applaud those
who praise your resilience
while handing you
another burden…

Remember

You are not an emergency exit.
Not a waiting room.
Not the quiet woman
who understands.
Not the prize for someone
who only discovers your worth
when everyone else has gone.

You are not the almost.
Not the maybe.
Not the “when I’m ready.”
Not the woman
someone circles back to
once they’ve exhausted
all their other choices.

You can walk away.

Stop confusing being chosen
with being cherished.

One is possession.

The other is reverence.

If they love your giving
more than your being,
leave.

If they admire your patience
more than your joy,
leave.

If your absence teaches them your value,
Then let the lesson be expensive.

Because… you have paid enough.

This life is not an apprenticeship
in making yourself smaller
so someone else
can feel bigger.

Stand up.

Take up the room
you spent decades apologising for.

Speak without rehearsing.
Rest without guilt.
Love without begging.
Leave…without explaining.

And if you ever feel tempted
to become less
so another person
Can become more

read this letter again.

Then choose yourself.

Not because no one else will.

But because,
for the first time in your life,

you finally know

you are worth choosing first.

~ Emma Dolan

[Sharon @sharon4170]

@thedailyblokeuk @justdavenow89 The Young Ones and Gimme Gimme Gimme

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Men will be getting pissed up all day then watching england v norway tonight...
domestic violence increases during england games in major tournaments
please ladies use the number below
men call out your fucking mates stop brushing it under the table

il get shit for this post but i dont give a fuck

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The NHS turns 78 today!

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS in that time followed and retweeted we’d reach a million in minutes.

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT

[John Petrie #European @Petrie_JohnC]

Chris Mason on BBC this morning defending the impartiality of the BBC re Starmer and denying any suggestion he has personally been biased or treated Starmer with contempt.

Absolutely no self awareness from a dreadful political spokesman who should be sacked. #SackChrisMason

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

My advice today, and always:

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

My sense is that, unpopular though Starmer undoubtedly is, much of the electorate are not happy with the prospect of a Prime Minister being overthrown by a combination of a media frenzy, desperate Labour MPs, and the personal ambition of Andy Burnham.

[Joe .... @lincslincs]

The full UK State Pension is now worth around £12,548 a year. That's less than half the earnings of someone working full-time on the National Minimum Wage, despite many pensioners paying taxes and National Insurance for 40, 50 or even 60 years.

Yet every time the Treasury needs money, the same voices appear demanding the Triple Lock be scrapped.

Why?

State pension spending is forecast at around £154 billion this year, but that supports over 13 million pensioners, many of whom rely on it as their primary income. Meanwhile, billions continue to disappear into failed projects, government waste, bureaucracy, consultants, quangos and policies that deliver little value to ordinary taxpayers.

The Triple Lock isn't some gold-plated luxury. It exists because politicians allowed the State Pension to fall behind for decades. Even today, a full State Pension is barely above the poverty line and is nowhere near a typical working wage.

If politicians want to save money, start with waste, inefficiency and failed spending programmes.

Leave pensioners alone.

They worked, they paid in, they built this country and they deserve dignity in retirement, not another raid on their income.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"I don't want you to hang my portraits in your offices.
Because a President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait.
Hang pictures of your children instead.
And before you make any decision, look into their eyes."

- Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine 🇺🇦

Just wow❤️
🫡

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Better than the John Lewis ad? Schoolboys melt hearts with Last Christmas doorbell video https://t.co/antzWNJsNX

[Sharon @sharon4170]

@Bruadarach_labs Our gorgeous boy Mr Ted 🐾🐾 Can’t beat the unconditional love 💙

[Sharon @sharon4170]

@I_am_KenBarlow Not to mention Kit seeing Gary in the hospital bed and telling Maria it wasn’t him

[Sharon @sharon4170]

@davesumnersmith Absolutely not!!!

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I seem to have upset the @Nigel_Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

RT if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

[Dan Ryan @_DanielRyan]

Mark doing extraordinary work on behalf of all of us. Please support his fight.
MP’s are starting to listen and he may well change the law with the help of
@stephenctimms