mmc

Retired educator & music fan.

[mmc @tchrsd]

@dave43law Gotta love Cher. She’s not playing. A master at putting someone in their place.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[mmc @tchrsd]

@Weatherman1616 It’s all same sh^t different day.

[mmc @tchrsd]

@rufuswainwright Very doubtful he knows or understands the lyrics and their meaning. Trying to turn a rally into revival is indeed blasphemy. You have every right to object to the use of your version and disassociate yourself from him.

[mmc @tchrsd]

@RandyRainbow Nobody does it better! Genius. 🤣🤣🤣

[mmc @tchrsd]

@patmclellan04 @USIBaseball @PMARComets @CoachRamirez7 @bkrennrich9 Congrats Patrick! Well done.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: After nearly a week of bashing Democrats, the media is finally acknowledging that it is in fact Republicans who should be ashamed of their candidate for President. Retweet so all Americans see this indictment of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans

[Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah]

Rachel #Maddow highlights the absurdity of Democrats fretting over their nominee while Republicans run a convicted felon, "Democrats are not the party that picked the guy whose charity was shut down as a fraud..."

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Wow. A must-watch from Joy Reid on the immunity decision. “It’s above Joe Biden for me. I don’t care about his age…You’re now voting for your life. You must vote. Y’all better vote for your lives.” This is perfect. Everyone should watch & share this.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I'll take the guy who struggles to speak the truth over the guy that easily tells lies, any day of the week.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

I'm going to post this video every day until the election

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

These Daniel Dale fact checks on 28 of trump's debate lies would have been more welcome DURING the debate, but still important to get these facts out.

SPREAD THIS LIKE CRAZY.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This dude‼ 👇

[mmc @tchrsd]

@SeattleSusieQ @PattiHum @mickivick @4Gelly Guess so! The time is right. He’s a perfect choice for the part.

[mmc @tchrsd]

@mickivick @SeattleSusieQ @4Gelly @PattiHum He’s perfect for the part.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

This is worth a watch and retweet again before tomorrow’s debate

[Palomar College Baseball @PMARComets]

With Friday’s win over SD Mesa, the #Comets have clinched our 3rd consecutive @PcacSports championship!

4 more games on tap this week:

-3 v. @Baseball_SWC
-1 v. @SBVCBaseball

#RollComets 💫

[Noah Benavides @bennythejet_99]

1-6-3 DP vs. Grossmont
Last 5 appearances:

6 IP
1.50 ERA
4Ks
FB 85-88
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[Noah Benavides @bennythejet_99]

First 3 appearances:
4 IP
3 Ks
0 runs allowed
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