Lost the best husband ever to Huntington's๐.
Ready to begin a new chapter. Rarely political ๐๏ธ,
pro-environment ๐, dogs โค๏ธ, and Star Trek ๐
If you suspect there is Huntington's Disease in the family, please get tested and seek a specialist's care to live at home longer. Research WILL find a cure and donations will make it happen sooner.
@TimDabney74@AZ_Brittney I don't claim to be "in the know" politically. Just would support Gov Beshear. His character is the opposite of Trump and a 180 degree turn from the current administration is what this country needs. Ky's state motto is "United we stand" and to be united is what we need to be.
There's a reason muscles only grow under resistance, why diamonds only form under pressure, why the deepest faith almost always emerges from the hardest seasons. Hardship isn't a detour from God's plan โ sometimes it's the very classroom He uses to shape us.
That doesn't make it easy. It doesn't make the heartache lighter or the waiting shorter. But it does mean nothing is wasted. Every difficult step you've taken, every prayer prayed through tears, every morning you got up when staying down felt easier โ God sees it. And He's building something in you that will honor Him for years to come.
To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:
Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.
You wonโt.
You wonโt because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.
That is not who we are.
My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the cowardโs way out more times than I can count.
For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.
I no longer believe that.
Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.
And it sure as hell ainโt the critic that counts.
That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.
Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.
Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.
Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?
We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.
So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.
You wonโt.
The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.
That is the only definition that matters.
@John_Dabell So appreciate your positive attitude in the face of illness! Here is a favorite memory of "my" John, on our honeymoon, he went to be with the Lord January 25, 2025.
They had the Ten Commandments, which God gave to Moses. As well, see Leviticus-the Hebrew people had "laws" about food, skin disease (yuck) atonement for sin, etc. No one reported what other nations (Samaritans or Gentiles) believed as Israelites were very self-contained. Would welcome a DM if you would like to discuss theology though I'm not seminary trained, just a believer.
Many often underestimate climate change because its worst consequences arrive gradually, until they arrive all at once.
The best time to act was yesterday.
The next best time is today.
Tomorrow may be too late.
#ClimateActionNow