
Technically, it is July 4th, Independence Day in the states, and I couldn’t be farther from feeling patriotic, proud of my country or the people who are running it. Truth is, our country scares the shit out of me daily frightens me in a way I have never before experienced.
Today, I welcome the day off with my family. I welcomed sleeping in a bit, relaxing. But I am not feeling very red, white or blue — well, blue only in the sense of a deepening sadness. Human dignity and freedoms are now being stolen daily. The immigrant crisis, where children are being separated from their parents and sent to ‘camps’ technically for purposes of law! WTF and the parallels to the atrocities of the Holocaust haunt me. Please, dear friends, we cannot have another global miscarriage of morals, ethics, and values. Please, hear the cries, feel the pain. Act. Scream. Shout at the top of your lungs.
I move forward only by seeing the cries of injustice rallied far and wide. I hold strong and hard in my belief that we, the greater we of like minds, fairness, civility, compassion, and empathy can right this veering ship.
We must hold on this holiday, more than all others, the belief that the people of our world can and will come together and change the confluence of attitudes and events that are swirling together like the perfect storm. We have to raise the bar on just about everything in the world on human rights. We all need to care.
#NeverAgain #NotOneMore #NeverForget #MeToo #BlackLivesMatter #CivilRights #LGBTQrights #MomsDemandAction #Vote #worry #gunsense #Immigration #MuslimBan #SupremeCourt #Antisemitism #WomensRights
Yiddish Proverb:
I wish I could have the pain instead of you, my children. Mir zol zeyn far dir mayn kinder.
Friends, be safe. A bie genzunt. Go in good health.
Amen, sister.
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Hang in with me, Kara! I need your voice to help us all! ❤
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We feel your pain Lisa… everyone decent around the world feels your pain … maybe we have to reach the nadir of Trump to stop and realise we have to begun to take better care of one another or we are in the total **** #DreamTeam
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Thank you for your comments, Enda! They really mean a lot! xoxo #dreamteam
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You’re welcome Lisa … keep believing. We have to!
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It is a genuinely worrying time, well worrying doesn’t really cover it at all does it. #fortheloveofBLOG
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And, we still have to manage to act normal. M’wah! Thank you for your comment #fortheloveofBLOG xoxo
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That’s all we can. Act with dignity and heads held high.
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True, very true 💙💛💙
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A thought provoking post, and so true! #FamilyFun
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M’wah! And be well! #familyfun xoxo
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Lovely dandelions so dreamy in appearance #PointShoot
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This is a complicated time to celebrate patriotic holidays, and I’m sure there were some awkward conversations around more than one picnic table yesterday. I’m keeping my thoughts aligned with Chesterton (or trying to, anyway . . ): “Can we hate it [our country] enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?”
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Michele, it’s the perfect conundrum and I hope we prevail! Thank you, as always for your comments! 💜
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I wish!!! Oh honey I do wish. Scary days. But yes only by standing up and being counted can we illicit change. Thank you for linking up to #PointShoot 📸
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I love linking with you, my friend! xoxo #pointshoot
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I won’t pretend to know anything about US politics, but I know when things are just plain morally wrong. I hope you still managed to enjoy time with your family yesterday and thank you for joining the #DreamTeam this week
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Thank you, lovely!!! #dreamteam 😘😘😘
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The world seems to be going to hell these days! Almost every country is grappling with their own version of Trump & hatred. I really hope we wake up soon and that the best of humanity prevails.
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I am so with you on that! ❤️❤️❤️😘
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Amen. I lost a long standing US friend over a disagreement about Trump’s immigration policy as they are fine with it whilst I think it’s a terrible thing and dared to say so. Not that our policy is much better … It is truly sad what’s happening in the world right now. Sending hugs. In the words of the March of the Women: “March, march—many as one, Shoulder to shoulder and friend to friend.”
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That is one powerful chant, isn’t it! We can make that change! We need to! xxoo
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It must be hard to want to celebrate your country but not liking the state it is in right now. We can only hope for a better future and that either Mr T is thrown out or voted out next election! I hope you had a good day anyway! Thank you for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. I hope to see you back next week!
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Always a pleasure to join in! Thanks for your comments! M’wah! xoxox #triumpahnttales xoxo
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Seeing it from afar is bad enough!
I’m Hopeful it will reach a point and change will happen again. There are decent people they just need to be the ones in power #dreamteam
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From your note, may we get smarter in the election booth! Thank you for your comments! #dreamteam Come by again! xoxo
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In a world where we have the capabilities to move forward and do wonderful things we seem to keep edging backwards. It is worrying. #TriumphantTales
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The supreme court pick has me quaking in my boots. 1950 will not be good for anyone! I was away for a week and listened to NO news, and it was beautiful! xoxo #triumphanttales xoxo
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I hope you enjoyed your day, despite the atrocities happening around you. I know I’ve said this before, but I am still dumbfounded about the whole thing. How are there people out there who let this happen? I’m forever hopeful goodness will prevail.
~Jess xo
#StayClassyMama
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I am counting on your hope, Jess! May I be wrong and may we get him out of office! VERY SOON! #stayclassymama xoxo
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I definitely feels like the whole world is on a downward slide at the minute and it does worry me the future our children are going to have to contend with. And there can never be any justification for what is happening to those poor children.
Thank you for joining the #FamilyFunLinky x
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I hear you sister. #thesatsesh
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Happy 4th July Lisa! My American friend. I truly believe this also. For Trump has deeply Forking it up like Hitler is beyond me. Unbelievable!!
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He is Hitler in the making. Thank you, Su. We need to get him out of the white house. xoxo I hope you are well. xoxo
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I greatly miss when our country worked together instead of fighting against the ‘other side’ and we all wanted the common goal of a great country full of happy people. #DreamTeam
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… still believing over on #thesatsesh!
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Love it, Enda! Ty!
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We are having similar issues in India, Lisa. A scary time for us all. We must fight for the right more than ever now.
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I’m in for the fight. Thank you for your comments. xoxo
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I see such innocence in children then adults go and muck it up! Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
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Well said X
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Dear Lisa. I’m over in the UK as you know and your excuse of a leader is heading this way this coming weekend. There are protests planned and although i am nowhere near them i am planning on getting to one. I cannot sit by and continue to watch in horror, fear and disbelief , what tRumpet is doing to your country and the whole world. What scares me the most is the amount of Americans (and Brits) who think he has a point… I see USA as being several steps along the same path as the rise of Hitler and it scares the shit out of me #blogcrush
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Dear Rose, the comparatives to the rise of Hitler are scaring the shit out of me too. Make America Great Again. Make Germany Great Again. A narcissistic egomaniac at the helm. We have to stop this – and I fear he will be re-elected. I hope we can stop the madness and course correct, befoe he erases all that Obama has done for us. #blogcrush xoxo
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I feel your pain and concern and can totally understand why you are not feeling particularly patriotic right now. I am feeling less connected with my country of late due to Brexit and that pales into insignificance compared to some of Trump’s rhetoric (and actions). He is in the UK this week – there is a march I am tempted to go on on Friday…. he – and what he stands for – is not welcome here. #thesatsesh
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Hayley, I hope you went to the march! Tell me about it if you did go. I saw the protests on TV and it is good to have that support. May this all change around very soon! #thesatsesh xoxo
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I hope it does – I’m so sorry Lisa, I didn’t. My friend went but I got anxious about taking the girls and then getting back to pick up my boy from school. It went very well though – peaceful but got coverage. xx
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I am trying to remain hopeful for the mid-term elections. I fear if they go awry, we may need to start looking for a new country. No joke. xoxo Thank you, Hayley.
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I’m so sorry Lisa. The worlds gone mad. It’s not great here at the mo with Brexit tbh. xx
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As long as we all find some decorum! Xoxo
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This 4th of July definitely seemed very low key this year. We took our kids to an American diner to celebrate (they were born in the states but we now live in the UK). cheers #KCACOLS
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Good on you, expats! I think about it daily! xoxo #kcacols xoxo
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The world is a scary place and I hope that it will improve and be somewhere to be proud of for our children’s sake. I hope the dreadful situation with the migrants will be resolved and the families reunited. Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
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I am right there with you! Ty 💜
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It is a very worrying time for sure. I hope you enjoyed your time off with your lovely family x #stayclassymama
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Thank you! We did. 😘
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It’s tough. I try to remind myself that there is still no place else in the world that I’d rather be raising my daughter, but it’s not always easy #KCACOLS
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We talk about moving a lot. Mid term elections are important, so is the Supreme Court. And yes, where to go? #KCACOLS 😘
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In a fb group for queer parents I’m in everyday someone is asking about whether they neednto shore up their rights to their own kid or what things are like in another country. It’s scary. I’m scared for you all. And never happier that my wife never has to leave the UK and go back there to live. #kcacols
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Thank you, Bread. It is scary. This new supreme court nominee will turn the clock back to 1950, if allowed. #kcacols xoxo
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Yes I want cake. I always want cake. Well thought out and it resonated with me to be honest #KCACOLS
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Shan, how I would love to share cake with you! A nice nosh. In these tough times, we must stop and eat cake, or ice cream, or hug! #kcacols xoxo
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