Antonina M. Morcelle -There is no words...

Nothing left to say but I will miss you dear soul friend. You will always be in my heart and your family will continue to be my family. Listen for my voice in heaven, watch over me on earth, and  celebrate the good times with me.

                                                       Toni and me at Niagara Falls May 2007


RIP... Toni!!! I will keep listening for our song.

Good bye Dear Annie...You were really my friend

Today I had to say see you later not good bye to my dear friend Annie. Two weeks after I met her at Mountain View United Methodist Church, she said to me," I like you, you are my friend'. From that day on, we sat next to each other at coffee hour after church on Sundays.

 As we got to know each other, I found out we are both Gemini, which explained a lot, as we always had stories to share courtesy of our gifts for the gab. We also shared the  gift for making an ordinary dull event sounds most interesting.

I love that Annie loved and cherished the people she loved especially her family. I love that she was already planning her Christmas gift list.  She loved life, she loves to sing,  to laugh, and  to eat.

I am going to miss our weekly conversation and her knack for keep my spirit up as I share my weekly dilemma with job hunting and recently the crush.. As she said what meant to be will be and the right job is out there for me and it will be greater than I expect.

I wish Annie was here in person to see how this unfold but I bet she already knows as she is now on the magical  side and will be right here with me as I experience it.

                                     Annette "Annie" June VanDemark

                                                  June 4th, 1922 -June 10th, 2013
                         
                           Gone in Person, remains in Spirit in the heart of those who loved her...

                                                                Find out more about Annie here       

The Obama administration considers giving Home Health aides a better wage

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Please checkout my latest healthcare post

http://heathcarehappenings.blogspot.com/

Well well well, another year is upon me

It is 2013, year 6 for the math and numerology lovers and my personal year 8.. Whatever is in store for me this year, will be tackled with grace, and tenacity.  I want to relocate this year and bring into my life relationships that are inspiring, supportive, and joyful.

Another Mass Shooting

This latest mass shooting should be taken as a wake up call, to remind us that we are in this world together. Today, a woman was killed by her one of her sons who then went on to kill the kids  she taught. As the nation focus on gun control and people hug their kids tighter, we must not forget the kids or adults  that are struggling and lost. We must get to them before they hurt others and themselves.

Regarding: The Half Sky documentary

 The PBS program Independence Lens' documentary "The Half Sky" has me thinking again that  the problems facing girls that is being  highlighted stem from the worldwide view of girls and women as "second class citizen";  the view that holds that we are  less than boys and men, properties to do with whatever one pleases and here on this earth only to serve men.

For rape, human trafficking, lack of education for girls, and lack of opportunity for woman to end, society's mentally about a woman's role must change.  We must all watch how we treat both sexes, and what role we expect each to play in society.  We must start seeing each person as human being, each with his or her own gifts to contribute to society in whatever capacity they chose.

It is great that there are many organizations working to bring these problems to light and to combat it, and I hope laws will be create to help make those committing rape and human trafficking accountable. If you want to help find out more here at PBS.org

But there is another way we can all help, we must hold each other accountable by speaking up against and discouraging one another for making comments and doing things that downgrade women and girl to second class citizen.