Band of the United States Air Force Reserve

We enjoyed a FREE concert at the Flagler Auditorium that featured the Band of the United States Air Force Reserve. It was fabulous !! Being a former trumpet player, I was particulary impressed with the trumpet soloist who could have broken a champagne glass with notes that soared past human hearing -- Ha Ha !! During one section of the concert, they played three songs to "honor" the South -- one of which, was "Georgia On My Mind" -- Nana loved that one !!!!!

I bought a fancy, shmancy flat-iron and we played with it on Jordi's hair.

She LOVES it !!

She holed herself up in my bathroom for 3 hours parting, combing, flipping, teasing, brushing, clipping, spritzing, twisting, braiding, twirling, ..........

Tshombe's not too happy..... he wants his baby-girl back! (ha ha !)

Change Has Come !

Today, I am so proud of my country .... a country that for so long has been divided over petty differences, a country that would rather invest in fear than in hope, a country that would rather hate than love ... well, no more ! Change Has Come ! Today, we can hope.... Today, we can celebrate... Today, we can begin anew ! For Today was the evidence that a MAN was judged -- based not on the color of his skin but by the content of his character !!! Change Has Come !!

HAPPY MLK, JR DAY !!

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Wall Street Journal, November 13, 1962.

Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological death. It means the pain of watching your children grow up with clouds of inferiority in their mental skies. It means having your legs cut off, and then being condemned for being a cripple. It means seeing your mother and father spiritually murdered by the slings and arrows of daily exploitation, and then being hated for being an orphan.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

Happy Birthday to Tshombe !!
As Jordan so eloquently wrote in his birthday card...
"2 more years 'til you're 40 !!
Rock On, Dad !!"

Yeah, Rock On! Honey !!

Ice Skating In St. Augustine !!

You haven't heard ???? Christmas isn't over !!! I enjoyed a girls night out with Nana & Jordan at the Amphitheatre in St. Augustine - where we..........

Ice Skated !!!!! ............

Slid down an Ice Slide -- The Arctic Blast !!

Made ( and ate) Smores over an open fire pit................

And watched the sleigh rides !!!!

It still looks like Christmas around here !!!

New Year's Eve Bash !!

Pastor Mike and Holly had a New Year's Eve Bash at their home !!! We had a blast playing "spoons", "apples to apples", eating, talking, singing, eating, laughing, eating !!!! We filled out prayer request cards and at midnight we prayed for each other's needs !! Great way to start out the New Year -- in prayer !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!