Thursday, January 26, 2017

HOT RIOT. TWISTED CABARET. SPITFIRE. SALSA. TANGO. RUMBA. FRESH BUCKS. THE KING CAT THEATER. STEP IN TO LEARN. STEP OUT TO LEAD. SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE. "BE WHO YOU ARE AND SAY WHAT YOU FEEL BECAUSE THOSE WHO DON'T MIND DON'T MATTER AND THOSE WHO MATTER DON'T MIND." --DR. SEUSS. JUDGE: PROSECUTORS MAY SEEK DEATH IN MISSING SISTER'S DEATH. WEST POINT CADET HONOR CODE SUGGESTED TO NEW COMMANDER-IN-LIE, TRUMP: " A CADET WILL NOT LIE, CHEAT, OR STEAL OR TOLERATE THOSE WHO DO." THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LIE AND A FACTUAL MISTAKE. THE HONOR CODE IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AT WEST POINT, AND FOR A GOOD REASON . . . THE FUTURE OFFICERS WHO EMBODY THESE PRECEPTS, DEVELOP AS LEADERS OF CHARACTER WHO CAN BE TRUSTED TO MAKE LIFE AND DEATH ETHICAL DECISIONS. LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. PAUSE. REPEAT. 9 YEAR OLD HUMANITARIAN, JAHKIL JACKSON, SAID IF HE LIVED IN A PERFECT WORLD, HE WOULD BUY EVERY HOMELESS PERSON A HOUSE. BUT SINCE HE CAN'T, HE WILL DO WHAT HE CAN--AND THIS YOUNG MAN, OF STATURE AND CHARACTER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, HAS PUT TOGETHER "BLESSING BAGS" AND HAS PASSED OUT 2,000 OF THESE BAGS, FROM THE BACK OF HIS GODFATHER'S TRUCK! SIMPLY AMAZING! LOVE YOU! THREE WOMEN, WHO EITHER LIVED IN ANGELINE'S WOMEN'S RESCUE CENTER, OR HAD LIVED THEIR, ONE WHILE SHE GOT HER COLLEGE EDUCATION, THEN WORKED IN PROGRAMS TO HELP THE HOMELESS, DIED IN THE LAST WEEK . . . TODAY, WE, HAD MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THESE THREE WOMEN, TAQUILA, DIDN'T GET THE OTHER NAME, AND "MS. JESSIE" MOORE, 1956-2017, AND THE SERVICES WERE SO WONDERFUL, I WAS CRYING AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, OR DIDN'T RECOGNISE THEIR NAMES, BUT I AM HARDLY THERE DURING THE DAY, BUT, THE FUN PERSONALITIES, THE PERSERVERANCE IN ADVERSITY, THE POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE THAT, HOMELESSNESS NEVER DEFINED THEM, THIS IS MY TEMPORARY HOME, COUNTRY SONG, BUT, IT DID SERVE AS A LAUNCHING PAD, FOR MOVING ON TO GREATER THINGS! JESSIE'S MOTHER, HER SISTER, AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS WERE THERE TODAY, AND MS. JESSIE, AS EVERYONE CALLED HER, WAS A BRIGHT, BOSSY, FUNNY, STERN, BUT LOVING WOMEN, WHO BROUGHT JOY TO ALL THE LIVES SHE TOUCHED! I THOUGHT, THE TWO POEMS IN THE PROGRAMS TODAY, MIGHT COMFORT SOME, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE IN MORNING NOW, FOR A LOST LOVED ONE, OR SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED ON, AND TOUCHED YOUR LIVES, BUT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO GET THROUGH THAT MORNING PROCESS . . . THE FEMALE PASTOR, ENCOURAGED, US, TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE, FIND JOY IN KNOWING HER, SHE IS NOT SAD, AND IS PROBABLY BOSSING GABRIEL AROUND, AT THE PEARLY GATES OF HEAVEN, TELLING HIM WHAT SHE WILL AND WILL NOT DO, BUT THAT SHE HAS SURE ARRIVED! OFTEN WE MOURN FOR OURSELVES, FOUR OUR LOSSES, AND NEED TO HEAL, FOR THEY, ARE IN A BETTER PLACE, WALKING THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN! GOD BLESS THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE DEATHS OF THESE THREE FINE WOMEN! THE TWO POEMS . . .

Don't Cry For Me

Don't cry for me now I have died, for I'm still here I'm by your side.
My body's gone but my soul's there, please don't shed another tear.
I am still there I'm all around, only my body lies in the ground.
I am the snowflake that kisses your nose.
I am the frost, that nips your toes.
I am the sun, bringing you light.
I am the star, shining so bright.
I am the rain, refreshing the earth.
I am the laughter, I am the mirth.
I am the bird, up in the sky.
I am the cloud, that's drifting by.
I am the thoughts, inside your head,
While I'm still there, I can't be dead.
--Author unknown.

Look for Me in Rainbows

Time for me to go now, I won't say goodbye:
Look for me in rainbows, way up in the sky.
In the morning sunrise when all the world is new,
Just look for me and love me, as you know I loved you.

Time for me to leave you, I won't say goodbye;
Look for me in rainbows, high up in the sky.
In the evening sunset, when all the world is through,
Just look for me and love me, and I'll be close to you.

It won't be forever, the day will come and then
My loving arms will hold you, when we meet again.

Time for us to part now, we won't say good by;
Look for me in rainbows, shining in the sky.
Every waking moment, and all your while life through
Just look for me and love me, as you know I loved you.


Ms. Jessie leaves behind family and friends that loved her very much and will  miss her deeply.

She was an integral part of our community and we are grateful for her time with us.



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