National Day of Encouragement! Who can you uplift with your text, email, call? Especially in this time of pandemic and natural disasters, your simple act will brighten a spirit or warm a heart. I enCOURAGE you to good health and belly laughter by sharing my brussels sprout vegan taco with you!
Coraggio! books celebrate the courage of maternal ancestors. On the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment’s clearing a right for women to vote, applauding all courageous women, and spotlighting Sojourner Truth, who, once freed from slavery, fought to secure the freedom of all slaves and the right for women to vote. Grateful Michigan provided refuge for her fearless, tireless efforts!
Stirred by images of my beautiful mother and her guitar…singing, singing, singing…a message of social justice from her soul through the late 60s and 70s. Songs “Has Anybody Here Seen My Old Friends Abraham, Martin, and John”, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Blowin’ in the Wind” passionately intoned to urge peace and love.
She had witnessed the brutality of racism and combat’s destruction in WWII Europe and felt an obligation to use the means she had—her song–vowing not to stop until the world was rid of prejudice and war. Her ardent example compels you and me to use the means we have each day to promote peace and the valuing of all lives.
Memorial Day amid the loss of lives, jobs, and property due to pandemic deepens our sense of loss as consequence of war. With heightened awareness we give gratitude to those who served, and for those who suffered the collateral loss of loved ones, businesses, and homes, yet courageously rebuilt lives and serve as much needed examples of the resiliency we need today.
Photo: My mother, grandmother, and aunt, forever displaced from their Hungarian estate; Trier, Germany 1945.
Note mortal shell damage on background building.
Shout-out to Schuler Books in Okemos for small/local business Saturday!
Schuler Books has been a supporter of Coraggio books since their releases.
Schuler Books promotes Coraggio books’ spiral-binding that helps people with disabilities more easily read a book–by shelving on an end cap or cover forward–while other bookstores prefer books with a title on the binding that can be compactly shelved. Missed Small Business Saturday? Consider shopping for one of many unique items at Schuler Books & Music any time this month.
Have courage to discover and believe in your Miracle of Hope!
There is always Hope…
You are Never Alone!
Hope Restores Women’s Conference Lansing Center
Coraggio!
Promoting FREE Naloxone/Narcan day. Luke, the Rite Aid pharmacist, was great. Gave me my free box of 2 with no questions asked, no prescription, and showed me how to use.
As a Michigan Prescription Drug Abuse Commission member, we learned that 130 people a DAY die from opioid abuse in the U.S. This nasal spray can reverse an overdose while happening. I added link to an article with how-to-use video and a list of pharmacies providing free kit today, Sat. 9/14.
Naloxone / Narcan kit
Lisa Gigliotti is an attorney who has lived for more than twenty-five years with severe rheumatoid arthritis and serious myasthenia gravis. Through those years’ thirteen major surgeries and use of a wheelchair Lisa has maintained a fulfilling and positive life.
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