47th Annual Haliwa-Saponi Pow Wow

Sorry for the commercial at the beginning but did not see a way to get rid of it. Enjoy the scenes of the Pow Wow.

Wordless Wednesday - The Babies

Plum Dogs

The Dreaded "A" Word - I dare you to read it all

   This was a tough blog to put together mainly because I have had images in my mind of disturbing accounts regarding "abortions". Along the way in this blog you will be seeing links that I hope you will open because it not only gives you the information I will prompt but on the page you open it allows you to go deeper with additional links so stay with me and give this the time it deserves please.

  One eye opening page I visited talked about 19 facts about abortion that should make you sick and can be seen by going here.

  Now on to specifics and answers to questions such as: Statistics, Who has abortions, 3 reasons abortions are performed, when abortions occur, how abortions are performed, who is performing abortions, abortion fatality, medical abortion, cost of abortion, abortion and constraception, abortion and minors and finally abortion and public funds. Please go here.

  Abortions can be dangerous and should not be done without knowing all the facts. Knowledge is powerful and can be seen here.

  Along my journey today I discovered that truly sick stuff is happening in this country and we are allowing it to continue. In Illinois I learned that it is illegal help an aborted baby that is still alive. Live babies have been placed in trash to die and I read one account where a nurse heard a sound kind of like a cat mewing and found an infant still alive. She cradled it in her arms and rocked it until it passed and was severely reprimanded for doing this. This isn't the kind of blog that people love to read but the babies are crying out from wherever they were discarded and needing a voice.

  

  Now my friends for the good stuff and yes there is good stuff in this blog that we can rejoice about. There has been occasions when a baby was aborted and lived. Go here to read about a miracle baby.

Spread the word for "More Nonsense"

  One of my good friends Melynda Fleury over at Crazy World has her new book "More Nonsense" coming out tomorrow and I hope everyone will check her out at her blog and get her book or books as they say, laughter is the best medicine and she will surely make you laugh. 

  Now isn't she the cutest gal to also be a talented writer? I do hope you will shoot over to Amazon and be blessed by her books.

Memorial Day - A look back in time

  Today I hear people talking that are disgusted with the way certain things are going in this country and wish they could leave. When I hear this I remember how I felt when I set foot on foreign soil and how blessed I felt to be an American. You just don't know until you leave what you have to see what others deal with on a day to day basis.


  As I write this I fully understand that I was also blessed to have a good job in Vietnam during the 19 months I served there instead of being in the jungle in constant danger. Don't get me wrong, because I had my moments when I was close to harm, it just didn't happen to affect me at the time. Following are some images that I saw and wanted to share on this Memorial Day.

A daily scene on my compound as local workers came to do chores like washing and ironing our clothes and cleaning our living quarters.

Our chapel as seen through the wire separating us from the inhabitants of Qui Nhon.

A young boy that as he greeted you on the compound he would salute you whether you were a private or a general and give you a huge smile. He was caught one day pacing off the distance from our perimeter fence to our movie shack in preparation of giving the information so many of my friends could be killed. He was never seen again.

A friend and I (left) sharing a peaceful moment in the enlisted men's club after hours.

A leper colony in Qui Nhon where I saw individuals with missing fingers, toes and a hole where their nose used to be.  It was not allowed to take their picture but the area was beautiful.

Following are scenes from the Ghen Rang Orphanage in Qui Nhon where I spent a lot of my off time being with children that were outcasts and products of relationships with GI's and Vietnamese girls. 

This was Kim, a local that worked in our office of the 13th Finance and acted as interpreter when at the orphanage as the Catholic nuns did not speak English. Kim was a real blessing.

I (right) was also blessed to attend a Catholic wedding of Kim's cousin very early one morning. Ate some things that I never will know what it was but felt so great to have the experience.

  I never regretted serving my tour in Vietnam even though there were times that were frightening like a friend finding a hand grenade set by a fuel tank outside our mess hall or the time an explosive landed close enough to my compound that it threw rocks inside. However I will always know how truly blessed I am to be an American after what I saw and experienced. God Bless the USA.

Your House

   Received this as an email and our friend Belle from Canada suggested I use it as a blog so here goes.

Your house as seen by:

You:

Your buyer:

Your Lender:

Your Appraiser:

And your county tax assessor: