Finding strength in Mondays~
It was a week ago that I found myself in the ER about this time. It still seems like it all was a bad dream. The realization is that life is short, I am blessed and really trusting your own instincts is key to early heart detection. My Father had a heart attack starting about 9 am in the morning but refused to go to the hospital until "after work". He passed away two weeks later after double valve replacement. I think perhaps this was in my mind during the event. I can't help but think my parents were there guiding me along the way. I have to be healthy and be HERE for my son. He fought for me, I will ALWAYS fight for him.
So today is a holiday at our house because my husband is in the military. Unfortunately this also means that we get to get things done that we usually don't have time for like taking the car into the dealership. $1000 later....ugh....and many hours of him waiting....the car should be fixed. Always something, right?
I also want to address what today is. It is Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday.
(source wikipedia)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches.[1] A Baptist minister,[2] King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
I encourage everyone today to honor his legacy. Make a difference. Today is a day of service, prayer and thanks.
Love to all~
Deanna
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