Could be that the part of you feeling disconnected is the part that needs it. There are tides and times for everything so this one is what it is without judgment. Anyway that's what I'm discovering so I see it as short-terming and long terming my energies. Whatcha think?
Thank you for your comments! I have been physically ill for the last three months! I am aware that I need to let this Trump/Musk attacks on the most vulnerable of our citizens! Basic Constitutional laws are being shattered; innocent people being deported including children being treated for cancer. I live in Memphis, TN where St Jude Cancer Hospital is located. My granddaughter, years ago died of pancreatitis after a 2 year journey in and out of St Jude! This child was 9 years old and had survived a 5 organ transplant surgery! The doctor that pioneered the surgery did Caroline’s surgery!! A 5 organ transplant was cutting edge surgery and we had the best!!! The cancer moved to her lungs and that is what killed her! I have cried and cried for weeks! I hate Stephen Miller and these billionaire bullies that are enjoying the cruelty that they are dishing out with such glee as the rob this country of million dollar federal contracts with impunity! They control: Congress, the DOJ, the FBI, and attacking the judiciary who are trying to stop them. Justice of the US Supreme Court is just now speaking out! The Trump appointees are ruining our Federal agencies! They have fired all the ethical mangers that have any power to investigate their crimes! They have a crazy man running the Dept of Health, a crazy unethical woman posing in front of the prison in El Salvador . . . .
Dear Karen this is agonizing for you as a human and as a grandmother. These times give new meaning to the body politic as it comes home to so many of us, if not all. Your granddaughter was heroic so young, giving substance to courage, and actually wonder. I am a grandmother as well and a cancer survivor of 30 years now so I have only the faintest inkling of what she went through. I hope something about her journey comforts you.
Thank you! She was the first born grandchild and we were buddies! She was well educated and at the age of 3 explained to a much older child about nocturnal creatures! I had excellent sewing skills and made her beautiful clothes which she loved. I would go over to her house and she would run to the door arms outstretched yelling, “Grandmommy, Grandmommy!!!!
Yes, and yes. For about 2 plus months I have been just passing along other people's postings from substack mostly. My own personal posts not so much lately though I have plenty sitting here waiting for attention :-) and I hope to resume.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TRUMP, MUSK, VANCE, AND ALL MAGA REPUBLICANS BEING MADE TO SPEND TIME AT ST JUDE CANCER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO BE TREATED WITH CHEMO AND HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE CHILDREN’S VOMIT AFTER THEY TURNED INSIDE OUT WITH NAUSEA! MY 9 YEAR OLD GRANDCHILD THAT WAS IN AND OUT OF ST JUDE FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED HAD MORE COURAGE IN HER LITTLE FINGER THAN THOSE ASS**HOLES HAVE IN THEIR TINY LITTLE ENTITLED HYPOCRITICAL BODIES!
MY GRANDDAUGHTER SURVIVED A FIVE ORGAN TRANSPLANT BEFORE THE CANCER MOVED TO HER LUNGS, WHICH ULTIMATELY KILLED HER! SHE HAD TUBES RUNNING IN AND OUT OF HER LITTLE BODY AND MANAGED TO SMILE ALMOST EVERY DAY!!
THOSE IFFING COWARDS WOULD NOT LAST ONE DAY OF WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH!! THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE SO TOUGH—-WHAT A JOKE!
Hold on despite this hell you are in. And it is hell. I cannot give you comfort. I know that.
Channel the energy of this pain working to expose the despicable leadership in this country that threatens every single child with cancer. Save them in your granddaughters name.
Strength to you ❤️❤️❤️ and to her parents. And to the team that sought to save her. They too grieve.🙏
Liza, thanks again for your insights during your travels. Right now the only people who can legally stop Trump are the Republicans in Congress. They will be to blame for the loss of democracy if they do not do their constitutionally mandated job and exert their power on behalf of the law and all Americans.
just an aside to remind us of other things- in The New Yorker, May 12 and 19 issue-Lech Walesa will be on a lecture tour in August and October. worth traveling to hear him. also photos of New Yorkers in their living rooms. Lin-Manuel Miranda in hoodie and striped socks at his piano.
I never hear anyone mention that the only person with presidential immunity is the president. Anybody else breaking the Constitution is liable. That goes for state and local laws also.
Can any of these comments be shared any where? A MR. WELLMAN JUST PUT JENNA ELLIS IN HER PLACE IN A WAY THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD THAT I ALMOST FELL OFF MY COUCH! I am new to Substack and do not know what is possible and/appropriate. Is there some place to learn more about Substack? Right now I subscribe to 3 people but am a new user.
Could be that the part of you feeling disconnected is the part that needs it. There are tides and times for everything so this one is what it is without judgment. Anyway that's what I'm discovering so I see it as short-terming and long terming my energies. Whatcha think?
Thank you for your comments! I have been physically ill for the last three months! I am aware that I need to let this Trump/Musk attacks on the most vulnerable of our citizens! Basic Constitutional laws are being shattered; innocent people being deported including children being treated for cancer. I live in Memphis, TN where St Jude Cancer Hospital is located. My granddaughter, years ago died of pancreatitis after a 2 year journey in and out of St Jude! This child was 9 years old and had survived a 5 organ transplant surgery! The doctor that pioneered the surgery did Caroline’s surgery!! A 5 organ transplant was cutting edge surgery and we had the best!!! The cancer moved to her lungs and that is what killed her! I have cried and cried for weeks! I hate Stephen Miller and these billionaire bullies that are enjoying the cruelty that they are dishing out with such glee as the rob this country of million dollar federal contracts with impunity! They control: Congress, the DOJ, the FBI, and attacking the judiciary who are trying to stop them. Justice of the US Supreme Court is just now speaking out! The Trump appointees are ruining our Federal agencies! They have fired all the ethical mangers that have any power to investigate their crimes! They have a crazy man running the Dept of Health, a crazy unethical woman posing in front of the prison in El Salvador . . . .
Dear Karen this is agonizing for you as a human and as a grandmother. These times give new meaning to the body politic as it comes home to so many of us, if not all. Your granddaughter was heroic so young, giving substance to courage, and actually wonder. I am a grandmother as well and a cancer survivor of 30 years now so I have only the faintest inkling of what she went through. I hope something about her journey comforts you.
Take good care of yourself.
Thank you! She was the first born grandchild and we were buddies! She was well educated and at the age of 3 explained to a much older child about nocturnal creatures! I had excellent sewing skills and made her beautiful clothes which she loved. I would go over to her house and she would run to the door arms outstretched yelling, “Grandmommy, Grandmommy!!!!
Are you listed on Substack? Can I subscribe to your page?
Yes, and yes. For about 2 plus months I have been just passing along other people's postings from substack mostly. My own personal posts not so much lately though I have plenty sitting here waiting for attention :-) and I hope to resume.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TRUMP, MUSK, VANCE, AND ALL MAGA REPUBLICANS BEING MADE TO SPEND TIME AT ST JUDE CANCER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO BE TREATED WITH CHEMO AND HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE CHILDREN’S VOMIT AFTER THEY TURNED INSIDE OUT WITH NAUSEA! MY 9 YEAR OLD GRANDCHILD THAT WAS IN AND OUT OF ST JUDE FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED HAD MORE COURAGE IN HER LITTLE FINGER THAN THOSE ASS**HOLES HAVE IN THEIR TINY LITTLE ENTITLED HYPOCRITICAL BODIES!
MY GRANDDAUGHTER SURVIVED A FIVE ORGAN TRANSPLANT BEFORE THE CANCER MOVED TO HER LUNGS, WHICH ULTIMATELY KILLED HER! SHE HAD TUBES RUNNING IN AND OUT OF HER LITTLE BODY AND MANAGED TO SMILE ALMOST EVERY DAY!!
THOSE IFFING COWARDS WOULD NOT LAST ONE DAY OF WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH!! THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE SO TOUGH—-WHAT A JOKE!
Hold on despite this hell you are in. And it is hell. I cannot give you comfort. I know that.
Channel the energy of this pain working to expose the despicable leadership in this country that threatens every single child with cancer. Save them in your granddaughters name.
Strength to you ❤️❤️❤️ and to her parents. And to the team that sought to save her. They too grieve.🙏
Liza, thanks again for your insights during your travels. Right now the only people who can legally stop Trump are the Republicans in Congress. They will be to blame for the loss of democracy if they do not do their constitutionally mandated job and exert their power on behalf of the law and all Americans.
just an aside to remind us of other things- in The New Yorker, May 12 and 19 issue-Lech Walesa will be on a lecture tour in August and October. worth traveling to hear him. also photos of New Yorkers in their living rooms. Lin-Manuel Miranda in hoodie and striped socks at his piano.
I never hear anyone mention that the only person with presidential immunity is the president. Anybody else breaking the Constitution is liable. That goes for state and local laws also.
Can any of these comments be shared any where? A MR. WELLMAN JUST PUT JENNA ELLIS IN HER PLACE IN A WAY THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD THAT I ALMOST FELL OFF MY COUCH! I am new to Substack and do not know what is possible and/appropriate. Is there some place to learn more about Substack? Right now I subscribe to 3 people but am a new user.
What did he say?