http://dreamact.info/
This is my new project. I have a friend who is an illegal alien. He is a child in high school. Through no fault of his own he is in the US.
If anyone is reading this, for a moment put aside you bias towards illegal aliens and whatever you bring to the table. Imagine for a moment that your child has gone to school here most or part of their life. You have hopes and dreams for your child right? Your child has plans for their future , right? Maybe your child wants to be a lawyer, a doctor, a school teacher; well for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented children in the US this dream is an impossibility with our system the way it is now.
These children cannot go to college and if they are lucky enough to get into a college when they get out of school they are STILL illegal and will not be able to get a job! Our federal government has allowed these children to be educated until graduation from high school then they are hung out to dry. What are their options? Stay here, living in the shadows or go back to their PARENTS home country where they don't have a life. Their life is here. Please if you can look at this without bias , support the dream act. Look at the provisions in it and see if it is something you can support.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
This Week
Well this has been a rather odd week.
Last Saturday I attended the funeral of a dear friend Jerrel Jeter. Jerrel was a great guy. I've known him since I was in 5th grade. He had lots of stumbles along the way after we became adults. He had finally gotten his life together, truly together and then BOOM the unexpected strikes. ILLNESS.
He had a wonderful wife, whom I didn't know but I can tell just from the short time I was around her in the past few weeks that she had helped him tremendously get on and stay on the right path. The only thing that has helped me with his passing is believing that G-d has a plan for our life. We may not know what it is or like it but it's the way it is. I can only hope that Sean, ( another friend who died about 6 years ago) was there waiting on him. Maybe he needed a friend to be there with him.
Yesterday I attended another funeral. This one was quite different. It was for Mrs. Scales who was almost 98. I can only assume that she accomplished untold amounts in her lifetime. It was a beautiful service and her family will miss her for sure, but 98 is a good long and fruitful life and I'm sure she outlived more people than I can even imagine.
Last Saturday I attended the funeral of a dear friend Jerrel Jeter. Jerrel was a great guy. I've known him since I was in 5th grade. He had lots of stumbles along the way after we became adults. He had finally gotten his life together, truly together and then BOOM the unexpected strikes. ILLNESS.
He had a wonderful wife, whom I didn't know but I can tell just from the short time I was around her in the past few weeks that she had helped him tremendously get on and stay on the right path. The only thing that has helped me with his passing is believing that G-d has a plan for our life. We may not know what it is or like it but it's the way it is. I can only hope that Sean, ( another friend who died about 6 years ago) was there waiting on him. Maybe he needed a friend to be there with him.
Yesterday I attended another funeral. This one was quite different. It was for Mrs. Scales who was almost 98. I can only assume that she accomplished untold amounts in her lifetime. It was a beautiful service and her family will miss her for sure, but 98 is a good long and fruitful life and I'm sure she outlived more people than I can even imagine.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sunday
Missed the concert last night at the Shul thanks to my wonderful family. Has anyone seen the movie "houseguest"? that's my life right now.
Went to the synagogue Friday night for a little spiritual pick me up. G-d I love that place. Maybe I'll quit my job and become a strictly observant Jew. Can anyone pitch in financial donations??? LOL. ... Work tomorrow then in a couple of weeks I have vacation.
Sidney is sick.. Hope it's just a cold. Isaac is at Kenny's his PawPaw.
Next weekend will be devoted to Rosh Hashanah . I CAN'T WAIT!!!! See ya soon.
Went to the synagogue Friday night for a little spiritual pick me up. G-d I love that place. Maybe I'll quit my job and become a strictly observant Jew. Can anyone pitch in financial donations??? LOL. ... Work tomorrow then in a couple of weeks I have vacation.
Sidney is sick.. Hope it's just a cold. Isaac is at Kenny's his PawPaw.
Next weekend will be devoted to Rosh Hashanah . I CAN'T WAIT!!!! See ya soon.
Monday, July 27, 2009
My quest to become a Jew
I can't sleep. I wake up thinking about G-d. What am I doing wrong? What am I doing right? How can I get there faster? It's the middle of the night and I should be sleeping. So to help myself I will start daily blogging about this issue in my life. I have people in Israel that are helping when I send them questions. Sent the Rabbi a very long email I'm sure he's gonna be thrilled to get that.
I should be reading Torah maybe that's why I'm awake. But instead of putting me to sleep it actually would be like picking up a really good book that I can't put down. Please G-d help me to be a better person and to have self control. I'm going back to bed but tomorrow there will be a long post about my quest up to this point.
Quick story, I go to Nashville last week. Run into a black hat Jew is all I know to call him. Never seen one before in public. I go knock on his window in his car. (probably a big fat no no) He rolls down the window. I say excuse me sir do you know where I can get kosher food.? (HG HILLS used to be there is Green Hills) He says Cincinnati and chuckles. Anyway he had a teenager in the back seat and she told me who to call. Now I don't think that is a coincidence. You tell me.
I should be reading Torah maybe that's why I'm awake. But instead of putting me to sleep it actually would be like picking up a really good book that I can't put down. Please G-d help me to be a better person and to have self control. I'm going back to bed but tomorrow there will be a long post about my quest up to this point.
Quick story, I go to Nashville last week. Run into a black hat Jew is all I know to call him. Never seen one before in public. I go knock on his window in his car. (probably a big fat no no) He rolls down the window. I say excuse me sir do you know where I can get kosher food.? (HG HILLS used to be there is Green Hills) He says Cincinnati and chuckles. Anyway he had a teenager in the back seat and she told me who to call. Now I don't think that is a coincidence. You tell me.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Lonely
Well I thought I wanted the house to myself. JR went back to work. Sidney is coming and going. Kenston and Isaac have been back at Erica's, for how long I don't know. Didn't sleep last night, the house was too quiet. I am in search of a dog, received an email with a potential dog for us. I miss Isaac when he's not here. I've gotten used to having him here!!!
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