Below is a clip of my youngest son playing his first electric guitar. Though I know that he is not a Jimi Hendrix, Prince or Slash just yet, I'm astonished that he taught himself this. :-) Rock on Poppi!!!
As a parent, I think that it's imperative that we allow our children to grow. It's my strong belief that we should embrace and encourage our children to pursue interest that appeal to them. I affirm that we each have our own unique talents. There is a child out here that will find the cure for cancer or aids. There is the next Beethoven or Bach maybe fetching water from a well in a third world country. There is an child who can become the next physicist who discovers the formula for time travel. Somewhere, he or she is here, but will they be afforded the unbiased patronage as a child born of wealth? Or are we too busy struggling to keep food on the table to realize what gifts we have, the world has , right under our noses? Our children are indeed our future!! We can not give them over to hip hop artist, tv, video games, or an otherwise unproductive culture. We the people must raise our children up. We must encourage them so that the future may be brighter!! Below is a clip of my youngest son playing his first electric guitar. Though I know that he is not a Jimi Hendrix, Prince or Slash just yet, I'm astonished that he taught himself this. :-) Rock on Poppi!!!
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"When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained" ~ Mark Twain
An Ohio elementary school teacher and her ex-husband face a total of 78 counts in the rape of the woman's son. On Monday, Lori Ann Anderson, 50, pleaded not guilty to 25 counts, including sexual battery and gross sexual imposition. Charles Wycuff, 53, who split with Anderson in 2003, faces 53 counts including rape using force, coercion and drugs, according to WHIO. He remains in Auglaize County Jail. Anderson was released Monday afternoon, after posting bond, according to the New York Post. The Daily Beast reports that the sole victim in the case is Anderson's son, who went to police in 2011 to report the abuse years after he said it happened, between 1997 and 1999. A special prosecutor investigated the case for more than two years before filing charges against the estranged couple on Friday. Anderson has taught first through third graders in the Wapakoneta City Schools system for 29 years, and has no prior criminal record. The school district said it wouldn't comment because of the active investigation. Anderson is preparing to stand trial. Her lawyer, Richard Kerger, told the Daily Beast that Wycuff was "in charge of orchestrating" the abuse and that Anderson is "relieved to tell her side of it.” "She likes teaching kids, young kids," Kerger said. This musician needs no introduction!!! I really like this song because I think it shows K'naan's phenomenal skills as a rapper. He can switch it from fast to slow, conscious to street!!! Listen and enjoy....Peace |
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"I'm an avid student of life, love, and spirit. My blog isn't about external beauty per se, clothes, fashion, make-up,or even politics. No none of these things!! The articles that I write come from my heart and are about something simple yet complex, rugged yet fragile, dark yet light. Something beautiful yet at times can be ugly. I write about something that all reading this shouldn't take for granted. Life!! Something everlasting yet fleeting." - Shakira Z. Ch'i Peace Always |