Renee Hawkley In Joy!

Never Let it Happen. Joe Biden "won" the election by an ambush of illegitimate mail-in votes that may never be accurately verified or vilified. Everyone knows that. "Never let it happen again" must not stand this time. Never let it happen.

  “Angels Have Been Here” from the memoirs of Margaret Thomas Marchant (1907-1989) *transcribed and lightly edited by Renee Thomas Hawkley, a niece “It was January of 1917. The North wind whistled over the Red Rock Valley. The snow lay crusty and glazed over its entirety. The world seemed to lie in silent terror, waiting. Waiting. 1Only the wind expressed openly its feeling of deep anxiety. War, fear, tanks, guns! Ours was a little town whose young boys had volunteered, boarded the local train mid tears and goodbyes, and found themselves homesick, frightened and alone in France. Tonight, the wind howled the grief of a frightened world. Victory for America tottered. But was there not yet the great ocean between us and our enemies? The pins on the big map behind the pot-bellied stove at the Thomas Mercantile had been arranged and rearranged. The town fathers had spoken sadly as their crusty hands had gently placed the pins in their new positions.  “This is where our boy...

My father, William Thomas, was eight years old when the “Spanish flu” attacked in four waves from February 1918 - April 1920, causing an estimated 675,000 deaths in the US and 17-100 million deaths worldwide.* Dad was the middle child of seven. The family lived in the small community of Swan Lake, Idaho. His older sister, Margaret (age 10 or 11 then), later wrote the following description of the family’s experiences during that era (abbreviated for 21st Century readers): “The winter of 1918 brought not only World War I but the great flu epidemic. Everybody everywhere seemed to get sick at the same time . .  Everyone (in the family) took to their beds of affliction except me . . . There were beds everywhere. Eleanor seemed to be in the worst condition. . . . Dad made a bed for her out by the dining room table, where she could be watched closely. She was also in the warmest part of the house. She says every time she opened her eyes, Dad was bending over her.  Dad and Mother trie...

  "Let God Prevail" (Russell M. Nelson's October 2020 Conference talk) -- I get it, but still -- feeling sad that 'Life, Family and Religious' rights forged in the Trump Administration will likely be reversed soon. * The Legislative Affiliate of Family Research Council "Trump Administration Accomplishments 2017-2020" https://www.frcaction.org/accomplishments