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A picture is worth a thousand words, but a memory is priceless

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As we prepared to celebrate the one and only Jozlyn Jacquelyn McCune at her High School Graduation, we took a moment to remember the joy she has brought to our lives over the last 17 years. Mom, Dad, family, friends, and Facebook shared photos of Jozlyn that made us laugh and made us cry. Mostly, these photos reminded us of the memories we will have for a lifetime.

We love you Jozlyn. Never forget that. Any day that you don’t feel the sun on your face, just remember, there are so many people who love you and are proud of you. Click on the photo below to see just a few:

Still riding the inspiration of SXSW

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Two ladies from the multitude of SXSW artists

I particularly love the South X Lullaby series from NPR, 2am St. David’s Episcopal Church

http://www.npr.org/event/music/394458428/laura-marling-south-x-lullaby

 

 

Show your colors girl in the morning light
It’s on again, it’s on again
Recreate the world in your own good vibes
It’s on again, it’s on again

Show your colors girl, show show your colors girl, gotta show your colors girl!

I wake up thinking bout my purpose
And wonder if I’m really worth it
It’s all been sung before and you’ve all heard it
Your life is your design, so go ahead and design it.
Your star is in the sky, so go ahead align it.
Cause your forever lost, until you go and find it.
(Go, go! )
Go find it!

Show your colors girl in the morning light
It’s on again, it’s on again
Recreate the world in your own good vibes
It’s on again, it’s on again
It’s all in your head, in your head, in your head
Show your colors girl, show your colors girl

My life requires certain gears
I’m making faces in the mirror
And when it’s hard to let go of my fears
Your life is your design, so go ahead design it.
Your star is in the sky, so go ahead align it.
Cause your forever lost, until you go and find it.

Show your colors girl in the morning light
It’s on again, it’s on again
Recreate the world in your own good vibes
It’s on again, it’s on again
It’s all in your head, in your head, in your head
Show your colors girl, show your colors girl

 

Washington’s “Earnest Prayer”

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The Prayer below was written by Washington at Newburgh, New York, at the close of the Revolutionary War on June 14, 1783. It was sent to the thirteen governors of the newly freed states in a “Circular Letter Addressed to the Governors of all the States on the Disbanding of the Army.”

Circular Letter Addressed to the Governors of all the States on the Disbanding of the Army, June 14, 1783

I have thus freely declared what I wished to make known, before I surrendered up my public trust to those who committed it to me. The task is now accomplished. I now bid adieu to your Excellency, as the chief magistrate of your State, at the same time I bid a last farewell to the cares of office and all the employments of public life.

It remains, then, to be my final and only request that your Excellency will communicate these sentiments to your legislature at their next meeting, and that they may be considered the legacy of one, who has ardently wished, on all occasions, to be useful to his country, and who, even in the shade of retirement, will not fail to implore the divine benediction on it.

I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for brethren who have served in the field; and finally that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.

Destiny

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Arrival

“We in this country, in this generation, are — by destiny rather than choice — the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility — that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint — and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of ‘peace on earth, good will toward men.’ That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: ‘except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.’”

Never delivered words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, November 22, 1963

 

A bright day

 

Destiny