RYAN LAWRENCE TABLER 11/15/1976 – 8/9/2010
Son of my dear friend & sister of my heart, Barbara Stamm. Words can’t express what you must be feeling or how I wish I could take the pain away, but I hope in these you find some comfort.
The Cord
We are connected,
My child and I, by
An invisible cord
Not [...]
#RIP Lena Horne American Civil Rights Movement & Hollywood Legend 1917-2010
“She left the World a kinder place than she found it.”
My first memories of Lena Horne were of her visits to Sesame Street. Her silky voice & sweet smile made me wonder where such nice ladies came from? As I grew older I realized she was the SAME Lena Horne that I had watched in old black & white Hollywood movies & singing songs like “Stormy Weather” & “Man I love.” As an adult I began to look deeper into this Hollywood Icon realizing she was also one of America’s Civil Rights movement Icon’s too.
Using her musical God given talents, Ms. Horne was able to change the World’s views on segregation during World War II by refusing to perform where German POW’s were allowed to sit in front of African American service men. Many say her poignant voice & radiant charm was able to pierce the hearts of men that bullet nor blade could touch, changing the face of the Civil Rights Movement in the process. No longer were only prominent black men such Malcolm X and Martin Luther King standing up for change, women became empowered to enter the political forum.
5 year old Korean Pianist Yeh Eun has been blind since birth, according to her adoptive parents. Yeh Eun first began playing music at the age of 3 when she began playing a melody her mother had been singing throughout the day. Since then she has been able to to learn & play songs after only listening to them once.
My dear friend Mona Atkinson posted this video on FaceBook today with the caption,
“I guarantee you will be crying before this is over.”
Mona was 100% correct & I felt the need to share this amazing gift
with my entire Kimberanna.com family.
Thank you Mona for bringing this amazing footage into my life,
it has touched me & given me renewed hope.
Watching a child that had to overcome so much, create such beauty is just breath taking.
Most Americans have already filed there taxes but many who actually owe money have taken the, “I’m not giving them my money until the last possible minute,” attitude and waited until today to post their tax returns. (I believe my dad may have coined this phrase or at least made it popular, lol.)
If you can’t meet the April deadline to file your tax return, you can get an automatic six month extension of time to file from the IRS.
My good friend Chelsea Lillard turned me onto this song
…now I can’t get it out of my head;)
Check her out on FaceBook click here-> CHELSEA
The Crow & The Butterfly: Shinedown
Lyrics:
I painted your room at
Midnight, so I’d know
Yesterday was over
I put all your books
On the top shelf,
Even the one with
The four leaf clover
Man, I’m getting older
I [...]
Good News: The missing 11 yr old girl in Winter Springs Florida; Nadia Bloom found alive in the middle of swampy, wooded area. Volunteer searcher from the family’s church found Nadia in waist deep water. The child was unharmed after 4 days despite exposure to the elements & local wildlife (aligators, wild boar, bear, etc.) http://NadiaBloom.com
I’m sure you all know how much I LOVE CNBC.com. One of my favorite shows is Mad Money featuring Jim CRAMER, CNBC on air personality & former hedge fund manager. His energetic personality & catchy quirks are legendary enough to catch the eye of South Park writer’s who used him as a guide for the video below making him a part of the NEW “American Icons.”
Monday April 5th, the Administration unveiled HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative) program. Including such perks as up to $3k in “relocation expenses,” this program is supposed to help clean up the bottle neck of short sales & “hidden” foreclosure market.
Do you ever sit down & take a good, hard look at where you are in your life? Is this where you expected to be that day they handed that diploma to you? Are you satisfied with what you have done with the gifts God gave you?
I believe the answer to these and many more [...]
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