M.J. has passed on…

I hear people speak the name of Michael Jackson with disgust. “Pedophile!” they mutter with venom. What if, – just what if he was truly innocent and framed by people with their own agenda, for their own profit? What if people just didn’t understand the man Michael Jackson, due to things that were imposed upon the child Michael Jackson at the behest of his superiors. Why did Michael’s voice remain high and as clear as a child’s voice? What was done to him during his youth to create ths superstar that he became?

It is widely reported that he was beaten as a child and forced to perform by his driven, and domineering father. He never had a “normal” childhood. Michael Jackson was raised up in an environment unlike that of a normal family. How could anyone expect him to act like everybody else? Did his eccentricities and “difference” make him a pedophile? Nope! Perhaps it was his innocence that stopped him from fearing what people would imagine and think about him having slumber parties with kids in his effort to relive his long lost childhood.

I encourage you to read both sides of the issue before you form an iron clad opinion. Stop for a moment and contemplate. What if someone accused you, or someone you love and you know you or they would never do such a thing? What if it appeared there was evidence against you, yet you KNEW you were innocent? Here is a very interesting article. Just keep an open mind.

It seems most people like to believe the worst, and if someone is different from themselves they can’t understand or relate to them. Michael Jackson loved people and all living things. He was a generous and loving, though childlike, human being. Here is the amazing list of charities he supported

Mother’s Day Hike!

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My wonderful kids decided to do something for me on Mother’s Day that they know I just LOVE! They went on a hike with me! It was a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L day! Sunshine, clear sky and a huge wooded park with both easy and difficult paths. Wow! We did some of both 🙂

They got me sweet smelling fragrances, my son and his fiance’ got me a book related to my martial arts training as well as Godiva chocolates and fragrance, my girls got me an outfit with the cutest little shirt that says “Girls make the best ninjas” 😀 Two of my sons got me a DVD player for my living room (which I didn’t have). The kids came over and watched a movie with me at my place after hiking and eating out! I had a magnificent Mother’s Day. I think it is the best Mother’s Day I ever had.

Josh playing “Tarkin Ball” with Joe…

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Josh dedicates this clip to his surgeon in Pittsburgh, Dr. Tarkin.
Josh was tired when we made this video, but it still shows what a marvelous recovery he has made. He wants me to video him on game night when he is really “ON” and “Tearing it up” as he puts it. For now this is a start. 🙂


Quite a contrast from this:

My new car!




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09 Pontiac G6
When things started going wrong with my little blue Chevy I realized that I was paying way too much for way too little. I knew that the problems with my little blue car were only going to get worse and there were going to be more of them because the mileage was getting pretty high. I decided that I had better find something else. Here is what I ended up getting. I love the firey red G6!