Encouraged

some things have happened in the last couple of days that have reminded me that I am still capable of very deep joy.

The upcoming days will tell me whether or not I can hang on to feeling so encouraged.

I have nearly everything going against me.

I will say Trump doesn't scare me as much anymore.  The millions of left wing (and rt. wing!) Trump protesters make me feel empowered.

Im still an activist, I sign many petitions each month, sent to me by:

www.change.org

www.moveon.org

www.ourrevolution.org

(Some of the links might be dot com)

THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF MD/SPRING CONCERT

On my last car I had a bumper sticker proclaiming:  DON'T POSTPONE JOY!

  Two of my greatest joys are being with children and listening to or performing music. Today's show was amazing! This was my first C.C.O.M. show. The children appeared to range between 6 and 17. Hey, is that little boy the boy I used to nanny for?! It sure looks like him! One little girl has long platinum curly blonde hair and glasses just like I did. I can tell which of the children are really moved to joy when they sing, versus the children who are coerced by parents to be in a choir.

"Omnia Sol" (let your heart be staid) is sung by 3 high school girls, 3 part harmony. It moves me to tears, it is so beautiful. Right after I start crying one of the singers starts crying, yet I don't think she saw me crying! Turns out that those 3 girls have been with the choir for 9 years and this is their last year. Lots of bouquets of flowers are given out. What a wonderful "spring break" this was!