Two new musician followers this week. Take a listen, find some new music to listen to. Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to, Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.
Rebellion by Karina Hanssen –
Enter Sandman by Tony Coppin (Temallica)(Metallica cover) –
Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.
Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently. Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.
The Void by Andy Black –
Twice by Catfish and The Bottlemen –
Old Man’s Symphony by David Nail –
Weight Of The World by Jon Bellion –
Something To Live For by Livre –
Testify by NeedToBreathe –
What I See, Your Day by Nik Day – no videos but this is really good cd
Home by Rachael Sage –
Well, I’m Sorry by Real Friends –
I’ve Seen Enough To Know by Royal Southern Brotherhood –
Second Guesses by Saosin –
Take Another Turn by Sarah Jarosz –
Moon Tension by Scorpion Child –
My Own Worst Enemy by Steven Tyler –
When The Light Shines Through by Switchfoot –
My Offering by Union Of Sinners and Saints –
Upside Down by Valley Creek Kids –
Give Me Something To Remember by 3Oh!3 –
and our song:
I Question You by Lily Messer –
On Itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943
Six new musician followers this week. Take a listen, find some new music to listen to. Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to, Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.
Reason by Alex Di Leo –
Misfit by High Dive Heart –
Take A Chance With You by Benza Maman –
Wasted Away by David R. Guitard –
Save ME by David Roberts (Ravencroft Band) –
Proverbs 7 by See The Rise –
Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.
Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently. Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.
We Don’t Have To Dance by Andy Black –
Purpose Filled Life by Bear Hands –
San Diego by Blink 182 –
Redemption by The Boxer Rebellion –
7 by Catfish and the Bottlemen –
Punchline by Chevelle –
Night’s On Fire by David Nail –
Pray For The World by Deon Kipping –
Once In A Lifetime by Flo-Rida –
Perspectives by Hands Like Houses –
Made To Last by Issues –
Prayer by James Mcartney –
Maybe IDK by Jon Bellion –
No Good by Kaleo –
We Believe by Keith and Kristyn Getty –
Look At Yourself Again by Latice Crawford –
Perception by Livre –
No Regrets by Magic –
Let’s Stay Home Tonight by NeedToBreathe –
Miracle by Nik Day –
Scared To Be Alone, Mess by Real Friends –
Red, White and You by Steven Tyler –
Live It Well by Switchfoot –
Independence Day by Union Of Sinners and Saints –
Moth To A Flame by Virginmarys –
Walls Came Down by William Murphy –
Hurting by Mountain Heart –
and our song:
I Question You by Lily Messer –
On Itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943
While Ellis Hill was driving Liz Willock through Philadelphia,Pennsylvania on July 26th, they were pleasantly enjoying some casual conversation to kill the time. Their talk eventually turned towards the Olympics and Ellis excitedly explained that his son Darrell Hill was competing for Team USA.
However due to a lack of funds, the father simply couldn’t afford to watch him perform.
Liz was saddened by her new friend’s plight, so after returning to her home, she created a Go Fund Me page asking for $7,500 to fly Ellis to Brazil.
Within two days, 150 backers had pushed them over their goal. Ellis was walking out of his church when a television station called him to announce he was going to Rio.
“I haven’t seen my son in a couple months because he’s been training,” Hill toldPeople. “I cant wait to see him and encourage him in person and let him know I’m 100 percent in his corner.”
Liz and Ellis have been in constant touch since the campaign’s success, and the two anticipate a lasting friendship for years to come.
from dailymaverick.co.za:
Zahra Nemati is competing for Iran in archery and while you might not think there is anything special about that, her story is quite remarkable. Nemati is a former black belt taekwondo competitor, but was paralysed in a car accident in 2003. Three years later she decided to take up archery, and within six months, she had finished third at the national championships against able-bodied athletes. In 2012, she won two gold medals at the Paralympics and qualified for both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics this time around.
from dailymaverick.co.za:
Chris Mears, the Team Great Britain diver who won gold on Wednesday, was given a five percent chance to live in 2009 after he ruptured his spleen. While training for the Youth Olympics, Mears had picked up glandular fever,but was not displaying any symptoms. His organs were squeezed to the point where his spleen ruptured. He lost five pints of blood and was told it was unlikely he would ever dive again. He would later suffer a seven hour seizure and a three day coma. Remarkably, he recovered.
from dailymaverick.co.za:
The US Women’s Sevens team had a somewhat disappointing outing, but they were led through the campaign by the rather remarkable Jillion Potter.
Potter began her rugby career at university and made her debut for the Women’s Eagles in 2007. In 2010, when she was just 19, Potter broke her neck in the build-up to the Women’s World Cup. Somehow, she survived without any serious damage and she was back out on the pitch within a year. But another setback was not far away.
During the World Cup in 2014 she found some swelling underneath her jaw. She soon discovered that she had synovial sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer. Potter managed to beat the cancer and now she is an Olympian. While the US might not have quite managed the result they’d have hoped for, Potter is surely one of the most remarkable athletes at the Games.
from dailymaverick.co.za:
When Lopez Lomong was just six years old, he was abducted and taken to a prison in Sudan, where he was born. Towns people would help him escape and make his way to the Kenya border. He stayed there in a refugee camp for a decade before resettling in the US in 2001. In 2003, he was reunited with his mother who he thought had been killed in battle, and in 2009, he travelled back to Sudan to bring his younger brothers to the States. This will be his fourth Olympics, having made his debut at the Games in 2008. He will run in the 5,000m.
from dailymaverick.co.za:
For the first time at the Olympics, there is a refugee team taking part – all of whom have incredible stories to tell. Yusra Mardini is perhaps the most famous of the team. Mardini nearly drowned while escaping the conflict in Syria, feeling her country after her house was destroyed. The boat she was on began to fill up with water. Just four people on the boat – including Mardini – were able to swim. They pushed the boat for three hours until reaching land. She swam in the women’s 100m butterfly and although she did not advance, she won her heat.
Rami Anis is also from Syria and also fled the conflict aboard a dinghy, and while he did not advance from his heat either, he did set a personal best in the 100m freestyle – what better place to break your own record than at the Olympics?
Yiech Pur Biel is a runner from South Sudan who fled the civil war in his country and settled in a refugee camp. He only started running a year ago and while there are “no facilities in the camp, not even shoes”, he will take part in the 800m and says he wants to “show the world that being a refugee, you can do something”.
Another 800m athlete, James Nyang Chiengjiek, is also from South Sudan and also settled in a camp in Kenya. Like Biel, he speaks of not having the right gear to compete and in addition to getting good results at the Olympics, his dream is “also to help people. Because I have been supported by someone, I also want to support someone.”
Rose Nathike Lokonyen will also run the 800m having fled South Sudan and settled in Kenya. Like her other teammates, gear has not exactly been at the top of her priorities list – she only started training in shoes a year ago.
Also from South Sudan is 21-year old Anjelina NadaiLohalith, who will take part in the 1,500m heats over the weekend. She started running while still at primary school. South Sudan will also have a male athlete in the 1,500m, Paulo Amotun Lokoro. The 24-year-old began running after arriving at a refugee camp in Kenya and says that during his journey to the camp, “We ran to the bush and stayed in the bush. There was no food, we just ate fruit.”
Yolande Bukasa Mabika is a refugee form the DRC who took up judo after being put in a home for displaced children in the capital of Kinshasa. But her coaches would abuse her and often locked her up after losing games. While competing in Rio in 2013, she applied for asylum just like Popole Misenga. Misenga is also from the DRC,and lost his mother in the conflict. He also ended up at a home for displaced children and eventually applied for refugee status in Brazil.
Yonas Kinde, a 36-year-old from Ethiopia, is the oldest member of the team. He fled Ethiopia because of “political problems” and now lives under special protection in Luxembourg. He is a marathon runner who works as a taxi driver.
For my mom. I know you will cry, especially being so close to dad’s going to Heaven three year celebration. I am always thinking of you, praying for you, and loving you. Even though I don’t call home enough.
For The Memories
I booked that old hotel we always stayed at on the beach
The one you loved so much, the waves were within our reach
I made reservations at the restaurant you like
I took a walk on that trail you loved to hike
I bought that old movie you raved about
I know you love me, that’s no doubt
I bought two tickets to the baseball game
I had to laugh when it was cancelled because of rain
I got two scoops of ice cream, one for you, one for me
I changed the paint in the bedroom from blue to green
I got out that old rusty bike and took it for a spin
I was excited when we first got them way back when
I got out the boys old ball gloves
I think baseball was their first love
I dusted off all the old trophies they had won
Even though I knew the tears would come
I even got out a few of those old records
The scratches and hisses, the old covers made of cardboard
I got out the old photo albums
I remember you were so handsome
I heard our granddaughter playing your old drums
I had to smile as she played to the words she would hum
It’s all the small things I seem to miss
As I sit here and silently reminisce
All the things that were little all are now grown
All the things we did together I now do alone
For the memories, filled with so much emotion
I reach for your hand and take a step into the ocean
Remember When by Alan Jackson –
In Loving Memory by Alter Bridge –
Memories Don’t by Emily Shackelton –
Remembering You by Steven Curtis Chapman –
New Favorite Memory by Brad Paisley –
Slow Dancing With A Memory by Darryl Worley –
Nothing Holds A Memory (Like A Song) by Jason Cassidy –
The Song Remembers When by Trisha Yearwood –
More Than A Memory by Garth Brooks (performed by Lee Brice) –
The Memory Will Never Die by Default –
Memories and Moments by Tim O Brien & Darrell Scott –
Since I have been busy with end of summer things this year and haven’t put any music to some new posts I have, I thought I would repost one from last year. Spending time with Kylie before school starts this year has taken a priority. Big move for her entering middle school. Will write about it at a later time.
Today is Kylie’s first day of school, her last year in elementary. How did that happen? She just started kindergarten the other day. Hard to believe how the time flies. I thought the summer disappeared when I blinked, she thinks it dragged on. Funny how the older you get, the faster it goes. Don’t wish your life away, enjoy every minute of being young.
What did you do over summer vacation? I don’t know why but I always disliked writing that essay every year. I think it was just for the teachers to see if us students remembered how to write and conjugate properly. This picture puts a new twist to my summer vacation with today’s social media world. lol
Ahh those summer memories of my youth though. The smell of the grass, sweat and dirt from playing baseball, water fun, tan legs. All that in one day then repeat…
Four new musician followers this week. Take a listen, find some new music to listen to. Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to, Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.
Gemini Twin by Natasha Jane Julian –
World At My Feet by Tom Bertram –
March Of The North by Pete Karstens –
Hallelujah by Yanick –
Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.
Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently. Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.
Heaven by Aaron Neville –
Killer by Band Of Skulls –
La La Lie by Basia Bulat –
Home Is Such A Lonely Place by Blink 182 –
Let It Go by The Boxer Rebellion –
Got Burned by Chevelle –
Home by David Nail (feat Lori McKenna) –
It’s Over Now by Deon Kipping –
Hold You Down by DJ Khaled –
Here It Is by Flo- Rida –
Hell Of A Girl by Grace –
History Has It’s Eyes On You by Christopher Jackson (from Hamilton) –
It’s Quiet Uptown by Renee Elise Goldsberry (from Hamilton) –
Grey Havens by Hands Like Houses –
Scared For The Children by Jeff Beck –
Guillotine by Jon Bellion (feat Travis Mendes) –
I Can’t Go On Without You by Kaleo –
I Know by Keke Wyatt – ]
I’ve Learned To Love Myself by Letlive –
I Will Be Alright by Livre –
I Love This Life, I Know Somebody by LoCash –
I Need You by Magic –
Have You Heard About The Old Hometown by Mountain Heart –
I Am Who God Says I Am by Myron Butler & Levi –
Great Night by NeedToBreathe –
KISA by Rittz –
It Ain’t Easy, I Make My Own Sunshine by Steven Tyler –
I Won’t Let You Go by Switchfoot –
and our song:
I Question You by Lily Messer –
On Itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943
No new musician followers this week. Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to, Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.
Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.
Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently. Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.
I tried to shorten this this week and used some new songs that worked well with my other posts this week. Check out these new songs in these posts :
All I have done is copy and paste these seven good news stories. Maybe once a week all us bloggers can post one new good news story and help change all the bad news we hear. Hope you enjoy.
Be sure to listen to the music at the end also.
1)Janiyah Lewis, 6 years old, was leaving a store and saw a man crying. Her mother was so inspired by what her daughter did next, she shared the story
“After leaving out of the store today my daughter did something that really made me stop and think. There was this guy sitting there crying and she asks me ‘did you see that man crying? What’s wrong with him?’ I said yes but I’m not sure maybe he’s just sad… She said, ‘maybe he’s hot and thirsty’ she walked over to him and goes ‘hi sir be happy it’s a nice day it’s not raining. Are you hot ? Why don’t you go home the ground is dirty?’ He says I have no home but I will be ok. She looked at him with the saddest face and goes “so that means you’re homeless. So you have no food because you have no refrigerator.” She gave him a few dollars out of her purse and her drink and said, ‘Please go eat. It would make me happy. I like McDonald’s you should go there.’ I could tell she made his day. On top of that, 2 more people came up and gave money as well. We had a small conversation and he explained his trailer burnt down and he lost everything including his wife. I felt for him. It just warms my heart. A 6 year old lead by example this morning. AWESOME! Kids see no color and that’s exactly how it should be. It’s not just a statement saying that the children are our future, it’s a FACT. That gives me a little more hope for the world.”
Many people are homeless, not because they’re lazy and don’t want to work, but because they have had horrible things happen to them. We can all learn compassion from this little girl and her huge heart.
Photo credit Kenyatta Lewis/ Facebook
2) Donations are pouring in for James Karagiannis, Buffalo’s “Ice Creamcyle Dude.” Karagiannis, 36, owns a fleet of five cycles that visit the city’s disadvantaged neighborhoods, selling ice cream for just $1, or for free in exchange for a correct answer to a history or math question.
With his reflector sunglasses and sneakers the color of a blueberry Popsicle, Karagiannis is a familiar sight in many parts of the city.
But after almost a decade in business, Karagiannis still feels the sting when saying no to a kid who doesn’t have a dollar for ice cream. So he and his drivers keep a stash of freebies to give to children who cannot afford a frozen treat.
Still, nothing is free. The youngster must answer a math or history question.
News spread fast on social media about Karagiannis’ business model, so he started a “Pay It Forward” campaign to allow people to buy ice cream for deserving children.
In return for your donation, Karagiannis has the child who receives a free ice cream write a thank you card which he then mails to you.
“I truly did not think we’d raise more than $500,” Karagiannis wrote on Facebook. “I’m afraid to look at the current total but it’s got to be over $6k and who knows where it’ll be when I wake up tomorrow morning.”
Photo credit: Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News
3) More than $167,000 dollars has been raised for a 19-year-old who was found sleeping in a tent outside the gates of his college last weekend.
Fred Barley, who is homeless, was discovered by two police officers responding to a trespassing call near a parking lot at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia. He told the officers he had ridden his little brother’s bicycle six hours to register for classes for his second semester of college.
In addition to the bike, Barley had two duffel bags containing all his wordly possessions and two gallons of water. All he had to eat was a box of cereal.
The officers brought Barley to a nearby motel and paid for two nights accommodation.
The story, however, doesn’t end there.
One of the officers, Dicky Carreker, posted Fred’s story on Facebook and it went viral. A GoFundMe page on Barley’s behalf has raised nearly $168,000 dollars as of Saturday evening.
“I was not expecting any of this support and am in awe of how this community has come together to help me,” Barley told the Herald-Gazette. “I was just trying to go to school, find a job and make it on my own. Now it seems as though I am part of a new community and have a new family.”
4) A simple act of kindness from one Louisiana man is giving all of us a little slice of hope.
James Varnado brought a smile to many faces in Kenner, Louisiana, when he began helping Target shoppers to their cars in the middle of a heavy rainstorm with his trusty umbrella.
Inside the store, another shopper, Deepak Saini, witnessed Varnado’s good deed and captured the moment in a photo that later went viral on Facebook.
“In that moment, it didn’t matter that he was black and the woman in this picture was white. It was one human helping another,” Saini wrote. “Kindness is something we all need to give to each other right now and let this man be an example.”
In the photo, Varnado appears to be escorting one of many shoppers to their car despite the downpour, proving that not all heroes have capes — some have umbrellas.
photo credit Deepak Saini/Facebook
5) Instead of getting presents for her birthday, Samya McLaughlin, 9, wanted to send a message.
After watching news about the deadly shootings of Dallas police officers on July 7, Samya decided she wanted to use her birthday money to buy lunch for everyone at the 11th Precinct in her local neighborhood in Detroit.
“I wanted to show that all lives matter,” Samya told TODAY. “I felt really bad for the kids (in Dallas) who lost their fathers, so I wanted to take care of the police officers and support them.”
Joining her mother, Sierra McLaughlin, and her father, Sam Walker, along with several other family members, Samya surprised the local officers with a brown bag lunch on July 9, a day before her ninth birthday. She helped pass out about 30 bags with sandwiches, fruit, chips and a cookie.
photo credit Sierra McLaughlin
6) One woman had a “proud mommy moment” last Monday when her young son stopped and shared a compassionate moment with local policemen.
According to Kelly Garza’s Facebook post, she had just finished eating breakfast with her 6-year-old son at a Bob Evans in St. Petersburg, Florida. On the way out, her son spotted policemen eating and approached them.
“My sweet boy prayed over these officers, for safety and thanked them for their service,” Garza wrote in her post.
Many people commented on the post, praising Garza and her son, Joshua.
“Joshua is being brought up in a very loving church, where he has learned that it’s ok to share his faith and that it’s an act of love to pray for others,” she wrote.
photo credit Kelly Garza
7) A Connecticut police officer with a passion for helping children posted an adorable note two siblings wrote him while he was recovering from a knee injury. 8-year-old Malik and 9-year-old Tasha thank Officer Anthony Nolan for “being like a dad for us” and reading to them.
Nolan, who was injured when he fell at a traffic stop a couple of weeks ago, told TODAY.com he was surprised when he recently found the letter duct-taped to his front door.
“We walked up the stairs and I was like, what in the world is on the door? After seeing it, it was a little emotional,” Nolan said. “Guys, we like to have our egos, but it took my ego away.”
Nolan, an officer for the New London Police Department, said he first met the siblings while working on the beach a couple of years ago.
“I heard crying and when I approached them and asked the person who I assumed was their grandmother what happened, she explained that their book got wet and they didn’t get to read it,” he said. “I tried to calm them down because it seemed like the book was important to them.”
That sparked a conversation about books and reading, and ever since then, Nolan has been visiting the children at least once a week to read or take them to the park or for walks on the beach. He said he volunteers with many children in the New London area, especially ones who don’t have a father figure, or who live with a single parent or another relative who could use some help.
photo credit Anthony L Nolan
Brother To Brother by Union Of Sinners and Saints –
My God, My Music, My Life 