I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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If everyone who claimed to be religious, lived out their faith the way the Carters did; if all married people treated each other with love, appreciation and respect, as the Carters did; if all people who have become famous, used that fame to advocate for, and uplift others; the world would be a much, much better place.
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Amen.
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Rest in peace, Rosalynn
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Double amen, ruth!
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Make that a triple, Ruth.
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Rosalynn Carter, former first lady who championed mental health and humanitarian causes, dies at 96
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has died.
The former first lady and former President Jimmy Carter were married for 77 years. She and the former president had four children, 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Throughout the political career of her husband, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter was his most fervent supporter. She campaigned aggressively for him, energizing supporters and once admitted being more adamant about winning than he was.
After her husband was elected president in 1976, Carter transformed the role of first lady into a full-time job. She was the first presidential spouse to set up an office in the East Wing and hire a full staff. Many recalled Rosalynn Carter carrying a brief case filled with papers to the office every day. She was a trusted adviser to the president, a participant in foreign and domestic affairs and often set up weekly meetings with Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office.
Carter traveled the world, promoting her own platform of improving mental health care and her husband's position on human rights. She lobbied for the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have granted legal gender equality to women and men.
Former colleagues, friends and observers described her as genuine, warm and selfless. Throughout much of her life, she epitomized the modern working mom and wife.
The Carters both grew up in the small town of Plains.
Rosalynn Carter was the eldest of four children who, after her father died when she was 13, had to care for her younger siblings and help with housework while her mother went to work. The family struggled to make ends meet, but Carter completed high school and went on to attend Georgia Southwestern College. In 1945, she began dating Jimmy Carter, who was home from the U.S. Navy. In 1946, the couple married. Jimmy Carter's career in the Navy kept the family on the move. Their three sons were all born on different naval ports in Virginia, Hawaii and Connecticut. Their daughter was later born in Plains.
During her husband's tenure as president, the former first lady was passionate about developing solutions for problems facing the elderly. Carter was inspired to pursue mental health reform after watching a distant cousin suffer mental illness when she was a child. In 1977, Carter became honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health. She led efforts to pass the Mental Health Systems Act in 1980, which provides grants to community mental health centers.
Carter also lobbied for immunizing children against preventable diseases while her husband was Georgia governor and president. She partnered with Betty Bumpers, first lady of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975, to promote vaccinations as a routine health practice. In 1981, 95% of children starting school were immunized against measles and other diseases.
When the Carters left the White House, they founded the Carter Center – a non-profit that strives to improve the quality of life, alleviate suffering and advance human rights through its programs. Through the Carter Center, they traveled the world working to stop Guinea worm disease, increase agricultural production in Africa, and advocate for human rights.
Matt Costello, historian for the White House Historical Association, said the Carters accomplished so much post-presidency that it seems to overshadow their time in the White House. "They have created this incredible legacy of promoting human rights," Costello said. "Oftentimes presidents and first ladies slowly fade into retirement (when they leave office)."
Rosalynn Carter remained active into her elder years.
The Carters lived modestly in the one-story ranch in Plains that they built in the 1960s.
“I would never call them relaxed,” Brower said. “They are the most active 90-something people you would ever meet.”
Kathy Cade, vice chair of the Carter Center said, “She is someone who has enormous compassion for people who are suffering. And she is not one to just sort of have that compassion. She is always driven to take action."
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To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are--always!
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A Colorado judge found that Trump engaged in insurrection. But that he can be on the ballot. It will be appealed.Hope it did not go un-noticed that a JUDGE, while ruling the Loon can be on the ballot plainly and forcefully said he instigated an INSURRECTION, This is not a loss since we are in such an odd situation to begin with, knowing that the Loon and his handlers will make it a win for themselves. I do not share that belief at all.
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For one thing he has brainwashed a lot of people and as to the other, they are wusses.
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We should know by now that we have to make EVERY election count and this next one especially.
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Absolutely.
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Cheery pickers.
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sure glad I wasn't drinking my afternoon coffee.
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Good ole' GOP.
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The Loon io living in the past because he has nothing else. His future looks too grim for him to visit there anymore. Go Pres. Biden.
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Newsfeed is saying that the Loon released a Dr.'s report on his health on this, Pres. Biden's 81st. birthday. I am surmising that this is the idea of some of his handlers. I don't think he has enough brain power left to come up with it. We all know going in he had next to none for brains to begin with.
There are no test results, of course. Just written words that sound nice, but anyone could put those on a paper and did. If one didn't know, they would think the main is in pretty good health —physically and mentally and while we have never gotten REAL health truth, I've no doubt the clown is a complete mess.
The media still insists on playing down the senility if mentioned in any way at all. We are going to be milked as long as they are able. He was having McDonalds delivered to the court during the past week and likely has done something like that all along. So, he plays golf. Whoopee. By benefit of golf cart.
He is a tiresome guy and hopefully will sag even further by the time the first round of court is over. He'll appeal but it won't help. He hopefully will end up poorer than a church mouse. It is so well deserved.
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People are living books. The real library of life is community.
Bryant McGill
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Reps. will never admit anyone else can make something go right.
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