Today let us believe "that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

'lilith contemplates sanctuary ...' (2015) rockport, ma 

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... 

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let us honor those who have given their life, their mind, their body and their being 

so that we can have our freedoms!

 Let us also remember what those freedoms are, 

and never take them for granted,  

and let us make sure they are available to ALL!! 

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today, let us recognize and celebrate ...

How important it is for us to recognize and 

celebrate our heroes and she-roes! 

Maya Angelou

And let us recognize the many different battle fields on which our she-roes and he-roes fight, surrender, are victorious and perish.  

Our current day wars are not easily defines or clearcut, they wage on foreign soil and here at home.  

The battles rage between religions, genders, political parties, the haves and the have-nots, the young and the old, the thoughtful and the thoughtless, the empathic and the selfish. 

On this Memorial Day let us take a moment to think of all those who are lost and let us remind ourselves of what is important and where and how we can be she-roes and he-roes.

PEACE TO ALL!! 

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Today let us honor those who have given their life, their mind, their body and their being, so that we can have our freedoms!

Let us also remember what those freedoms are, and never take them for granted,

 and let us make sure they are available to ALL!! 

'lilith contemplates the cost of wars ....' (2015)

Let us honor our heroes and veterans by demanding better services and support systems for them and their families, once they return from the battlefields.  

It is a crime to ask fellow citizens to fight for their country 

but then abandon them upon their return. 

(see below for stat about homeless veterans) 

Let us demand other options, than asking men and women to leave their loved ones, and to see and to experience horrors that most of us could never comprehend.  

Let us believe as Martin Luther King, Jr. believed, 

"that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... 

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

numbers regarding homeless veterans:

Homeless veterans are younger on average than the total veteran population. Approximately 9% are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 41% are between the ages of 31 and 50. Conversely, only 5% of all veterans are between the ages of 18 and 30, and less than 23% are between 31 and 50.

America’s homeless veterans have served in World War II, the Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq (OEF/OIF), and the military’s anti-drug cultivation efforts in South America. Nearly half of homeless veterans served during the Vietnam era. Two-thirds served our country for at least three years, and one-third were stationed in a war zone.

About 1.4 million other veterans, meanwhile, are considered at risk of homelessness due to poverty, lack of support networks, and dismal living conditions in overcrowded or substandard housing.

How many homeless veterans are there?

Although flawless counts are impossible to come by – the transient nature of homeless populations presents a major difficulty – the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that 47,725 veterans are homeless on any given night.

Approximately 12,700 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation New Dawn (OND) were homeless in 2010. The number of young homeless veterans is increasing, but only constitutes 8.8% of the overall homeless veteran population.

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

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may this dress remind us to never forget!!! xxx

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, 

people will forget what you did, 

but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 

― Maya Angelou

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