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I wanted to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior today with a writing of his I Have a Dream speech. I did not cut and paste. I listened and transcribed. Myself. I wrote it out in my journal and savored each word. For me, the words are meant to honored much like one does in a wine tasting. You notice and document every flavor. I’ve linked to the speech here. In case you would also like to treasure and honor the words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTwVbUJbQxk
The speech, given on August 28, 1963, was given for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 1963. This was not that long ago. I wonder what his speech would be today?
For some levity, I thought I would share the activity I had my children do many moons ago:

UPDATE: I still cannot fly, my son is not magnetic, my daughter is not President, but, all things considered, the happiness is abundant!
NOTE: I’m so sorry. I wrote some posts that I thought I scheduled for last week while I was out of town, but I did not schedule! Sorry to be MIA for a week! I will save them for the next time I’m out of town.
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