FAMILY……ON THE TURNING AWAY
Roberta B.
2e, Administrative Management, Accounting Clerk, Reception, Customer Service, CRM
Family is something that has always been very important to me. I blame my mother for this quality. Somehow she is always at the impetus of my better natures. Teaching frightened, 3/4yo me, to not fear the “…pale and downtrodden” but to lift them up and offer them a chance to thrive another day. That’s what family does. No matter what the situation, family is always there for us. At least that is the goal. The mission of most parents. To teach us the value of loving one another, the family. It’s key to our survival. Since the times of the ziggurat of Mesopotamia to modern times. It’s all right there to see in the Epic of Gilgamesh. We have always understood the value in family and not just by blood. Unless your “American Royalty” then the game of survival changes. Then we sell our young daughters to the highest bidder to further entwine the wealth. The power over the masses. The Peasant class, the middle and sub middle. Live long enough and if you haven’t already seen it, you will. Family is even more paramount in such circumstances given the severity of the thought of the life of Diogenes. Despite “Keeping up appearances”. Family still is paramount.
“Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
the turning away”
Misery…. what my friends in high school and college who moved here from out of state called Missouri. Misery is all party of life, or so I’m told.
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book”
Recently I published an article, "I’m Afraid of Americans":
In it I spoke of family and diversity of said. I spoke of the safety of family. When I joined the State of MO they too spoke of family and told me I was welcomed into the family. But then I was “hipped” to the rub. The article. Which led to some very personal questions that are inappropriate for the work family. The State family. The PREAmble is all in “Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun”
I spent many years fighting an undiagnosed medical condition that nearly took my life several times. During that time in my life I learned what family is. Take Sarah Freymiller who has been there for me so many times since we met. Sarah has taught me to believe in me. And the value of those who ID as female in even the most perilous to mundane of circumstances. They are truly family. Jim Thomas who taught me about life and growing up. He also is the reason I served on a Community Advisory Board at SLU. Giving me the chance to make a difference in the world of medicine. Shane Cohn with whom I began a journey that I will never regret. We began to create change together and I am so proud of all he has accomplished for the people of Missouri. Anthony Charles Galloway who approached me to serve on his board which led to a lot of great work creating change in the world. Kylar W. Broadus, Esq who supported the youth group I cofounded. L. Charles Janski-Ogunfidodo, MSW, LCSW(MO, IL, FL, NY, WA) who has been with me for 20+ years fighting “The Good Fight” and with whom I cofounded a domestic violence hotline. Another recent addition is Tricia O'Brien, MS who even more recently helped save a woman from a racial attack on the road. All while on her way to help people find jobs. Let’s not forget Evangeline Burgers , the daughter of 2 ministers with a brilliant husband and children. ?I’m proud to say family too. We worked together for several years and she was my best ally. Even though she didn’t quite realize it at the time. She taught me to expand my mind and is probably why I love the company of brilliant millennials. These are just a few of my family, be they not blood related.
My mother also taught me that anyone can say they love you or that they care. The real ones show you through their actions. Like family. On this April 1, 2023 I chose to stand with family across the spectrum of humanity and neurodiversity in STL to abolish injury to children and humanity. To say that I as a citizen of these United States of America see the demagogueries of the demagogue’s. To be honest I hate saying the National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, etc.… But I’m a major Constitutionalist. The politicians are stepping beyond the scope of reality to “Bamboozle” my home. Including my home turf where now there are but 2 islands of Elysian Fields connected to me by 2 mighty rivers in solidarity to oppose “The Plan”. My family is woke. How about yours? I’m sure that agency that Read my profile would love to meet a friend “…. like Mama Cass”, because they are woke.
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”
“Would anyone believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.”
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---Patrick Henry
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“Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs”
---Bob Marley
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