May 252018
 

Since every week with Twitler in the Oval Office is, by definition, a dismal week, I thought I’d focus on a few things that will make you smile and warm your heart.

While not exactly proud of it, the fact that we learned this week that George Zimmerman, forced to file court financial disclosure papers related to ANOTHER run-in with the law, is $2.5 MILLION dollars in debt and has NO source of income did, in fact, make me smile and warmed my heart.

NOTE to George Zimmerman: Karma is, indeed, a “female cur”!

Moving on to more magnanimous Smile-Inducers-and-Heart-Warmers, CEO Martha Fuerstenau of American 1 Credit Union based in Jackson, MI has directed that 186 of the firm’s 187 employees be given raises that total almost $1 MILLION ($950,000)!

The one employee that CEO Martha Fuerstenau elected to NOT include in the generous raises was the herself!

And these were not nickel and dime raises – but ones that averaged more than $5,000 per employee.  Additionally, 76 percent of the increase went to hourly employees, with only 24 percent going to management.

NOTE to Fortune 500 CEOs: THIS is how you should do “Trickle Down”!

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2018/05/combined_1_million_worth_of_ra.html

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/24/1766856/-Michigan-credit-union-gives-generous-raises-to-every-employee-except-one

This one is made extra poignant by the fact that it happens down in Clinton, MS.

Few things are as heart-warming as a three-year little boy’s unbridled joy induced by a weekly visit from his best buddies … the garbage men!

It all began when Grandma Reynolds had her grandson Kyler help her take the trash out and was greeted with friendly waves from the crew.  It has now become a weekly routine with a definite Win-Win for everyone!

(For a real treat, I’d encourage you to read the full story about their bonds at the YouTube site itself.  Just click on the YouTube logo in the lower right corner when it plays.)

NOTE to racist republicans (or is that redundant?): This is how we can all get along – by treating others with kindness and respect.  So take your hate-mongering bigotry and Go Cheney Yourselves!

Tomorrow will mark the one-week anniversary of a wedding that was not only pitch perfect but had lessons that began before it even happened, and they continued in its afterglow.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked guests and well-wishers to forgo wedding gifts and instead make a donation to one of seven charities that reflect their passions for helping others.

(You can read about the seven they selected either from the Tweet’s link or here:)

https://www.royal.uk/wedding-charity-donations

Of course, we knew it was going to be beautiful – and no doubt all you Anglophiles were chuffed at how blinding beautiful it was.

And afterwards Prince Harry and the now Duchess of Sussex continued showing world leaders their true compassion by donating all those gorgeous flowers, now made into stunning bouquets, to charities – including the St. Joseph Hospice in London, which has a long history involving the Royals.

Meet one of the lucky recipients, Pauline Clayton, who “is no stranger to royal family weddings. As a 19-year-old, Clayton, now 89, worked for royal dressmaker Norman Hartnell and helped embroider the wedding dress of Queen Elizabeth II, according to the BBC. Clayton worked with three other girls, earning nearly 50 hours overtime on the dress’ train alone.”

http://www.wivb.com/news/world/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-donate-royal-wedding-flowers-to-hospice-patients/1191568614

All except for the Bride’s Bouquet, which by tradition that began when Queen Elizabeth, who married King George VI in 1923, placed her bouquet on the Grave of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey “in memory of her brother Fergus who was killed in 1915 at the Battle of Loos during the First World War.

NOTE to Trump: THIS is how true leadership looks.  GROW UP!  Better yet – RESIGN!

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  7 Responses to “Friday Fun: Few Things to Make You Smile & Warm Your Heart”

  1. Cross posted to Care2 HERE

    • Nameless, thank you so much for this.  It’s so easy for us to glance at and pass by these stories, and yet we need them so much.  Progressives cannot survive on outrage alone.

      Particularly with regard to the Royal Wedding, I doubt of too many Americans of pinky beige hue have a clue how much – how can I say this – special joy the wedding and all the circumstances surrounding it brought to Americans who are black and brown.  Denise Oliver Velez, a woman whose education and accomplishments make me look like a third-grade dropout, and all those who commented on her observations, may begin to give an idea of how the wedding looked from that viewpoint.  I realize you saw it, but for anyone who didn’t, I believe it’s worth a look.

      Thanks again.

  2. George Zimmerman: gawd, isn’t Karma a glorious thing?

    Kudos to Ms. CEO Martha Fuerstenau, how awesome for her to do this.

    Sweet loving Hi 5’s to the garbage collectors, and to this little one. How simply adorable!!

    It was a lovely wedding, wasn’t it? Loved that they donated the flowers, it certainly made Mrs. Clayton’s day, for sure. How sweet!

    Oh, the Kingdom Choir’s rendition of ‘Stand By Me’, and the cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s performances made me well up with tears. How simply beautiful !!!!

    Great post, Nameless, Thank YOU!

    Thanks, Joanne for cross-posting. 

  3. Great post, Nameless. It really lifted my spirits, and that is no small feat considering how heavy they’d become after the endless foul mud stream emanating from DC.

    Zimmerman: It’s ‘Schadenfreude’, I know, but it sure feels good.

    Martha Fuerstenau: Kudos to you, lady, and double Kudos for not giving yourself a raise.

    Kyler: You didn’t only steal the hearts of those garbage men, but you stole mine too. May your friendships last forever.

    Wedding: Have to pass on that one. I’ll leave it to John Oliver, shall I?

  4. Thanks, Nameless, for a heartwarming collection. 35

  5. Unusual and interesting post. Thanks.

  6. Sorry, Oliver not funny at all.
    i don’t normally go for any weddings but i watched this one partly because it was held at the magnificent Windsor, i watched the commentator free version (the Royal Family’s live feed), i understand she was extremely joyous but if i had to watch it with that woman’s ramblings, well i wouldn’t have watched.

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