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Barry and I watched all four nights of the Democratic National Convention and I’m so glad we did. The theme of the convention was about bringing back hope, love, and joy. There were so many talented speakers, most of them young, who pledged to continue the work that President Biden and Vice President Harris started to clean up the chaos left by Trump. It’s going to take a long time, but as so many speakers shared, it’s worth it to care for our families and neighbors. It’s worth it to make sure everyone is taken care of in all aspects of our lives. Michelle Obama challenged us to do something when we see a problem whether it’s large or small. And Vice Presidential Nominee, Tim Walz and Presidential Nominee, Kamala Harris echoed the same idea. We need to take care of each other.
There were many moments during the convention that went viral, but one was when Tim Waltz was giving his acceptance speech and told his family how much they meant to him. His son Gus stood, weeping telling and showing everyone how proud he was of his father. “That’s my Dad,” he said. Some ultra-conservatives mocked Gus’s show of emotion. But others, like the MSNBC team praised Gus as just one example of the many displays of healthy masculinity shown throughout the convention and how we need that so desperately now.
I loved every minute I watched of the convention because it felt like we were fixing our hearts, turning away from hate, fear, and greed, toward love and hope for a better future.
One day during the week, I was scrolling YouTube and this video came up of John Denver singing “It’s About Time”. I thought it was so appropriate for the times we live in. Here are the lyrics and link so you can go listen to him sing the song yourself. I miss him but thank heaven we have the love he spread through the songs he left us.
It’s About Time by John Denver on YouTube
There’s a full moon over India and Gandhi lives again.
Who’s to say you have to lose for someone else to win?
In the eyes of all the people the look is much the same
for the first is just the last one when you play a deadly game.
It’s about time we realize it, we’re all in this together.
It’s about time we find out, it’s all of us or none.
It’s about time we recognize it, these changes in the weather.
It’s about time, it’s about changes, and it’s about time.
There’s a light in the Vatican window for all the world to see
and a voice cries in the wilderness and sometimes he speaks for me.
I suppose I love him most of all when he kneels to kiss the land,
with his lips upon our mother’s breast, he makes his strongest stand.
It’s about time we start to see it, the earth is our only home.
It’s about time we start to face it, we can’t make it here all alone.
It’s about time we start to listen to the voices in the wind,
it’s about time and it’s about changes and it’s about time.
There is a man who is my brother, I just don’t know his name.
But I know his home and family because I know we feel the same.
And it hurts me when he’s hungry and when his children cry.
I too am a father, that little. one is mine.
It’s about time we begin it, to turn the world around.
It’s about time we start to make it, the dream we’ve always known.
It’s about time we start to live it, the family of man.
It’s about time it’s about changes and it’s about time.
It’s about peace and it’s about plenty and it’s about time.
It’s about you and me together and it’s about time.
I plan to do something to make this world a better place in which to live, even if it’s as small as checking in on my neighbors to make sure they’re doing okay.
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Blessings,
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden © 2024
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The Space Between Time
Lucinda is the author of The Space Between Time, an award finalist in the “Fiction: Fantasy” category of the 2017 Best Book Awards. It is now available on the Hoopla App linked to your local library.
Have you ever experienced life shattering events? Yeah, after the last few years, most of us have. In The Space Between Time, Jenna Holden gets slammed by her fiancé walking out, her mother’s untimely death, and losing her job all in one week. But she receives unexpected help when she finds her three-times great-grandmother’s journals and begins the adventure of a lifetime.
The Space Between Time is available in all ebook formats at Smashwords and for Kindle at Amazon, or you can find the ebook at iBooks or Barnes and Noble. If you prefer a physical copy, you can find a print-on-demand version at Amazon. Stay tuned for news when the audiobook version and sequel are published.
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Rita Gau’s review: Recently, I finished reading a book titled, The Space Between Time, by my friend, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden. It was the best book I’ve read in a long time. It kept me captivated, which I have not experienced from any other book for the past couple of years. I loved all the little gems of meaningful and what I call spiritual statements throughout the book. You know, those words that make you pause and think, and sometimes have an “aha” from or a deeper awareness about something. And it was entertaining and informational about some of the history in the 1800’s and yet, contemporary. It also reminded me of the importance of “living in community” and how important it is to help one another and be engaged in your community. Thank you Lucinda for a wonderful, entertaining and captivating book!
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