heroes and villains
Heroes and Villains throughout history that have defined their industries and workflow as we know it today. Those we look up to, and those we learn mistakes from.
Dear dad
Dear Dad, I remember as a kid the incredible kindness and understanding you often showed me, even when I didn’t deserve it. You knew somehow that is what I needed; you were my everything even when I didn’t understand you. Sometimes you would get angry and fight with mom and as a child you don’t know that pain until your older and you fall in love with someone yourself. The moment I knew you were my best friend was when I would constantly steal your candy even when you told us not too. I would take a bunch and hide them in my clothes then go outside and eat them. You found me once and you started laughing, I was a little scared you get mad at me. But you didn’t. Chooch as you would say, while laughing, just ask next time. I never asked. And you always understood that I couldn’t help myself. You were more than just my dad, my hero, you were my moon and stars. I looked up to you and listened to every word you told me even when it took forever. But what I always knew in my heart was that you had a love for me, for your family like no other. When we didn’t understand you anger It was always because you wanted to protect us like no other man I’ve ever known. As I got older, the more I understood you and the more I wanted to be like you. Because you saw everyone for who they were and loved them for it. You knew how to love strangers and us like it was the ultimate gift. You laughed your way through your pain and drank to wash it all away. You drank to enjoy yourself not to hurt yourself or anyone. You hated the jobs you had because you demanded people get respect and when you or someone else wasn’t getting it, it made you livid. It was so hard for you, the way the world started to work. You rather live out in the wilderness and chop down trees then live in the world that has become fake. You were the realest person, and you shared everything you thought and felt with everyone with so much courage and conviction. I loved watching you grow into a man that became so loved Its all these things and more that made you the great man that you are and always will be. Toward the end we all wanted a miracle, we wanted you to stay with us so badly. It has taken me now to realize as I write this that who you were to us was that miracle and the way you loved mom at the end, in between, and the beginning of your guys life together was admirable. As hard as it got for you, you fought so hard to be with us. You’re not just my hero, but everyone’s hero who encountered your life and got to know you. A true man of who he was and what he stood for. I wish I could’ve told you all of this, but I know you hear me, and I know you know that I loved you with everything I had. You once told me that everything in life has purpose and everything you do is purposeful. So, do it with everything you got, and you will be rewarded. You never know what tomorrow will bring you and you taught me to live life unapologetically you. I sit here in my room realizing that I have to go on, I know you’ll always be my everything and most likely one of the few men I will ever truly love, and have it reciprocated in a way that fulfills my every being.
By Cerina Galvan4 years ago in Journal
Did You Ever Have a Toxic Boss?
Have you ever wondered why work has begun to seem like an ordeal that you have to live with every day? In our love relationships, we are natural and behave as we are. We know each other, we know them, we can express our own opinions whenever we feel the need.
By Andrew Meyers4 years ago in Journal
Love Is Part lV
I’ve been told on countless occasions that, because I’m a black woman, I would never be able to understand what it’s like to be a black man. That I could never relate to the struggles black men face daily in love, family structures, society and the breaking of generational curses overall. I’ve been told that I cannot understand how a black man thinks or feels. That I would never know what it takes to assist and guide a black man to heal. Perhaps there’s truth to these statements. Then again. . . perhaps that isn’t the fullest truth.
By 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝐼𝓈 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 🌹4 years ago in Journal
The Kellogg’s Fiasco Shows How Strikes Can Be Oddly Beneficial For Human Health.
The whole story of the Kellogg’s fiasco started way back on October 5, 2021 as 1400 workers across four Kellogg’s cereal processing plants acrossthe USA went on strike to dispute how they were being compensated — backed by their unions, of course.
By Dr Joel Yong4 years ago in Journal
Runaway Witness
She had been running for over two years. From her ex, from the people who had done this to her. It would be easier if she wasn't the witness for entire departments and against entire departments . She didn't know who to trust anymore- she had tried to get in touch with everyone she trusted. None of them would answer. They hadn't for years. The constant push and pull of was always too much. Except one man, Rich was always there when she was scared, when she wasn't strong enough physically or emotionally to try to figure it out. Him leaving was one of the hardest things she was dealing with. He had literally saved her life, given her a home, a chance to go back to solving the biggest case of her career. She had to believe that there was more than just basic survival. She had scrapped by for a year while no one had listened. She had to remember she was the key to solving and fundamentally reversing the biggest fraud Chatham County had ever tried to pull off. At least pregnant wasn't a complication anymore. She was not the redhead from Savannah as Matt, her ex, Steve's male best friend (She had been his female one) had coined her on Memorial Day 2015 as she spent the best holiday she had had with Dalton PD family. She had made Hall County home for the last year, she would never be from Chatham County, Ga. They had taken everything she ever owned illegally and covered up everything their law enforcement and Assistant Chatham County Attorney Jennifer Davenport, who was threatening to sue her for simply putting in print what she had done. She had reversed every public employee in Georgia's rights. She had lied to the Ga Supreme Court, the Chatham County Superior Court and defrauded even them, creditors and every good public employee in the state. She had for 2.5 years altered court records, made every public employee an at-will employee and fundamentally put their careers at risk. Even if they didn't know it because law enforcement in Ga had ignored every violation of every civil and criminal code, why everyone she trusted had remained silent or attacked her. Even being threatened by convicted child molesters, assaulted by felons, sexually battered by two men law enforcement covered up, attacked and left in the street by every police officer she had attempted to get help from, friends, ex lovers and people she looked up to she wouldn't be silenced. They weren't witnesses, they were walking corruption with a badge and law degrees covering up their roles in what they thought were disconnected incidents. They had added insult to injury by refusing to even take police reports about even federal crimes. She had been attacked by a Mayor John Ernst on LinkedIn for trying to have her sexual assault not be botched by incompetent police officers writing police reports that contradicted themselves, common sense and even their own reports. Lawyers literally ignoring reports of entire departments, of police refusing to investigate corruption, even federal agencies pushing their witness farther and further way.
By Justice for All4 years ago in Journal
When Apple.Inc Broke Consumer Trust and Paid $613 Million in Damages
Apple came under fire from social media giants earlier this year when it decided to give the control of tracking user activity on apple phones to its device owners. While social media giants like Facebook started a war against Apple as it meant a major setback to their advertising revenue, most of us welcomed this move, as it gave control of our data in our hands.
By Kavi Kamat4 years ago in Journal
When Amex Took on Walmart to Save Small U.S. Businesses. Top Story - October 2021.
If you ever dream of becoming a legendary entrepreneur, this brand story is for you. It’s a story of a brand that has leveraged perhaps the most undervalued attributes of mankind and made a billion dollars out of it.
By Kavi Kamat4 years ago in Journal
Respectful Representation of Diversity in Media
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, is a hard-hitting representation of what inner-city life is like for Black people in America. The main character’s childhood friend is murdered by police, who allegedly thought his hairbrush was a gun, and the main character spends the remainder of the story calling for justice, and dealing with the fallout.
By Em Lee Koe4 years ago in Journal
