Sunday, December 17, 2017

I just finished watching Mudbound. It shook me to my core. I know that stories like these were more common than some people today would have the general public realize, but I also know that many of us (as in good ol' southern white folk as my PawPaw would say) have never ever felt hatred in our hearts towards any group of people. I am not speaking for anyone but myself here. The internet has become a breeding ground for hatred and trolls who seek out the worst possible parts of our society and exploit them to make them seem probably far more extreme than they really are on a daily basis. Anyone with a smart phone and a modest data plan can make waves on the internet these days. And I want to start making some of those waves. But I don't want them to be the kind of waves that knock someone down. We have the power to spread kindness and Christianity to the world right here at our fingertips! We have Facebook and Twitter. We have Instagram and Pinterest. And we even have the one social media I loathe the most, Snapchat. (Sorry Snapchatters, I just don't trust that platform yet...) I dont guess I trust any social media platform really. But I do use them. And I enjoy using them. I enjoy seeing recipes of delicious foods that I probably will never make. I actually laugh out loud at some of the Boomerang videos I see and think, "why didn't I video something cute like that?!?" I follow news stories (some of them possibly fake πŸ˜‰) on Twitter and I like stories on Instagram. And yes, I even watch stories and Snaps on Snapchat. I just spent over two hours watching a heartwrenching movie about one of the most horrible and wonderful times in our American history. We won that war. Not all of our troops came home and some of the ones that did probably felt much like the guys in that movie. The movie wasn't about the war. It was about us as people. We have the ability every day to hold someone up or to tear someone down with our words and our actions and even with our mannerisms and facial expressions. That saying my Granny taught me of "Pretty is, as pretty does" still rings true today. Treating people how we want to be treated seems to be happening less and less every time we turn on the tv and watch the news. I don't really know why I'm even typing this honestly. Maybe just to get it off of my chest or because writing is absolutely cathartic for me and I really do feel better once I'm done. So this is no act of altruism, I assure you. If you have the time and want to watch a very good, but very heartwrenching film AND if you have a Netflix account, you should watch Mudbound. I'm glad I watched it. I may have to watch it again. #foundanothersoapbox #kindnessisfree #ireallydolikelonghashtags #seewhatijustdidthere? πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚πŸ€£#ihadtogetmymomtoreaditfirst #imnewatthisadultingthing #thatoneisforyouaudra πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

I just finished watching Mudbound. It shook me to my core. I know that stories like these were more common than some people today would have the general public realize, but I also know that many of us (as in good ol' southern white folk as my PawPaw would say) have never ever felt hatred in our hearts towards any group of people. I am not speaking for anyone but myself here. The internet has become a breeding ground for hatred and trolls who seek out the worst possible parts of our society and exploit them to make them seem probably far more extreme than they really are on a daily basis. Anyone with a smart phone and a modest data plan can make waves on the internet these days. And I want to start making some of those waves. But I don't want them to be the kind of waves that knock someone down. We have the power to spread kindness and Christianity to the world right here at our fingertips! We have Facebook and Twitter. We have Instagram and Pinterest. And we even have the one social media I loathe the most, Snapchat. (Sorry Snapchatters, I just don't trust that platform yet...) I dont guess I trust any social media platform really. But I do use them. And I enjoy using them. I enjoy seeing recipes of delicious foods that I probably will never make. I actually laugh out loud at some of the Boomerang videos I see and think, "why didn't I video something cute like that?!?" I follow news stories (some of them possibly fake πŸ˜‰) on Twitter and I like stories on Instagram. And yes, I even watch stories and Snaps on Snapchat. I just spent over two hours watching a heartwrenching movie about one of the most horrible and wonderful times in our American history. We won that war. Not all of our troops came home and some of the ones that did probably felt much like the guys in that movie. The movie wasn't about the war. It was about us as people. We have the ability every day to hold someone up or to tear someone down with our words and our actions and even with our mannerisms and facial expressions. That saying my Granny taught me of "Pretty is, as pretty does" still rings true today. Treating people how we want to be treated seems to be happening less and less every time we turn on the tv and watch the news. I don't really know why I'm even typing this honestly. Maybe just to get it off of my chest or because writing is absolutely cathartic for me and I really do feel better once I'm done. So this is no act of altruism, I assure you. If you have the time and want to watch a very good, but very heartwrenching film AND if you have a Netflix account, you should watch Mudbound. I'm glad I watched it. I may have to watch it again. #foundanothersoapbox #kindnessisfree #ireallydolikelonghashtags #seewhatijustdidthere? πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚πŸ€£#ihadtogetmymomtoreaditfirst #imnewatthisadultingthing #thatoneisforyouaudra πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚πŸ€£
by Leigh Turberville Harrell

December 17, 2017 at 02:11PM
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Friday, December 8, 2017

Si looking not too excited about sporting his vintage JHS Aggies snow hat... πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ’œπŸ’› #jacksonaggies #jacksonalabama #lovemyhometown #Christmastimeiscoming #Christmas2l17πŸŽ„ #hewasnthappyinthispic #hadnothingtodowiththehat #butitsfunnyanyway #soipostedit #andilikemakinglonghashtags 😘 #thisonesforyouleeoconerly πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜˜


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Si told DaDuh (aka Jason) that we needed a star on the top of our tree. And he picked out which star he wanted up there... πŸ˜πŸŽ„πŸ­πŸ™πŸŽ… #Christmastimeiscoming #christmas2k17πŸŽ„ #Christmastree #ohChristmastree #simison #sillysi


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The ACT at Chatom has also been cancelled due to the weather! 🌧❄🌬☃️🌨

The ACT at Chatom has also been cancelled due to the weather! 🌧❄🌬☃️🌨
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December 08, 2017 at 02:25PM
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The ACT at JHS tomorrow has been cancelled due to the weather!!

The ACT at JHS tomorrow has been cancelled due to the weather!!
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December 08, 2017 at 11:05AM
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