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Stanley Wotring's avatar

The most important lesson, “teaches us the geometry of grace—

how to bend but never break,”

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Thank you, Stanley, for always recognizing my work.

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Rob Nelson's avatar

Gloria, thank you. Joe and Kamala served America and the world very well together. The lack of votes still baffles me. Could Musk and his satellites have messed with the data?

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Yes. Musk has a system that can control the world.

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Carol L. Clark's avatar

He's conveniently tied in to D.C., Moscow, wherever Zelinskyy is as Putin and Trump do a 2 vs. 1 tag team assault to wrest what Putin took from Ukraine. Meanwhile, the news is that Biden has signed off on $6 billion, if memory serves, to Zelenskyy, signed off on over 200 federal judges, and tried to provision us legally and materially to succeed for awhile despite Trump. Also, see billt801, a white hat hacker of over 20 years analyzing how easy it is to precode vote switches at https://www.threads.net/@billt801/post/DCIIRcrRhmD

Then see Catherine Rhea's Substack. She's following up on Musk's Starlink. See https://substack.com/@catherinerhea345845/note/c-76960874

We need to breathe, to hold our heads high, to resist, to join as community, and to take a multi-pronged approach to defeat Trump and Project 2025 at every possible intersection.

Your poem today shows much grace and what used to be defined not by male genitalia but by the words "grace under fire."

Be well.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Grace under fire. How eloquent.

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samani's avatar

Gloria, simultaneously heart rending and heart mending. Your final stanza brings each one of us home.

Thank you 🙏🏼

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

💙💙💙 thank you

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Diane’s Blue Forum 👩‍💻's avatar

Gloria, I’m glad you need the poem to make the critics of today’s meeting with Trump consider we aren’t playing a juvenile game. Biden was the adult in the room, and even Trump had to look like the adult. I hated it but we must go forth.

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Damon Bostrom's avatar

Kamala supporters won't act like the maga extremists did on January 6th, they won't desecrate capitol of our country, drumpf will desecrate enough on January 21st.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

No, we don’t but we do need to grow a backbone.

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Gary Spangler's avatar

Wonderful as always, Gloria. You wrote with a firm and kind tone to your words. Strength, vision, and focus all were present.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Thank you very much.

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Brenda Caro's avatar

How beautifully stated. We will be living this struggle an hour at a time. The magnitude of our worry and concern for all that will happen next can only be managed in small doses, but we will move on.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

We need to unite and conquer.

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Sheryl's avatar

Beautiful - thank you!!

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

💙💙

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Reine's avatar

Thank you, Gloria.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Thank you Gloria. So

beautifully written and meant.

And yes, we need "to grow a spine" and not hide away.

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Angela Davis's avatar

This is so encouraging. It is so beautiful and profound. I forwarded it to the White House addressed to POTUS AND VPOTUS. I wanted you to know. I don’t think I have ever done anything in my life like that before but the picture accompanying it let me to feel they needed you as much as I do. I hope you don’t mind. And, I hope they get to see it. If I have overstepped, I do sincerely apologize if I cause any distress.

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Armand Beede's avatar

Gloria Horton-Young: She who stirs the storm -- Even mountains are climbed in single steps . . .

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Jean Andreasen's avatar

Beautifully said ❤️

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SarahJane's avatar

I am crying. You captured my feelings perfectly.

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David Holzman's avatar

Thanks Gloria

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Debbie Young's avatar

Wonderful words which leave us with hope no matter what we are facing in the near future

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