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I just received an update from John Liindsay-Botten, Director of Music and Choir, at Knox United Church, in Lower Sackville, NS.
The concrete for the Knox elevator foundation is expected to be poured this coming Tuesday, August 28th.
Congrats to all involved in this project! And thank you for taking the initiative to become a even more fully inclusive church!
God bless you all!
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Never mind George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother Facebook has taken its place.
As many of you already know, I had planned to merge Written in Faith Publishing’s (WIFP) Facebook page with DisabilityPride.net’s, thus allowing WIFP followers to be automatically notified of its closing and to automatically invite loyal readers of WIFP to now follow DisabilityPride.net.
But Facebook apparently has different ideas. Rather than recognizing that followers of both are mostly following me and my work, Facebook is mainly looking at each as two different subject groups. Fair point I guess to some extent, only not really, because their view eliminates one big “elephant in the room” – ME! No, I’m not commenting on my physical size, but both pages are locked to my heart and soul. I cannot be separated from either no more than the Son can be separated from the Father; no more than we can be separated from our creator; and no more can we live without air to breath or gravity to hold us on this planet.
WIFP has served its purpose well and needs to take rest. WIFP needs to let its offspring (DisabilityPride.net) take the reins for the next leg of my life’s journey. Two separate Facebook pages have become redundant and it’s time consuming to keep both, but Facebook doesn’t understand these things.
No matter though, because Facebook’s narrow-minded stance gives me the opportunity to personally invite each one of WIFP’s followers to unfollow WIFP and to now follow me on DisabilityPride.net.
I will leave WIFP’s Facebook page up until 12:00am on July 15, 2018, to allow you time to unfollow the old and follow the new. After that time, WIFP’s Facebook page will be permanently deleted.
Please continue your amazing support by following me on DisabilityPride.net on Facebook and/or www.DisabilityPride.net
Thank you, one and all, so much for your steadfast loyalty of WIFP for these last 18 years. I cannot truly ever express my gratitude and love.
God bless you all.
You are awesome!
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“Plans are underway to merge Written in Faith (Publishing) with DisabilityPride.net. Please continue your amazing support by following me on DisabilityPride.net on Facebook and/or www.DisabilityPride.net Thank you so much for your steadfast loyalty. You are awesome!”
As I wrote the above words earlier today, I suddenly felt that I was/am saying good-bye to a very dear part of my past. According to Facebook (and who doesn’t believe Facebook, right) I founded Written in Faith (Publishing) in 2000 and that sounds about right to me.
The years haven’t always been kind to WIFP. Along side me it’s gone through a lot. As I went through “having to be a wife first” in supporting my then husband through numerous medical crises and emotional support; then a few of my own medical crises; my divorce; and so forth, WIFP suffered severe neglect and much needed attention. It’s sad but it was unavoidable. Still WIFP was always there with me, through the thick and the thin. It was by my side and in my heart always. Now, now it’s time to “Let It Be.” To let it rest and be remembered with immense love, pride and fondness.
Yes I feel moments of sadness and sorrow. It’s akin to saying a final good-bye to a very special relationship. But WIFP will live on through its offspring www.DisabilityPride.net, so in that respect I will never really be apart from it.
Thank you my dearly beloved WIFP. Be at peace always.
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A new 2 hour documentary on the life of Helen Keller is in development and looks like a winner. The project is still incomplete, partly because of further funding needs and while this blog is neither encouraging nor discouraging financial support from anyone, Helen Keller’s life is indeed a narrative that we should all be reminded of – with a fresh perspective and fresh senses.
“Disability history reveals her story as a human rights pioneer….. Without historical context Keller’s story becomes a folktale about a “wild child”. Or she’s a by-passed celeb in a funny hat, or a saintly icon……” The documentary is titled “Becoming Helen Keller“.
Lets hope there’s a “Coming soon to a theatre near you!” in our near future shall we!
