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Breaking the Rules – Monroe Journal – November 2, 2023

Breaking the Rules – Monroe Journal – November 2, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 6, 2023 | Compassion, Courage Under Fire

“We are not made in a crisis. We are revealed.”             Jack Kinder  December 4, 1950 – Over North Korea: On an early December afternoon, Navy Ensign Jesse Brown and Navy Lt. Tom Hudner were part of a six-plane contingent launched from the USS Leyte to provide...
A Wing and a Prayer – Monroe Journal – August 3, 2023

A Wing and a Prayer – Monroe Journal – August 3, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 7, 2023 | Compassion, Hanging on to Hope, Long Shots, Miracles

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”                                     Norman Schwarzkopf  December 20, 1943 – Somewhere Over Germany: U.S. Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown glanced outside the...
Operation Donkey – Monroe Journal – July 13, 2023

Operation Donkey – Monroe Journal – July 13, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 17, 2023 | Compassion, Persistence, Refusing to Quit

“When you start a thing, don’t quit until you finish it.”    Henry Ford Sunday, May 8, 2008 – Camp Taqaddum, Fallujah, Iraq: U.S. Marine Colonel John Folsom, the base commander of the Marine 1st Combat Logistics Battalion, was accustomed to waking up to the sound of...
Little Woman Starts Big War – Monroe Journal – Mar 9, 2023

Little Woman Starts Big War – Monroe Journal – Mar 9, 2023

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 13, 2023 | Compassion, Courage, Limitless Possibilities

‘If you want to change the world, pick up your pen.”           Martin Luther November 25, 1862 – The White House, Washington, D.C.: Abraham Lincoln wasn’t looking forward to meeting with anti-slavery activist Harriet Beecher Stowe. She had been openly critical in the...
Convoy of Hope – Monroe Journal – Mar 15, 2018

Convoy of Hope – Monroe Journal – Mar 15, 2018

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 21, 2022 | Compassion, Encouragement, Generosity, Gratitude

“Don’t allow the tragedy of your youth to become a lifelong excuse. Where you start in life doesn’t have to dictate where you end up.”     Hal Donaldson August 1969 – Concord, California: Hal Donaldson’s father, a young Assembly of God preacher, was killed in a...
Grandfather – Monroe Journal – July 2, 2020

Grandfather – Monroe Journal – July 2, 2020

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2022 | Compassion, Finding Hope, Miracles

“And then there is the love for the enemy – love for the one who does not love you, but mocks, threatens and inflicts pain. The tortured’s love for the torturer. This is God’s love. It conquers the world.”                              Frederick Buechner   July 2000 –...
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