Documentary Interview and Award

Hello friends, I´ve been a bit busy lately and I want to excuse myself for this weekend also. I´ll be away from blogland because I´m being interviewed for the documentary that is being made on the murder of my mother, Susan Pittmann and her partner, Christine Puckett. (Click on the sidebar, "Goodbye Sun" for more detail.)

This is my mother at 50 years old (and Chris), just after graduating from her bachelor´s degree program in Social Work from Wayne State University, Michigan. I am so please and proud that she attained her deferred dream of a college education after raising five children. She also lived an active socially conscious life and spent most of her time working to make the world a better place for everyone.

Please send me positive thoughts so that I can share my part of the family story. I hope to raise consciousness about this horrible crime and perhaps help people to understand that we are all connected to each other and our actions, words and attitude either positively or negatively influence society.

May we all come to accept that everyone has a right to happiness regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.

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But before I go, I have the Premio Dardos award to give to my dynamic, intelligent and engaged bloggers. Fhina, from the blog, A Woman of No Importance has given me the following award for my "beautiful life and excellent reviews." The instructions were that I should give it to 15 (!) bloggers for my own reasons. Awardees should link back to me and pass it on to 15 blogs of their own selection. (Just do what you can!)

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"This award acknowledges the values that every Blogger displays in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values with each message they write. Awards like this have been created with the intention of promoting community among Bloggers. It’s a way to show appreciation and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web.”

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1. Charmaine´s High Desert Diva

2. Catherine´s A Thousand Clapping Hands

3. Lisa L´s A Really Simple Life

4. Enchanted by Josephine

5. Jude´s Cariad in Crete

6. Cherie´s Butterfly Dreamer

7. Sheila´s From Forensic to Fine Art

8. Butternut Squash´s Goddess of the Confluence

9. JBA´s In Good Shape

10. Elis Cooke´s Journey by Journal

11. Mama Shujaa

12. MuseSwings

13. Reyna´s The Gold Puppy

14. Michelle´s The Truth as I Know it

15. Moannie´s The View From This End

Dear blogger friends, I hope I gave to everyone who wanted an award. If I missed you, please help yourself.

I send everyone of you appreciation and love.