At least 75 people were killed late Thursday night when a large truck plowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, according to CNN affiliate BFM-TV, citing Regional President Christian Estrosi.
Source: Nice, France, truck attack kills 75, official tells French TV – CNN.com
May the people of Nice be comforted in the days ahead. This is such a tragic loss of life. I hope for grace and peace for them.
Across the United States there is a significant blood supply shortage. Donations are down this time of year. I work for Blood Assurance, a regional blood bank located in Chattanooga, TN and there is less than a one day supply of many blood types. All it takes is a serious trauma to wipe out inventory of available units. Recently in Orlando they experienced an emergency need of blood due to the night club shooting. On July 16th, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, five servicemen were killed by a terrorist at a local military center. Of those five there was sailor who was needed dozens of units of blood to give him a chance of survival.
Blood donations are important to individuals who have to have blood to survive whether it be a person in an accident, a cancer patient or someone who has lost blood due to a surgery. Every donation saves 3 lives but it does so much more for those who need it.
You can help and it doesn’t take much of your time. Contact your local blood bank and schedule a donation. Encourage those in your life who can to make a donation too. It’s about life and community. It’s a great way to make the world a better place by helping someone live. Blood is needed at all times, you never know when you might need it. No matter where you are in the world you can help save lives.
Hello good people it’s Thursday where I am and there are plenty of things ahead today. There are challenges at work that must be faced. I am reminded this is a new day with opportunities to make life interesting. Rejoice in today and in those who make it possible. So as I always say lets do this, whatever this is.
To all my followers and new followers thanks for tagging along. I appreciate you all. Blogging is always more fun when its done in community.
Have a swell day. Love, peace and grace ya’ll. Rock on!
Just a reminder of what tomorrow is.
To be kind and nice even though you are looked at funny is a thing the world needs more of. Even when it means going overboard and doing more good things than some are used to. I like others sometimes more than myself. When you are super ultra nice you do so intentionally.
It’s Wednesday evening and the week is almost done. Thank goodness. I am ready for Friday at 4:30 when I am done.
The Gravatar is a great way to connect you with other bloggers and to provide your own identity online. Gem Stone does a great job of explaining it all.
As a new blogger I get very excited when people like my posts, however, I’ve noticed one mistake a lot of people seem to make. Even by some bloggers much more experienced than myself.
They don’t have a full Gravatar profile.
Let’s start at the beginning.
You write a post on your blog and publish it and lo and behold, someone likes it. If you’re like me, you want to know who that person is.
Now if you’re on the app and get a notification, brilliant. You can click on the name of the person who liked it and go straight to their profile. But if you’re on your website you might decide to click on their avatar (The little box next to the ‘like’ button.)
This will take you to Gravatar.
So what is Gravatar?
Gravatar is a globally recognised avatar. If you are a WordPresser you automatically get…
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