My Friends Over The Past Two Years I Have Met Some Amazing People who inspire Me…. I Hope They Inspire You Too….. One Of Them Is My Friend Leatha Sherill Bush. Leatha Is A Mom and Grandmother. But Above All She Is A Survivor….A Survivor Who Survived A Tough Life raising her kids and Becomming A Great Activist…

Leatha Is The Definition of Survivor…. She Raised her Family amid Tradgedy. You See Leatha lost 5 relatives to Gun Violence… Yet She Perseveres each day….. Is It easy ? No and She will tell you that…. Leatha Lost her Son 9 years ago to Gun Violence… His Name was Jack Brown The 3rd…..

Jack Brown III was Shot in The Back while going to The store 10 Years ago this December 26th. He Died Less than a year later from the horrific injuries resulting from the shooting. He was Shot in The back… Jack Suffered a lot. But His Mom and His Family suffer to this day because the people or persons responsible for his shooting and later his death 18 months later. This was the start of making Leatha the survivor She Is Today…

Because While caring for Jack….She also had another child who needed care. Her Daughter Shaqary Washington…. Who We All Call KAY KAY….. Kay Kay was born with Cerebral Palsy… Which is a neurological disorder that affects speech hearing and movement.., Kay Kay could not speak but her beautiful smile always would light up a room., So Leatha was caring for two disabled kids of hers at the same time with very little help….From The State of Florida….. A situation that still goes on today sadly in many households…. This Is Part of what makes her a Survivor….She Did this and As she credits him….. “The Only One Who Could Get Me Through This Was God” ….. Leatha says this To This Very Day….

This was a difficult situation….. It was a lot on Leatha to handle …And Handle It She Did….Because of Her Strength and Her Strong Faith in God…. Sadly Because The State of Florida offered her little help…… Kay Kay went into a Facilaty to help her….. And in August Jack died from his injuries….

But Guess What America…… There was No Keeping This Strong Woman of God Down…. Leatha met other Suvivor Moms…. And Was a Seource of Support and Strength to All Of Them… Leatha became An Activist to Help Stop Gun Violence along with several other moms. She Founded Survivors Affected By Violence The JB3 Foundation…. And Went to See Kay Kay As much as possible to make sure She was Getting Proper Care….Often sleeping at the Hospital with her….Now That is The Definition of Love….. Love of A Mom For Her Child ….If You Ask Me……

Leatha Is A Great Public and Motivational Speaker….She inspires many with her Life Testimony…. She Is There as much as She can be in support of Anti Violence efforts and has successfully led Peace marches and Food Drives during the Pandemic in her community.

Sadly … Kay Kay went to be with The Lord in December of 2020….. This was Devastating For All of Us…..But Especially Leatha Losing 5 Relatives to Gun Violence and Now Kay Kay to Health Reasons…. But Being The Strong Survivor And Woman Of Strong Faith She is…..Now In Addition to Keeping Jack’s Memory Alive by Being An Anti Violence Activist….. She Now Keeps Kay Kay’s memory Alive by Becomming A Disability Rights Activist…. Leatha Wants to see Families with disabled kids keep them at Home….. Not in Insitutions… She wants more Services to be Home based… That in Addition to being An Anti Violence Activist is Her Mission…. besides being The Loving Mom Wife and Grandmother She Is….. She started Kay Kay’s Toy Drive in Kay Kay’s memory last Christmas….. She Spoke Out Powerfully at The Vigil For Gun Violence victim 6 yr old Chassidy Saunders also….

I Met Leatha at An Anti Violence Forum I Hosted and Can Tell You She Is A Great Speaker…. And An Even Greater Person… Leatha Was There along with Susan Bullets Kennedy and Tracy Brown…. Thank You For That Day Ladies…. God Bless You For It…

I Am Blessed As We All Are Having Leatha in My Life…..She is A Joy to be around with A pleasant kind loving attitude…. For Her and Her Two Angels Jack and Kay Kay…. We must Do Better and Be Better…. How by Stopping the killing of each other by gun… Plus Treating Our Disabled people with Love like Leatha dooes…. Show Love Like Leatha and Her Angels Jack and Kay Kay Do America….

Authors Note*** A Very Special Thank You To My Friend Leatha Sherill Bush for Inspiring this…Plus All Help and Support….God Bless You My Friend Love You

Thank You All God Bless