My Friends While I Was Away From This Blog …..I Got Out and Away From The Keyboards on A Mission to Be A Better Advocate…..Thanks to The Support From My Family Friends and Amy Rodriquez For All Encouragement….The Result Going to Rallies , Hosting Events, Doing Public Speaking……Made Me An Activist For Human Rights…. And […]

THE RISE OF THE WARRIOR MOM ACTIVISTS

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 Sherril 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 Mom And Her Two Angels

My Friends Its Great To Be Back with You Today….. I Have been working a lot on Gun Violence and Healthcare in America…. And One Key Part of Healthcare is Home Care…. Yes Home Care  ….

What Is Home Care ? Why Is It Important ? Can It Help Me or My Family ?

I will Attempt to Answer These Three important questions in this blog…. With Examples of Why it’s so important….

Home Care Is Medical Care or Assitance Medically received in The Home Not An Institution or Nursing Facility…. Services Such As Physical Therapy Occupational and Speech Therapy…Bathing , Cooking ,Grooming ,Laundry ,and Cleaning of Your Home…, In Short if You Are Elderly or Disabled You Can Qualify for these services…. Through Medicaid and A HCBS HOME and Community Based Servies Waiver… Funded Through Your State and Federal Medicaid Program

Why Is This Important

Many Seniors and Disabled Need Help Now …..They Face A Lousy Choice To Struggle to Live Independently or Go Into A Nursing or Assisted Living Facility…. The reason is MANY need help with basic care described above …. Offered by Home Care…However Wait Lists Are Too Long and Take Years Sometimes to Get Services Neeeded Immediately…. Communities benefit in Two ways From Home Care…….      Jobs Created By Being An Aide To The Disabled and Elderly …..Plus Money Spent By The Patient and Aides stays in the area ….Plus Family members can care better for them with help for Senior and Disabled Relatives…. Giving Them A Caring Safe Enviormnment in Their Own Homes…. And Many Can Still live independently in Their Own Homes with Help….

         Leatha Jack and Kay Kay

Pictured Above Jack Brown 3rd Son of Leatha Sherill Bush…..Leatha Sherill Bush and Her Daughter Shaquary Wasington….Who We All Affectionately Call Kay Kay …. ***All Photos above Courtesy Leatha Sherill Bush

A Situation And Choice No One Should Have To Make

Leatha Sherill Bush Is A Loving Mom and Grandmother who has faced and overcome many personal challenges in her life… A Few Years ago She Faced A Situation…..That No Parent and No One Should Ever Go Through…. A Few Days After Christmas A Few Years ago her Son Jack Brown 3rd (Pictured Above)  was shot and injured outside a store in Downtown Miami Fl…. Now Leatha was all ready caring for her daughter Shaquary Washington (both pictured above) who was born with Cerebral Palsy…. It was A Challenge but God Helped Leatha do it…..But Now She had to take care of Two Disabled Children…. She Was Doing Great …..But  Asked For Help As It Was Needed in Her Home to Have Nursing Assistance For Both Jack and Kay Kay…. But Sadly Florida would not help both Jack and Kay Kay to get care at home…. So Sadly She Had to Choose …. Care for both with Little to No Help ….Or Put Kay Kay in A Facility so Jack Could Get Help…. Sadly Kay Kay went into A Facility….. Why because Florida Would not have expanded HCBS Medicaid Services to Do This at Home….Medicaid Would Pay For Care For Kay Kay in A Facility…. However Leatha Heroically cared for Jack until and died less than a year later from his injuries from the shooting…. All The While Visiting Kay Kay  and Being Kay Kay’s Loving Mom That She Is…. Constantly making sure Kay Kay got proper care and was looked after in the Facility…. Sadly This December Kay Kay Died …. in A Hospital….  Her Mom Leatha Wanted Her Home ….. Had Florida Been more Cooperative and Offered more services Leatha would not have been put in that situation….. A Situation No Parent and No One Should Have Been In…. Making A Decision No One Should Ever Make….because of Lack of Services…. Leatha Wants All Who Can be Home to Be Home….. She Is Fighting For This Too…. We Thank Her For It….

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Allison and JJ Holmes…. Photo Allison Holmes Fsceebook

Allison and JJ

Allison Holmes has been caring for her Son JJ.(Both Pictured Above) A Brilliant Young Man who at age 17 having Cerebral Palsy…. Is His Class President….. Allison too needs Help As She is needing help caring for JJ..  At Home…. Allison needs Both Healthcare for herself ….As She is JJ “s Full Time Caregiver….Florida The State They Live in Refuses to Expand Medicaid Leaving Allison among the 1.1 Million Uninsured in Fl.. Medicaid Expansion Not Only would help others get access to Healthcare but provide through HCBS Medicaid Waiver Care for JJ. Which would ease the burden on Allison and Familes like her As She Does It All For JJ… They Are Willing to Ask For Help From Elected Officials and Challenging those who repeatedly refused to Help Them and others in Their situation Going So Far As to Be kicked out of rallies held by opponents of Medicaid Expansion and Expanded HCBS Waiver programs. We Thank Them For This….

Fred Christian Sr My Dad With Me Fred Christian ****Photo Miami Hearld ….Photo of My Dad Fred Christian via Facebook

My Dad and I

In 2018 My Dad had a horrific leg infection…, Now He Overcame a lot in His lifetime…. He Is 75 Now Having Cerbral Palsy also…. He was able to walk until 16 Years ago when a leg injury left him in A wheelchair From A Torn Achilles Tendon.. with limited mobility… He got the infection and did not receive great medical care where We Were living in SW Florida…. We relocated back to South Florida in early 2019… Because He was not getting well…. I Asked For extra help to Help him and got no where…. I Asked Insurance The State and All I could…. Finally …. I Faced A Bad Choice I needed help to Help him and that was recommended to me…. He temporarily went into A Facility…..He hated the place and wanted out…. The Care there in My Opinion was Awful…. I Am Greatful He Is Home….. He Now gets Home Care…. But He Would have been better off had He gotten it sooner… And The Home Care He Gets Is Much better Than Any Facility Can Provide…. He Is Happy At Home And I Want Him and Others like him to Be Home and Get Care….

My Friends That Is Why The HCBS WAIVER …Is So Important….. No One Should Ever Have to Choose or Be Forced into. Any Facility when Family can Care For Them or With Help They Can Do It Themselves …. The Waiver Opens Doors For The Elderly and Disabled….That The Facilities Coldly and Creully Close…. An Open Door Welcomes and Includes The Elderly and Disabled in The Community…. Which Door America ??? THE OPEN OR CLOSED ONE…. I WANT THE OPEN ONE AND Hope You Do Too…..

Special Thank You My Friends Leatha Sherill Bush, Allison And JJ Holmes…..Dedicated With Love To Shaquary Washington Our Angel In Heaven Kay Kay

Thank You All God Bless

How Do You Define Strength America ? How Do Define Resilliance America ? Well I Have One Person For You America…. Her Name Is Tracy Brown and She Is The President of Familes Affected By Violence….. A Local Non Profit org dedicated to Stopping Gun Violence In South Florida…

Tracy Brown is A Loving Mom and Grandmother…. But There is more to the story than just that…. She Is Also A Great Local Activist…. Who Cares Deeply About Others In Her Community of South Dade near Miami Fl….

Tracy Was A Mom who Who Got A Call No Mom wants to Hear…14 Years Ago…..That Her Son Luis Leon Jr. Was A Victim of Gun Violence…. But Tracy Brown Did Not Sit idly by…. She wanted Answers As to Why This Happened…. She Still Does As The Killers of Her Son Are Still At Large….

So What Did Tracy Brown Do ?? …..She Went Out and Became An Activist on Gun Violence….. Currently She Is The President of Familes Affected By Violence…..A South Florida non profit dedicated to Stopping Gun Violence…. And Helping In The Local Community……

You Can Find Tracy Brown Speaking on Gun Violence In Our Community….. But This Resilliant Lady with A Deep Faith in God Does more than that…. She Is A Presence In Her Community…. When not Speaking on Gun Violence She Is A Seource of Comfort to Other Moms in Her Community Who lost relatives and Children to Gun Violence…… Plus She Gives back Hosting, or Co Sponsoring, And Frequently Is Attending Community Events….. I Met Tracy in 2018 At The March For Our Lives…. March to Stop Gun Violence in Miami Beach Fl…. While There We discussed The Issue of Gun Violence…. I Also was Very Fortunate to Have Tracy Speak Along with Our Friends Leatha Sherill Bush and Susan Bullets Kennedy at An Anti Violence Forum I Hosted in 2019….. Tracy Was A Powerful Speaker… She was well received….

So You See How Dedicated Tracy is To Her Community….. I made this meme with My Poem Titled : How Many… With New Art In Memory of Her Son Luis Leon Jr…. So People Will Stop Shooting And Killing Each Other…. I will do this for others in the future…. Thank You Tracy Brown For All You Do…..For Being A Seource of Strength to Us All. I Am Blessed to Call you my Friend…. Together We Shall Fight to Get It Right…. So We Are All Safe In America…..

**** Authors Note A Very Special Thank You To My Friend Tracy Brown For All Help and Support I Appreciate it God Bless

Thank You All For Reading This…. I Appreciate it God Bless

Who Is This Facinating Woman Who Goes Out Collecting Bullets ? Why Does She Do It ? How Did She Become A One Woman Movement….. Well My Friends let Me Introduce You To Ms. Susan Kennedy….. aka The Amazing Susan Bullets….. The One Woman Movement taking bullets off the streets in Miami….And South Florida…. The Founder and CEO Of Bullets4Life

A Non Profit dedicated to Stopping Gun Violence One Bullet At A Time….

How Did This Start .. Susan Kennedy was born in Guyana. Moved As A Teen to New York City…..Then later on settled in South Florida…. She is the Proud Mom of Three Sons…. Which is part of why she does this …..She Is As She Says :”A Mom First” And keeping Our kids safe from Gun Violence is very important to her….

It All Started With A Little 6 Year Old Boy Named King…

Yes America It Started With A King…..A Boy Named King Carter….. King Carter Pictured above was A 6 year old Youth Football Prodigy…. Who One Day in 2016 Outside Miami Florida… Got Caught in The crossfire of A Shootout…. An Innocent 6 Year old…. Look at his picture America… King Carter Died of Gun Violence….Devastating his Family and Community…. But Awakening A Guardian Angel….

Who Is The Guardian Angel ?….. Susan Kennedy….. Who was Devastated by The Loss of This Little Boy…. As We All Were…..But God Had something special planned for Susan Kennedy… She Left her $50,000 A Year Job…. To Follow Her Calling to Collect Bullets …..So No One would use them to kill our kids…. She Would repurpose them into Jewlery….. With The Motto : “Saving Lives One BULLET AT A TIME” ….. See Her Beautiful Work Below…. These Bracelets are dedicated to Cassidy Saunders and Allanah Washington…..

Myself And Two Very Powerful Women In America Proudly Wear These Bracelets….. So We Stop The Gun Violence Killing Our Kids…. America….

There Is A lot More To This Amazing Lady Besides What You Have Already Read And Seen So Far…..

Susan Goes to The Homes of As many Families Who lost A Child to Gun Violence….. She Honors Them by Attending Their Anniversary Days….. She Knows The Moms on A First Name basis…. Tracey Tracy Leatha Omorosee Mama Sherita Mama J …..Just to name a few… She Is The Definition of Her Movement….. Love Strength Class Dignity Kindness Peace Generosity …. That is Who Susan Is …. Making Mom Leatha Sherill Bush Late Daughter Shaquary Washington (Our Beloved Friend Kay Kay) An Ambasador….Both Featured In Blogs Rise of The Activist Moms and A Mom And Her Two Angels See Picture Below

Susan Even Goes Out To Rallies Press Conferences…..FYI I met her At One….. What You See Here is The Great Lady I met….A Sweet Smart Kind Loving Lady ….. With A Huge Heart…. Who Gives All She Has So Our Kids Are Safe…. She Must have marched 3 months straight after The George Floyd Protests…. Joining The Protesters demanding Peaceful Change and Justice In America…..

I Was Blessed to Have Susan Speak At An Anti Violence Forum I Hosted and She Was Powerful…, Susan Spoke along with Leatha Sherill Bush and Tracy Brown….. What A Blessing That Day Was….

This Woman is Unstoppable…. She Is On A Mission and She Will Succed in Saving Our Kids Lives….. ONE BULLET AT A TIME ….AMERICA ……

I Am Blessed to Work with this Great Lady….. It is A Blessing to Write Her Story…… It’s A Greater Blessing to Call Her My Friend……Thank You Susan For All You Do For Us All…..You Are A Blessing To Me And Us All…. God Bless You….

A Very Special Thank You To My Friend Susan Kennedy Of #Bullets4Life http://www.bullets4life.org **** Authors Note Susan Is Also Featured in The Blogs Rise of The Activist Moms and Help WANTED in Florida….. Thank You Susan For All Help Love and and Support I Appreciate it if God Bless

Thank You All For Reading This…. I Appreciate It God Bless….

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

My Friends I Have Been doing This Blog on and Off over over 7 Years Now…. I Started It To Raise Awareness For Those Who Need Healthcare including at The Time Myself…. I Am Blessed to Say I Have Healthcare Finally….. And I Thank All of You For Your Help and Support. I Am Greatful….. However My Assignment Is Not Done …..I Will Not Rest Until All of Florida and Everyone In America Have Healthcare…. in This New Blog I Have Some Questions For You America…..

I Went Over 34 Years Without Healthcare…. Yes 34 Years !! Since Age 16, when I had a massive Asthma Attack… My Dad Heroically Rushed Me to The Hospital , where I remember him begging them to treat me because Insurance Would Not Pay….Back in 1986 They Could Deny You Coverage… They said I had Asthma… before…..No Sorry I just got it…. And It was No Picnic as I Had other Disabling Issues later on which I chronicled in My Blog My Healthcare Journey #ExpandMedicaidNow #Impact ….. Which can be found on this site…….. So I Got Medicaid Thank God because sometimes in Life as You Age…. I Am 50 almost 51…. Now Your Health Can Get Worse…. Thank God For My Primary Care Physician….I got over 2 years High Blood Pressure High Colesterol and I Now Am Diabetic also…..Thank God For Medicaid…..Without The Bloodwork I could Have Died…..That Is Why I want to see All Insured…. Fred Christian Founder of #Impact and Author OF This Blog

Amy Rodriquez who was Featured in Our Series : A Mothers Fight To Expand Medicaid Now Parts 1-4…. Is A Mom Grandmother and Essential Worker. During This Pandemic Going without Access to Quality Affordable Healthcare For Over 8 Years Now…. No Worker Who is Putting themselves in Hzrms way For Us All Should Go Without Healthcare In America…. Ever !! Amy and Others like her work hard daily. They struggle in this economy……They Struggle with The Choices of Paying Rent or A Car…..Or Have Healthcare and Medicine…. That Is Not A Good Choice To Make…. Putting Your Health At Risk…. Many Do This….

Susan Kennedy (Pictured Above) Founder CEO OF #Bullets4life!,,,,A Non Profit Organization Dedicated To Stopping Gun Violence….. Susan Gave Up A Job with Great Pay To Go Serve Her Community…. Is It Right To Ask A Person who Is Serving and Giving Back to Her Community State And Nation to Go Without Healthcare In America …??

These Are Three Examples of What is Occurring when It Comes To Access to Quality Affordable Healthcare In The State of Florida and 11 Other States….. Because These STATES Have Refused to Expand Medicaid…. When The Program was Expanded Under The Affordable Care Act in 2010…. The Money Is There….. We Are In A Pandemic Where We Lost As of Today….. 500,000 Americans…. They Suffered I Wonder How Many Were Uninsured… ?? It Is Time America To As One of My Favorite Musicians Bruce Springsteen sang in 2012 : “We Take Care Of Our Own” ….. On Healthcare It’s Time America….It’s Time Florida…. It’s Time 11 Other States…. Let’s Please Take Care Of Our Own …..And Help Them Have Healthcare….. America

Thank You All God Bless

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