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"It’s just a matter to let go or to stay… I choose to stay. Cuz I can’t bear to see..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:48:23 -0400

“It’s just a matter to let go or to stay… I choose to stay. Cuz I can’t bear to see your back, getting away from me. I stay.”

- Jooliet

thedailywhat: Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After Ann...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:38:01 -0500

thedailywhat:

Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a retard in a tweet during Monday night’s presidential debate, Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this open letter:

Dear Ann Coulter,

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia

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"You broke me up every day, now you add up some vinegar on the wounds."

Tue, 08 May 2012 05:34:19 -0400

“You broke me up every day, now you add up some vinegar on the wounds.”

- Jooliet

staff: Tumblr cocktails at NYC Mandarin Oriental!

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:49:19 -0400

staff:

Tumblr cocktails at NYC Mandarin Oriental!

jhnmyr: Shadow Days video in 4 Days…

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:43:42 -0400

jhnmyr:

Shadow Days video in 4 Days…

"To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:43:28 -0400

“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”

- Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Minds Eye

See Cartier-Bresson’s rare color photographs here.

(via life)

Nice one…

"Dont stop me to ask. I ask because i care. Stop me to do that, then u got me silent. I just wanna..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:24:58 -0500

“Dont stop me to ask. I ask because i care. Stop me to do that, then u got me silent. I just wanna talk. So i can keep myself sane.”

- Jooliet

"I don’t know how to say it to you. My mouth left open with unspoken words i’m dying to..."

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:30:37 -0500

“I don’t know how to say it to you. My mouth left open with unspoken words i’m dying to say out loud. I Miss You…”

- Jooliet

Photo

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:57:02 -0500

sadgenic: Amen ?

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:54:48 -0500

sadgenic:

Amen ?

Photo

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:01:42 -0400

"It’s easy to let go someone who is no longer alive. Letting go the ones who is still around,..."

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:00:27 -0400

“It’s easy to let go someone who is no longer alive. Letting go the ones who is still around, it’s another thing”

- Jooliet

incrediblelifesong: I want hugs..

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:58:38 -0400

incrediblelifesong:

I want hugs..

fuck-yeah-tumblrs-best-posts: Let’s grow old together…...

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:41:59 -0400

fuck-yeah-tumblrs-best-posts:

Let’s grow old together… beginning with today.

Let’s work slowly with each other and build a relationship that we can both enjoy being a part of.

Let’s share love and understand that neither of us is perfect; we are both subject to human frailties.

Let’s hold each other close and whisper though the night—pledging our love, honoring our commitment.

Let’s encourage each other to pursue our dreams, even when we’re weary from trying.

Let’s expect the best that we both have to give and still love when we fall short of our expectations.

Let’s be friends and respect each other’s individual personality and give one another room to grow.

Let’s be candid with each other and point out strengths and weaknesses.

Let’s understand each other’s personal philosophy, even if we don’t agree.

Let’s lie awake long into the night sharing our innermost secrets.

Let’s be friends as well as lovers.

Let’s laugh at time and plan with each other and wonder how we ever got along without this love we’ve found.

Let’s never take for granted these moments that we’ve shared, but always be reminded of how intensely we have learned to live, how completely we have learned to love.

Let’s grow old together… and look back on life and smile.

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sadgenic: Forgive me, i’m jealous with your past. I can’t hold you now I don’t even know, Are...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:31:32 -0400

sadgenic:

Forgive me, i’m jealous with your past. I can’t hold you now I don’t even know, Are you there, tomorrow? Another hope, another pray. Here i stand, wait and stay.

Girl Language.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:26:51 -0400

When I said sorry, believe me I feel it.

When you see me starting to cry, hold me and tell me everything’s gonna be alright.

When I ignore you, give me your attention.

When I’m quiet, ask me what’s wrong.

When I push or hit you, grab me and don’t let go.

When I’m mad and I walked away from you, follow me.

If I didn’t text you, it’s because I’m waiting for you to text me.

When I say I love you, Don’t doubt. I mean it.

"Been awhile, i’m numb a lill bit, but still i cab’t get you off of my mind. I miss you..."

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:33:13 -0400

“Been awhile, i’m numb a lill bit, but still i cab’t get you off of my mind. I miss you badly, but i don’t know if i still fallin in to you. I just don’t know…”

- Jooliet

Nice…

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:43:55 -0500

Nice…

"Don’t you remember? in this kind of weather a year ago. I do, every single second of it. What..."

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:31:32 -0500

“Don’t you remember? in this kind of weather a year ago. I do, every single second of it. What we wear, what songs your audio played, what we do in d morning till the mall closed up. The movies we watched. We laighed a lot that day.we’re having fun and we talked over coffee and stuff. Either we watched valetines day or new york i love you. But it’s still nice. :)”

"I wanna whisper to the wind that i miss you so damn much, so the wind can blow my wishper right to..."

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:27:11 -0500

“I wanna whisper to the wind that i miss you so damn much, so the wind can blow my wishper right to your ears, because you’re not around”

- Jooliet