I had received an email that Hillary Clinton was making a campaign stop 20 minutes from my home on Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter Jeni, and my girlfriends Jeannie and Pam to go with me. Jeni did not want to give up a Saturday, Jeannie doesn't even like Hillary. But they did it for me. So Jeni and Jeannie and I got there at noon and we ate the longest 3-1/2 hour lunch we ever had waiting for Hillary to show up, just so we could have good seat. Pam arrived just before Hillary.
Then they announced she was here (Hillary, not Pam!) My heart was beating so loudly in my ears. We were only about 12 feet away from her. It was a large restaurant (The Brat Stop) and she was in the middle. I could see just fine. She was wearing a blue dress suit, and honestly...she looked so pretty...much prettier in person than the TV makes her look. Much softer than the personality the press tries to paint of her. She began to speak, and her voice reminded me of myself, when I talk about something I passionately believe in. She stated all her beliefs and her strengths and her desires for our country. Every single thing I wanted, she wanted. She is a huge supporter of teachers and education (also dear to Jeni, who teaches high school math.) She talked about her record in helping the elderly, Medicaid and prescription drugs (a hero to my parents.) She is a huge proponent of making sure everyone has insurance (we almost lost our home, because our insurance company wouldn't cover my daughter Kimber's disease, Rett Syndrome.) Everything she said felt like we were best friends, sitting at the kitchen table, just talking about what every family needs in our country.
Then the moment came.
The speech ended. I had printed up signs about my daughter, Kimber, that said: THANK YOU HILLARY, FOR SAVING MY DAUGHTER's LIFE. She began to take questions. I held up my sign and moved around the room to try and get her to see it. She took about 8 questions from the audience, then announced she wanted to take time to meet people. So I started to move closer to her. Two guys, one in front and one behind me, about Jeni's age, literally propelled me towards her in their desire to meet her, too. Then they realized their batteries did not work in their camera. So I volunteered to take their picture and email it to them. We were so close that I could frame them in such a way that Hillary was in the middle. Then I gave one of them my sign to pass on to her. He was right in front and handed it to Hillary, who was doing circles trying to sign autographs for everyone.
Then she stopped.
She looked at the sign and asked, "What is this about?" The guy pointed to me and I leaned forward. We were about three feet away. I told her: "A few years ago you fought for funding in Congress, for my daughter's disease, Rett Syndrome." And she nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, I remember." And I told her, "Since then, that research led to them being able to REVERSE the disease in mice. YOU SAVED MY DAUGHTER's LIFE! - and... I Thank You!" Never have I said those words with such meaning. She kept looking at me, and then thanked me for telling her. Then I asked if we could have our picture taken together. She came forward and we stood just inches from each other. I couldn't even pose. We stood there looking right at each other. Our eyes saying what our words could not. I began to cry. I was so thankful, and so grateful and so happy at that moment to see the look in her eyes. It was not a candidate for President, it was one Mother to another, with a chance to share something deeper. I will never forget her eyes. My mother always said, you can tell a person by their eyes. And I knew at that moment, that she was for real. That she does care about everything and yes, everyone, she fights for.
We both then turned and looked at the camera, and it is the prettiest, happiest picture you will ever see of Hillary, and the worse cry-baby picture you will ever see of me, but I don't care. The important thing is, I have always believed, and now I know for SURE, that she is THE ONE.
Tuesday, all of us here in Wisconsin, will have a chance to propel her to the White House. Some of you will later on. And I am pleading with you, with everything I have within me, it is something we have to do. She has been bullied and annihilated in the press long enough. I know, without a doubt, from the depths of my heart, that she is the ONLY CANDIDATE that really, truly wants to make a difference in our country. She is also the strongest, one. Look at what everyone has done to her, and she still fights hard for all of us, especially, those like Kimber, who do not have a voice. If she can stand up to Congress, her own peers, she can stand up to other countries. She has earned this privilege. Everyone forgets all the good she has done for our country all these years. Her record far surpasses that of Obama's or McCain's when it comes to defending the middle and lower class...the poor, the elderly, the handicapped. She believes anyone who goes to school to be a teacher, firefighter and police officer (my daughter, my son, my sister) should not have to pay for their tuition. She believes we should all have as good an insurance policy that Congress gets (Kimber would never have been refused care under Hillary.) She places her values on what is important.
I am asking all of you, please, vote from your heart. She changed Jeannie's mind. She thinks so much of her now, she's voting for her. I think it's probably safe to say, none of you has never met anyone of these candidates personally. I have. None of you has been DIRECTLY affected by the ACTIONS of any one of these candidates. I have. Please, look deep in your heart. If anything will stand out and make you vote for Hillary on Tuesday, or whenever you have the chance...please remember one very important message...without her, Kimber would never of had the chance to live a normal life. Hillary made that happen.
Please THANK HER, with your vote, next time you get the chance.
I had received an email that Hillary Clinton was making a campaign stop 20 minutes from my home on Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter Jeni, and my girlfriends Jeannie and Pam to go with me. Jeni did not want to give up a Saturday, Jeannie doesn't even like Hillary. But they did it for me. So Jeni and Jeannie and I got there at noon and we ate the longest 3-1/2 hour lunch we ever had waiting for Hillary to show up, just so we could have good seat. Pam arrived just before Hillary.
Then they announced she was here (Hillary, not Pam!) My heart was beating so loudly in my ears. We were only about 12 feet away from her. It was a large restaurant (The Brat Stop) and she was in the middle. I could see just fine. She was wearing a blue dress suit, and honestly...she looked so pretty...much prettier in person than the TV makes her look. Much softer than the personality the press tries to paint of her. She began to speak, and her voice reminded me of myself, when I talk about something I passionately believe in. She stated all her beliefs and her strengths and her desires for our country. Every single thing I wanted, she wanted. She is a huge supporter of teachers and education (also dear to Jeni, who teaches high school math.) She talked about her record in helping the elderly, Medicaid and prescription drugs (a hero to my parents.) She is a huge proponent of making sure everyone has insurance (we almost lost our home, because our insurance company wouldn't cover my daughter Kimber's disease, Rett Syndrome.) Everything she said felt like we were best friends, sitting at the kitchen table, just talking about what every family needs in our country.
Then the moment came.
The speech ended. I had printed up signs about my daughter, Kimber, that said: THANK YOU HILLARY, FOR SAVING MY DAUGHTER's LIFE. She began to take questions. I held up my sign and moved around the room to try and get her to see it. She took about 8 questions from the audience, then announced she wanted to take time to meet people. So I started to move closer to her. Two guys, one in front and one behind me, about Jeni's age, literally propelled me towards her in their desire to meet her, too. Then they realized their batteries did not work in their camera. So I volunteered to take their picture and email it to them. We were so close that I could frame them in such a way that Hillary was in the middle. Then I gave one of them my sign to pass on to her. He was right in front and handed it to Hillary, who was doing circles trying to sign autographs for everyone.
Then she stopped.
She looked at the sign and asked, "What is this about?" The guy pointed to me and I leaned forward. We were about three feet away. I told her: "A few years ago you fought for funding in Congress, for my daughter's disease, Rett Syndrome." And she nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, I remember." And I told her, "Since then, that research led to them being able to REVERSE the disease in mice. YOU SAVED MY DAUGHTER's LIFE! - and... I Thank You!" Never have I said those words with such meaning. She kept looking at me, and then thanked me for telling her. Then I asked if we could have our picture taken together. She came forward and we stood just inches from each other. I couldn't even pose. We stood there looking right at each other. Our eyes saying what our words could not. I began to cry. I was so thankful, and so grateful and so happy at that moment to see the look in her eyes. It was not a candidate for President, it was one Mother to another, with a chance to share something deeper. I will never forget her eyes. My mother always said, you can tell a person by their eyes. And I knew at that moment, that she was for real. That she does care about everything and yes, everyone, she fights for.
We both then turned and looked at the camera, and it is the prettiest, happiest picture you will ever see of Hillary, and the worse cry-baby picture you will ever see of me, but I don't care. The important thing is, I have always believed, and now I know for SURE, that she is THE ONE.
Tuesday, all of us here in Wisconsin, will have a chance to propel her to the White House. Some of you will later on. And I am pleading with you, with everything I have within me, it is something we have to do. She has been bullied and annihilated in the press long enough. I know, without a doubt, from the depths of my heart, that she is the ONLY CANDIDATE that really, truly wants to make a difference in our country. She is also the strongest, one. Look at what everyone has done to her, and she still fights hard for all of us, especially, those like Kimber, who do not have a voice. If she can stand up to Congress, her own peers, she can stand up to other countries. She has earned this privilege. Everyone forgets all the good she has done for our country all these years. Her record far surpasses that of Obama's or McCain's when it comes to defending the middle and lower class...the poor, the elderly, the handicapped. She believes anyone who goes to school to be a teacher, firefighter and police officer (my daughter, my son, my sister) should not have to pay for their tuition. She believes we should all have as good an insurance policy that Congress gets (Kimber would never have been refused care under Hillary.) She places her values on what is important.
I am asking all of you, please, vote from your heart. She changed Jeannie's mind. She thinks so much of her now, she's voting for her. I think it's probably safe to say, none of you has never met anyone of these candidates personally. I have. None of you has been DIRECTLY affected by the ACTIONS of any one of these candidates. I have. Please, look deep in your heart. If anything will stand out and make you vote for Hillary on Tuesday, or whenever you have the chance...please remember one very important message...without her, Kimber would never of had the chance to live a normal life. Hillary made that happen.
Please THANK HER, with your vote, next time you get the chance.
I had received an email that Hillary Clinton was making a campaign stop 20 minutes from my home on Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter Jeni, and my girlfriends Jeannie and Pam to go with me. Jeni did not want to give up a Saturday, Jeannie doesn't even like Hillary. But they did it for me. So Jeni and Jeannie and I got there at noon and we ate the longest 3-1/2 hour lunch we ever had waiting for Hillary to show up, just so we could have good seat. Pam arrived just before Hillary.
ReplyDeleteThen they announced she was here (Hillary, not Pam!) My heart was beating so loudly in my ears. We were only about 12 feet away from her. It was a large restaurant (The Brat Stop) and she was in the middle. I could see just fine. She was wearing a blue dress suit, and honestly...she looked so pretty...much prettier in person than the TV makes her look. Much softer than the personality the press tries to paint of her. She began to speak, and her voice reminded me of myself, when I talk about something I passionately believe in. She stated all her beliefs and her strengths and her desires for our country. Every single thing I wanted, she wanted. She is a huge supporter of teachers and education (also dear to Jeni, who teaches high school math.) She talked about her record in helping the elderly, Medicaid and prescription drugs (a hero to my parents.) She is a huge proponent of making sure everyone has insurance (we almost lost our home, because our insurance company wouldn't cover my daughter Kimber's disease, Rett Syndrome.) Everything she said felt like we were best friends, sitting at the kitchen table, just talking about what every family needs in our country.
Then the moment came.
The speech ended. I had printed up signs about my daughter, Kimber, that said: THANK YOU HILLARY, FOR SAVING MY DAUGHTER's LIFE. She began to take questions. I held up my sign and moved around the room to try and get her to see it. She took about 8 questions from the audience, then announced she wanted to take time to meet people. So I started to move closer to her. Two guys, one in front and one behind me, about Jeni's age, literally propelled me towards her in their desire to meet her, too. Then they realized their batteries did not work in their camera. So I volunteered to take their picture and email it to them. We were so close that I could frame them in such a way that Hillary was in the middle. Then I gave one of them my sign to pass on to her. He was right in front and handed it to Hillary, who was doing circles trying to sign autographs for everyone.
Then she stopped.
She looked at the sign and asked, "What is this about?" The guy pointed to me and I leaned forward. We were about three feet away. I told her: "A few years ago you fought for funding in Congress, for my daughter's disease, Rett Syndrome." And she nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, I remember." And I told her, "Since then, that research led to them being able to REVERSE the disease in mice. YOU SAVED MY DAUGHTER's LIFE! - and... I Thank You!" Never have I said those words with such meaning. She kept looking at me, and then thanked me for telling her. Then I asked if we could have our picture taken together. She came forward and we stood just inches from each other. I couldn't even pose. We stood there looking right at each other. Our eyes saying what our words could not. I began to cry. I was so thankful, and so grateful and so happy at that moment to see the look in her eyes. It was not a candidate for President, it was one Mother to another, with a chance to share something deeper. I will never forget her eyes. My mother always said, you can tell a person by their eyes. And I knew at that moment, that she was for real. That she does care about everything and yes, everyone, she fights for.
We both then turned and looked at the camera, and it is the prettiest, happiest picture you will ever see of Hillary, and the worse cry-baby picture you will ever see of me, but I don't care. The important thing is, I have always believed, and now I know for SURE, that she is THE ONE.
Tuesday, all of us here in Wisconsin, will have a chance to propel her to the White House. Some of you will later on. And I am pleading with you, with everything I have within me, it is something we have to do. She has been bullied and annihilated in the press long enough. I know, without a doubt, from the depths of my heart, that she is the ONLY CANDIDATE that really, truly wants to make a difference in our country. She is also the strongest, one. Look at what everyone has done to her, and she still fights hard for all of us, especially, those like Kimber, who do not have a voice. If she can stand up to Congress, her own peers, she can stand up to other countries. She has earned this privilege. Everyone forgets all the good she has done for our country all these years. Her record far surpasses that of Obama's or McCain's when it comes to defending the middle and lower class...the poor, the elderly, the handicapped. She believes anyone who goes to school to be a teacher, firefighter and police officer (my daughter, my son, my sister) should not have to pay for their tuition. She believes we should all have as good an insurance policy that Congress gets (Kimber would never have been refused care under Hillary.) She places her values on what is important.
I am asking all of you, please, vote from your heart. She changed Jeannie's mind. She thinks so much of her now, she's voting for her. I think it's probably safe to say, none of you has never met anyone of these candidates personally. I have. None of you has been DIRECTLY affected by the ACTIONS of any one of these candidates. I have. Please, look deep in your heart. If anything will stand out and make you vote for Hillary on Tuesday, or whenever you have the chance...please remember one very important message...without her, Kimber would never of had the chance to live a normal life. Hillary made that happen.
Please THANK HER, with your vote, next time you get the chance.
I thank you!
Sherry
I had received an email that Hillary Clinton was making a campaign stop 20 minutes from my home on Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter Jeni, and my girlfriends Jeannie and Pam to go with me. Jeni did not want to give up a Saturday, Jeannie doesn't even like Hillary. But they did it for me. So Jeni and Jeannie and I got there at noon and we ate the longest 3-1/2 hour lunch we ever had waiting for Hillary to show up, just so we could have good seat. Pam arrived just before Hillary.
ReplyDeleteThen they announced she was here (Hillary, not Pam!) My heart was beating so loudly in my ears. We were only about 12 feet away from her. It was a large restaurant (The Brat Stop) and she was in the middle. I could see just fine. She was wearing a blue dress suit, and honestly...she looked so pretty...much prettier in person than the TV makes her look. Much softer than the personality the press tries to paint of her. She began to speak, and her voice reminded me of myself, when I talk about something I passionately believe in. She stated all her beliefs and her strengths and her desires for our country. Every single thing I wanted, she wanted. She is a huge supporter of teachers and education (also dear to Jeni, who teaches high school math.) She talked about her record in helping the elderly, Medicaid and prescription drugs (a hero to my parents.) She is a huge proponent of making sure everyone has insurance (we almost lost our home, because our insurance company wouldn't cover my daughter Kimber's disease, Rett Syndrome.) Everything she said felt like we were best friends, sitting at the kitchen table, just talking about what every family needs in our country.
Then the moment came.
The speech ended. I had printed up signs about my daughter, Kimber, that said: THANK YOU HILLARY, FOR SAVING MY DAUGHTER's LIFE. She began to take questions. I held up my sign and moved around the room to try and get her to see it. She took about 8 questions from the audience, then announced she wanted to take time to meet people. So I started to move closer to her. Two guys, one in front and one behind me, about Jeni's age, literally propelled me towards her in their desire to meet her, too. Then they realized their batteries did not work in their camera. So I volunteered to take their picture and email it to them. We were so close that I could frame them in such a way that Hillary was in the middle. Then I gave one of them my sign to pass on to her. He was right in front and handed it to Hillary, who was doing circles trying to sign autographs for everyone.
Then she stopped.
She looked at the sign and asked, "What is this about?" The guy pointed to me and I leaned forward. We were about three feet away. I told her: "A few years ago you fought for funding in Congress, for my daughter's disease, Rett Syndrome." And she nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, I remember." And I told her, "Since then, that research led to them being able to REVERSE the disease in mice. YOU SAVED MY DAUGHTER's LIFE! - and... I Thank You!" Never have I said those words with such meaning. She kept looking at me, and then thanked me for telling her. Then I asked if we could have our picture taken together. She came forward and we stood just inches from each other. I couldn't even pose. We stood there looking right at each other. Our eyes saying what our words could not. I began to cry. I was so thankful, and so grateful and so happy at that moment to see the look in her eyes. It was not a candidate for President, it was one Mother to another, with a chance to share something deeper. I will never forget her eyes. My mother always said, you can tell a person by their eyes. And I knew at that moment, that she was for real. That she does care about everything and yes, everyone, she fights for.
We both then turned and looked at the camera, and it is the prettiest, happiest picture you will ever see of Hillary, and the worse cry-baby picture you will ever see of me, but I don't care. The important thing is, I have always believed, and now I know for SURE, that she is THE ONE.
Tuesday, all of us here in Wisconsin, will have a chance to propel her to the White House. Some of you will later on. And I am pleading with you, with everything I have within me, it is something we have to do. She has been bullied and annihilated in the press long enough. I know, without a doubt, from the depths of my heart, that she is the ONLY CANDIDATE that really, truly wants to make a difference in our country. She is also the strongest, one. Look at what everyone has done to her, and she still fights hard for all of us, especially, those like Kimber, who do not have a voice. If she can stand up to Congress, her own peers, she can stand up to other countries. She has earned this privilege. Everyone forgets all the good she has done for our country all these years. Her record far surpasses that of Obama's or McCain's when it comes to defending the middle and lower class...the poor, the elderly, the handicapped. She believes anyone who goes to school to be a teacher, firefighter and police officer (my daughter, my son, my sister) should not have to pay for their tuition. She believes we should all have as good an insurance policy that Congress gets (Kimber would never have been refused care under Hillary.) She places her values on what is important.
I am asking all of you, please, vote from your heart. She changed Jeannie's mind. She thinks so much of her now, she's voting for her. I think it's probably safe to say, none of you has never met anyone of these candidates personally. I have. None of you has been DIRECTLY affected by the ACTIONS of any one of these candidates. I have. Please, look deep in your heart. If anything will stand out and make you vote for Hillary on Tuesday, or whenever you have the chance...please remember one very important message...without her, Kimber would never of had the chance to live a normal life. Hillary made that happen.
Please THANK HER, with your vote, next time you get the chance.
I thank you!
Sherry