Vendor Writing

God kept me close

So I couldn't let go

BY JOHN H.

When I was a child, I was practically brought up in the church. God played a great role in my life. After I graduated I did like many, life kinna changed, yet God was in my heart. Not pleased to say but I did get off track for a minute. I distanced myself. Wasn’t close at all with family and when you don’t have family there’s not many you can trust.

So I started to drive big trucks, forty eight states and Canada. Things got a bit worse. Finally I asked for God to change me, not knowing he would take me out of the big truck. I asked because I felt life wasn’t fair and I was letting Go. I wanted God back in my heart like before.

Ya see, I’m gonna tell you a true story. I was in Los Angeles. God spoke to my heart and told me when I get to Shelbyville Tenn., I would lose my job. That I did. At that point I knew I had to give it all to him.

God was all I had. Had no friends or anything. So all I had to depend on was God. I worked temporary jobs and still couldn’t make ends meet. Later I started selling for The Contributor. Easy at first but when I got in this part of the city it kinna become difficult. Difficult in a way with the hate and racism in this area, seems if it was the only way God could keep me close. He kept me close in a sense, I had to depend on him to endure. The Contributor, a job I treasure. The only way I could keep sharing his word he had to keep me close. Been almost 12 years, I never let go.

Fox News: A three-ring circus

BY TYRONE M.

Fox News with that racist radical and evil views, they need to dismiss themselves from being called journalists. Just a bunch of lying, supporting-Trump (The Big Lie), behinds. They are ignorant, non-truthful, conspiracy theorist-believin’ bigots. Most of them are social rejects from life.

Their primary mission is to try and confuse intelligent people about the asinine garbage they speak. The failing and cowardly ass-kissing GOP that lies for Trump and do anything this ex-(mentally-impaired) president say. The so-called reporters on the show need their license pulled and they need to be banned for reporting this garbage. These morons, bigots, and idiots need to have their brains scanned and need to have their (rectum shaped) mouths checked. And when they have guests on the show, they too are spewing out untruths that would make a maggot gag. The foul garbage the spews out of their lying mouths would make a grown dog vomit!

My friend asked me the other day, do I know any old jokes? I said, yes, Fox News.

All through Trump’s re-election campaign, Fox News was doggin’ Joe Biden with made-up stories that a space alien wouldn’t believe. They was hoping these lies would give Trump (The Big Lie) an edge. Instead, people seen through the lies, the racism, and elected a (real) person.

The toxic vomit that came out of these reporter mouths, are radical and plain crazy. The lie that (the election was stolen) has been spreading throughout the nation. Once you start telling a lie, you have to tell another one and another to cover up the previous lies. After a while you’ll find yourself covered up in lies. There was (token) Afro-Americans on the show one day. He said there was no systematic racism in America! This was a lie, there is no truth in this statement. Not only is there systematic racism in America, but it’s been here for over 400 years! I don’t know what they gave the (token) for spewing out this lie. But he needs to just look around at what’s going on in America and he’ll see himself that he’s a liar.

Fox News, y’all can’t hide! Trump’s platform of conspiracy theorists, racists, and everything else is toxic.

Come On In We’re Open

BY VICKY B.

Words that I’ve longed to hear, we’re open. Fourteen months of no visitors. Fourteen months of loneliness. May 14 will always be known to me as the Mask Burning Day. The day when those who are fully vaccinated can see each other’s faces. The smiles. The people. The contact. It felt like a day of freedom to hear that those who are fully vaccinated are free to ditch the mask and get close again.

It’s that extra long red light you have to sit through and when it finally turns green, you’re off and running. Concerts, restaurants and bars at full capacity once again. Children playing outside in the horseshoe with grandparents looking on. Residents hanging off their balcony inviting friends up and grocery deliveries being made once again. Tearing down the signs that said, “No Visitors Until Further Notice” was a huge thrill.

A feeling of such freedom overwhelmed me and I wondered who I would invite over first.

In person meetings after a year of Zoom meetings is a welcome change. I loved sitting in the room with such professional and respected members of my community at a Homeless Planning Council meeting.

Memorial Day picnics with friends again!

July 4 fireworks downtown again with Brad Paisley in person!

Life is good again. Life is returning to normal.