Comments on: Journey for Change Notebook: August 3, 2008 http://siu.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/03/journey-for-change-notebook-august-3-2008/ The story behind the story Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: greg http://siu.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/03/journey-for-change-notebook-august-3-2008/#comment-834 greg Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:18:07 +0000 http://cnnsiu.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-834 Soledad, I was sitting here listening to Solomon Burke singing Cry to Me when I ran across this blog of yours. I am no mamby pamby but it was very touching. Since your black in america series I have developed a new way of looking at you and............ I like it! You are such a beautiful person and I understand you better now. I think you are very courageous. I grew up in the deep south when separate but equal was the way. This has had a great effect on baby boomers and I still think that others in america have no idea of the psychological toll it has taken on a generation of AA's. We continue to look over our shoulders. thanks to you a little less now. Soledad,
I was sitting here listening to Solomon Burke singing Cry to Me when I ran across this blog of yours. I am no mamby pamby but it was very touching. Since your black in america series I have developed a new way of looking at you and............ I like it! You are such a beautiful person and I understand you better now. I think you are very courageous. I grew up in the deep south when separate but equal was the way. This has had a great effect on baby boomers and I still think that others in america have no idea of the psychological toll it has taken on a generation of AA's. We continue to look over our shoulders. thanks to you a little less now.

]]> By: brenda pickett http://siu.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/03/journey-for-change-notebook-august-3-2008/#comment-7 brenda pickett Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:23:06 +0000 http://cnnsiu.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-7 i am brenda pickett, the grand mother of jeremy baker.my special grand son. i would like to thank ms.rock,ms.o'brien,cnn,salv.army and so on for giving JEREMY a chance to see another side of the world and how others live. i know this trip has changed his heart. I am speechless about this journey,it is something i've wanted to do for so long and just could not afford to get away,i thank GOD for touching the hearts of you all for choosing my grand son,i hope you all will continue to stay in touch with the children here,to save them from the streets of new york,by doing that some of them will finish schooling and give back just as you all are doing,they could be and do what you are doing tomorrow.again i thank you and i thank you and for the mission that you are doing.please send me and e-mail when you can.i hope to join you if you would allow me to take this journey with you all once.i took care of foster children for 12 yrs here in conn.some where hiv pos.i wish you all a safe journey home and i can hardly wait to here from jeremy all about it love to all brenda i am brenda pickett, the grand mother of jeremy baker.my special grand son. i would like to thank ms.rock,ms.o'brien,cnn,salv.army and so on for giving JEREMY a chance to see another side of the world and how others live. i know this trip has changed his heart. I am speechless about this journey,it is something i've wanted to do for so long and just could not afford to get away,i thank GOD for touching the hearts of you all for choosing my grand son,i hope you all will continue to stay in touch with the children here,to save them from the streets of new york,by doing that some of them will finish schooling and give back just as you all are doing,they could be and do what you are doing tomorrow.again i thank you and i thank you and for the mission that you are doing.please send me and e-mail when you can.i hope to join you if you would allow me to take this journey with you all once.i took care of foster children for 12 yrs here in conn.some where hiv pos.i wish you all a safe journey home and i can hardly wait to here from jeremy all about it

love to all

brenda

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