Lunch with Sassy

April 4, 2018 Wednesday
From: Sassy
To: TimmyTim
Sent: Wed Apr 4, 2018 at 1:31 PM
Subject: Lunch with S
Hiya T! 
It’s time once again for Lunch with Sassy!  I am scrambling to get ready for the weekly meeting with the admin staff, downing NC pulled pork bbq and cole slaw that Hubby brought me from Redbones!  Wish I could hand you some pulled pork to munch. 
When you said “Thursday” were you talking about tomorrow or next week?  Work has not calmed down as much as I wanted, and Hubby is meeting a new doctor tomorrow and wants me to go along, so it is looking like I can’t make it tomorrow.  But if you were planning on tomorrow, let me know and I can see if I can move things around. 
I’ve been reading articles marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King.  I remember my parents being upset about it and having the TV on more than usual. 

CNN got Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young (who were there) to talk about it and revisit the site.  Their commentary was quite something.  
“Jackson wishes his friend were still around to see the victories that his teachings made possible. But he concedes the 39-year-old Atlanta-born preacher may have accomplished more in death.
“The resurrection of the martyr is more powerful than the marcher,” Jackson said. “Martyrs cannot be arrested. Martyrs cannot be stoned. Martyrs cannot be shot. The resurrection cannot be contained by opinions. The resurrection is a very pervasive spirit.
“In marching, he was limited to finitude. In his martyrdom he is unlimited. He is infinite.”
‘A wound that remains raw’
Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
For the first time in 50 years Andrew Young and Jesse Jackson return together to the motel balcony where their m…

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