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Tell Congress: Support equal pay for women.

Last year, the Senate failed to get the 60 votes necessary to force an up-or-down vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would mandate that women receive equal pay for equal work. Now, with a new session of Congress in place, the House is ready to take up the fight again.

With President-elect Obama soon to take office, we now have a real chance to pass this legislation that could do so much for so many American women. There will be a battle in the Senate, and the best way to come out of the gate strong is for the bill to pass by an overwhelming majority in the House.

Lilly Ledbetter worked 19 years at Goodyear before she learned the men at her level were earning far more. Eventually she sued, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court where five male justices ruled her claim invalid because she filed it more than 180 days after the date when the discrimination first started.

Lilly Ledbetter and women across the country are paid less for doing the exact same jobs as men. The only difference between men and women in the workplace is women bring home less money to take care of their families - and in an economy as shaky as ours, the last thing we need is to make life even more difficult for 50% of the American workforce.

Women across America are counting on Congress - let Congress know that you're watching to make sure they come through. Sign this petition to tell your member of Congress to support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This is a first and crucial step in this year's battle for equal pay - a battle that, for the first time, we might actually be able to win.

"I would say to those who mourn... look upon each day that comes as a challenge, as a test of courage. The pain will come in waves, some days worse than others, for no apparent reason. Accept the pain. Do not suppress it. Never attempt to hide grief." Daphne du Maurier

"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes part of us." Helen Keller

Some knit, finding it cathartic. I, on the other hand, do graphics and multimedia. Please accept this bit of time spent on grieving as a token to those who are working through the same.

Thank you to all those who contributed photography skills, including Dave Dugard (onetruedave.com), Putz, Dom Correa, and others...

Today we celebrate her life, as she would have so insisted. Words escape me (hence the pix instead) so, I'll leave it to the masters:

"Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” Richard bach, (Illusions)

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” Richard Bach, (Illusions)



“The soul takes flight to a world that is invisible, and there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.” Lady Jane Grey, the movie

“We meet but briefly in life, if we touch each other with stardust – that is everything.” Author unknown

(NOTE: Please feel free to share this posting, or the direct link to the YouTube publishing for that matter, with anyone who would like to view. It has been done out of the originator's grieving process and might be beneficial to anyone what shares in that grief.)

This article illustrates why I feel compelled to take advantage of the rare opportunity to contribute to the private relief efforts. The second page has the most chilling information. The last sentence really shows the total disregard for human life demonstrated by the military junta, a.k.a Myanmar rule.