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Posted 3:01 pm May 2nd, 2008
 This wonderful lady is one of  my  first  friends when I moved to  Orlando 20 yrs, ago.  She was  performing  in a Jazz  club called
Sparkles  and  I was  bartender at the time.  Being passionate  about music, Jacquie was a great first friend. Through the years
she has performed  at  endless  events to  help  raise awareness on major issues from like Stroke, Hunger and HIV.   I was at her first concert when she came back from the aneurysm.  I've held her arm when her knees would not want to move, but when the music starts her million dollar smile turns on and it's all about pleasing the crowd, it's called ` Show Time'.  This lovely lady can give you a show!    Much Love, Meg
   

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Posted 11:43 am May 2nd, 2008
You simply MUST see Jackie live on stage, and NOW is the perfect opportunity. She's performing the music of Billie Holiday in the one-woman show, "A Little Moonlight" at the Ice House Theatre in Mount Dora, FL. Shows are May 1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 25. For more info go to www.icehousetheatre.com

Tell her Growing Bolder sent you!

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Posted 6:00 pm May 1st, 2008

Marc & Team . . .

Thank you so much for "spotlighting" the life of this precious jewel, Jacqueline Jones. The reality of her journey, even though filled with immeasurable pain, is one of great inspiration.  Her internal strength and personal courage are not only to be admired but they are to be emulated. 


There are times in our lives when the olive has to be crushed.  For it's in the crushing that the pure oil comes forth in all its power and its glory.  Oh, none of us embraces, welcomes or desires the crushing, the darkness or the pain.  But when we come out of the other side of our crushing and are given the blessed opportunity to pour the rich, sweet oil into the lives of the broken, downtrodden, hopeless, rejected and dying, well, I say what some of the old saints said long ago, "I wouldn't take nothing for my journey!"

Oh, how well I truly understand Jacqueline's journey.  And I recognize what a wealthy, wealthy woman you have spotlighted!  Her oil is a treasure that cannot be measured!

Thank you Jacqueline for not giving up; for not being bitter but better.  Yes, I thank you, Phenomenal Woman, for realizing there is a reason you have survived.  I thank you for facing your challenges head-on and for allowing your pain to propel you into your purpose. 

May the Lord my God grant you great songs of healing, hope and deliverance!

Blessings and Much Love,
Ora ~

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Rev. Ora Stearns Smith
Ora International

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