R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Or…Without you Aretha, our party wouldn’t have been the same!

Many years ago the women in my family  performed a skit for a special occasion…a tradition .   We had trouble deciding on what kind of skit to do.  Then,  coming across my car radio was that glorious  voice singing,
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.   I screamed out, to no one in particular  because I was alone in the car, “That’s it, that’s our song!”

And indeed it was.  We wowed the crowd as we lip synced  and danced, dressed in  tuxedo t-shirts, top hats and canes  to that amazing  voice. It was a huge  hit and we had such a ball doing it.

Thank you Aretha for your voice, your music, your activism and your generosity.

We love you…. The Oliver Girls (the performing women – a family name)

KAY’S NOTES:
 What Aretha said about RESPECT:
“I was talking about the male-female relationship. The respect part of it became a mantra for the Civil Rights Movement and for people everywhere,” Franklin said.”

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