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💚 Way to work it! It’s almost Labor Day! Do you ever feel like the gutsy baby sea turtles struggling their way to sea? The journey’s gritty and laden with obstacles. No matter, the ocean beckons. Vamos! Those mama turtles have sure been laboring overtime laying those eggs. Loggerhead Marine Life Center reports of record number of nests in the 9.5 mile stretch of Juno Beach it monitors. How many? 20,998! Maybe it’s the heat…

🥵 Speaking of…Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler got quite a point this week. He ditched the basketball court for a US Open tennis court. The charity match featured Butler versus Wimbledon Champ Carlos Alcaraz.

 https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1694493620576124930

Butler and Alcaraz are friends. Both bring a phenom-level of gutsy resilience to their respective games!

🫶 The non-profit, “First Serve” knows all about labors of love. They run a unique mentoring program for kids in underserved communities across South Florida. The group pays high school students in these neighborhoods to mentor younger kids. Plus they’ve got an incredible group of high school ambassadors who may just make it to London this year. The Dimension 20 Choral Group is one of five in the U.S. who received an invite to perform at the Royal Concert Hall around the first of the year. If you’d like to donate, here’s the link.

https://raise.snap.app/donors/dimension-20-chorus-2023

You can listen here for some high-C action!

 😇 Words sound angelic when sung like this, especially by young voices. Have you listened to 13 year old treble prodigy Malakai Bayoh yet? His debut album, Golden, just dropped in July. I’m obsessed!

https://www.instagram.com/malakaibayoh/

By the way, Andrea Bocelli has a new documentary set to debut next year on Netflix. The legendary tenor will take us behind the scenes of his life. It’s called, “Because I Believe.” Awesome title!

✍️ Phil Knight has an awesome quote about belief in “Shoe Dog.” It’s the Nike founder’s memoir. Check out my book review on tiktok.

https://www.tiktok.com/@sandrashawe/video/7163264250432228654

Enjoy your labor day and keep believing for the best!