Liz Raven hosts the mid-day show on WATD, 9:15 until 2:00 weekdays. She loves to play your favorite songs, and you can email your equest to Lizraven@959watd.com.

We proclaimed Thursday Good News Day! Here is some of the good news you shared with me:
Hi Liz,
Today is 10 days without a cigarette for me- I KNOW and have made up my mind that I will never smoke again, so it's a GREAT day for me!! HOORAY!
Love,
~Cherrie

A story I just heard on your show, reminded me of a trip I took down the Atlantic coast to South Carolina. I was stuck in traffic on a bridge in New York City and could see and sense the aggravation of the drivers around me. So, I pulled out my handy dandy mood stabilizer, bubbles…. I blew bubbles out my window and watched them swirl around through the parked cars and trucks. After a few minutes I noticed smiles on my neighbors' faces. I got waves and thumbs-ups and a few honks. It made the time go by a little easier for me and for others around me. Plus, I was the center of attention where I feel at home.
Thanks, Chris

Hi Liz,
This must be my lucky week! Two days ago, I won tickets to the Antiques Show while I was painting my dining room, and yesterday my daughter called to tell me she won two tickets to “Regis and Kelly”, and that she wants me to go to NYC on the 24th for a girl’s overnight and the show. Life is good, and I am continually amazed at the many blessing in my life.
Best regards,
~Mary from Kingston.
May I request “You Made Me So Very Happy” ?
Thanks

Since you’re focusing on good news today, about a month or two ago, I was driving up Route 6 from my home in Hyannis to my office in Kingston. It was a kind of yucky day – cold, cloudy – and I was running late. It had all the ingredients for a bad morning. Out of the blue, a Jeep pulled up beside me and the driver held up a piece of cardboard for me to see. Written on it in black marker was the word SMILE! with a little smiley face. It was such a simple gesture and so unexpected! It worked; I smiled, and it kind of made my day. It no doubt made a lot of commuters on the road smile that morning. You really don’t have to do much at all to turn someone’s day around. I think this is a good lesson for all of us.
Thanks!
~Jessica

Liz,
I was at my 11 year old daughters school in Easton today. All the 5th graders had to do a display and recite the biography of a famous person. My daughter Katie was given our most famous President to work on - Millard Fillmore - our 13th President. I was so proud of the job she did, it brought a HUGE smile to my face!!
Can you play "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves because I'm walking on sunshine because of Katie.
~Scot from Easton

Hi Liz, thank you for today's upbeat theme.
What came to mind that I'd like to share with your audience is when I was commuting to my former job (which on a good day was a minimum of 3-plus hours round trip), I would pass by a charming Congregational Church on Rt. 106 in Halifax. The Church had a message out front that read, "May God Bless Your Day".
I was so touched by the parishioners' thoughtfulness. It also made me stop and think of the many blessings I do have in my life, and I'd say to myself, ok the pity party is over!
Keep up the positive theme - I love it!
~Martha

Good Morning Liz,
For Valentine’s Day my husband got us tickets to see Michael Buble perform in Providence. After 8 weeks of patiently waiting, the show’s tonight!
~Elizabeth


A PARROT'S PRAYER


LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................


For all the wild caught parrots so savagely netted and swept
away from their families while their babies dumped into burlap
sacks cried out in terror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the exotic birds that witnessed the destruction of all the blessed
trees and fled fires in fear from man's thirst to dominate, stripping the
land of all its inhabitants, leaving nothing but bare ground behind.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the parrots that struggled through the capture, but died merciless
in transport from the stress of overcrowded, barbaric, confinements and
inconceivable horror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the survivors that made it into captivity but exist in a nightmare
of confinement unable to use their God given wings of flight as they
once remembered.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the baby birds bred in captivity whose crop's burned or have
died needlessly from harshness of human hands.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all captive birds that have been erased from their owner's
consciousness and are abandoned to a lifeless existence with only a
distant memory of what is was like to hear a gentle voice from someone
that used to care.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all those helpless creatures who don't know what it's like to live
life as a bird or even to feel the breeze or sunlight but are doomed to
darkness in closets or garages, trapped inside covered cages or shackled.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the macaws, cockatoos, amazons, and conures that are
stripped of their vocal cords for screaming; their sensitive beaks cut
back to prevent biting.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all birds that end up for sale in pet shops or breeders like used
merchandise, unwanted and frightened in strange surroundings with
nothing more than the familiar sight of bars on a cage.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the neglected birds that are sick with infections from
filthy conditions and malnourishment that may never recover and
know what it is like to feel healthy and be playful.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the misconceived parrots who were beaten, stabbed,
blinded and burned for just being a parrot.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For every african grey, cockatoo and macaw that punishes itself
from confinement and boredom by maiming their bodies and
plucking their feathers and for those who have lost all spirit of life
and sway their head low from side to side slowly into insanity.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

WE ASK HUMBLY OF YOU, DEAR LORD TO LOOK
UPON ALL OF YOUR MAGNIFICENT FEATHERED
CREATIONS PROTECT THEM FROM EVIL AND HARM
CAUSED BY MAN AND TO BRING FORTH AN AWAKENING
IN THE HUMAN HEART AND MAKE IT A KINDER,
GENTLER WORLD FOR ALL CAPTIVE BIRDS............AMEN

-- Sally Brooks, July 3, 20000

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Why did you get into DJing?
Because I hate money

What are some of your favorite foods?
Spicy Mexican, sushi, and Chee-tos

If I walked into your home, what would be on your TV?
HGTV, the Fox News Network, or Frasier. Niles Crane is the funniest character on TV since Archie Bunker

Who are some of your favorite authors?
Laura Ingraham, Joyce Meyer, and Jack Handey

What kinds of things do you do in your spare time?
Antiquing, karaoke, making chew toys out of cardboard for my parrots, and extreme snowboarding

Favorite bands/singers?
Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Foreigner, the Beatles, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Bread, the Cars, Jefferson Starship, Carly Simon, Heart, Chicago, and Fleetwood Mac (well, you asked!!)

Pet peeves?
Litterbugs, banks that close at 3:00, and Michael Bolton

Favorite charities?
HomesForOurTroops.org
Homes for Our Troops is a non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides specially adapted homes for our severely wounded service members of our military.  Founder John Gonsalves is an amazing human.

MarshfieldCommunityChristmas.com
The volunteers put their hearts and souls into making Christmas brighter for our neighbors in need.

FosterParrots.com
There are millions of parrots languishing in cages across the country. Many are lonely and neglected. Most are denied their God-given right to fly. Foster Parrots cares for hundreds of birds that have been abused or surrendered. Many well-intentioned people have purchased parrots, believing they make great pets, only to be faced with the sad reality that they are wild animals, not "feathered hamsters", and providing for their complex needs is difficult, expensive and time-consuming at best. Often times people are unprepared to deal with how loud, messy, needy, and aggressive parrots can be.

Would you keep a dog or a cat in a cage most of its life?
Of course not, and parrots deserve better, too.

"Don't buy, don't breed, please adopt a bird in need"

Liz's birds - JJ and Dudley at the Raven's Nest.