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azcapt
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phoenix, Arizona, US
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just in case
Just in case no one has said it yet, I want to wish all the Moderators and WN members a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. And to all the family members serving in the Armed Forces around the world.
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| November 22, 2006, 15:12 |
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Re: just in case
QUOTE (azcapt @ November 22, 2006, 15:12)
Just in case no one has said it yet, I want to wish all the Moderators and WN members a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. And to all the family members serving in the Armed Forces around the world.
 
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| November 22, 2006, 18:40 |
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lizonya
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lake elsinore, California, US
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Re: just in case
happy thanksgiving azcapt and to all our wn family and friends     
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| November 22, 2006, 18:43 |
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Re: just in case
My Dear WN Friends,
Last year as I bustled around getting everything ready for a house full of company for Thanksgiving I was thinking, "How do I get myself into all of this work every year?" This year my thoughts are very different...I'm more thankful than I have ever been in my life and Thanksgiving to me this year has a completely different meaning. This will likely be my Mom's final Thanksgiving with us as her cancer is overtaking her lungs, liver, and is spreading rapidly through her spine.
This year I've decided instead of only stating at the lunch table on Thanksgiving what I'm thankful for I want to share it with each of you. My greatest blessing this year is a double edged sword...I've been given the opportunity to say everything to my Mom that I wanted to say but with that is the price of her pain. Watching her fade away gives me perspective on what is most important in my life. Family and friends have always been paramount to me, my life is richer because I have been incredibly blessed with great friendships over the years to have shared laughter (OK, a lot of laughter), tears, and great joy with many people.
I am amazed at what a difference a year can make in a person's life and I know God will only give me what I can handle but this year has been one of those that I wonder if He has more confidence in me than I have in myself. The one thing I know for certain is that my gifts significantly outweigh my struggles and through the difficult times I have found my ability to show compassion and love grows more with each day. I think God's greatest gifts are born from our most difficult experiences and I make the choice every day to smile and be thankful for my life. Remember that we are not promised tomorrow and we don't know how our lives will change in the next year so...when you miss someone, visit them; when you love someone, tell them; don't take a chance on regretting something you didn't do or say!!!
"And now these three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love, But the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:13)."
Hugs to you all,
Juils
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| November 22, 2006, 18:49 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: just in case
Juilianna, you beautiful, beautiful, soul. You have one the things we should all see. You have endured so much, yet find the most precious gifts. I discovered some of the same things, from my despair. While laying in a burn center, wishing it would end, a little 5 year old girl was brought in, burnt far worse than me, burnt from head to toe, not a stitch of skin left on her. I knew the kind of pain she would be going through. I heard her scream day & night for a couple of weeks. The pain from a burn is unimaginable. I don't know if she survived, she came after me & I left before her. When you are burned that bad, your chances of survival drop. But I still hear her screams often, I think of her, I am haunted by the sight of that poor little burnt girl being wheeled in. No matter how bad off you are, take a look around you, there is always somebody worse off than you. And what you say about going to visit somebody you miss, or tell someone you love them, you're right on target there again Juilianna. My grand dad was someone I always loved spending time with. He was such a good story teller, things that had happened to him or his family, but he was just good at telling them.When I was little we would go see them on Sunday sometime. He would meet us at the door, & tease us by saying to my mom, "why did you have to drag those dumb little brats along, you know I can't stand kids, now you've ruined the whole weekend." But he would be the first to grab us & sit us on his knee, telling us stories, or blowing smoke rings from his cigar. I thought that was just the neatest trick I ever saw at the time. But later, I only saw him at Christmas, & maybe a few other times a year. I miss him now, oh I wish I would have taken the time to visit him on Sundays. When I could, I didn't, now I want to, & can't
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| November 22, 2006, 21:24 |
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Re: just in case
I can understand alot of what everyone is talking about. When I was a young boy, I had skipped school, and called my dad about us getting together for the weekend and going fishing. (my parents were divorced) He was at the bar drinking, and agreed he would pick me up on Friday night after my football game. But he never made it to Friday night. On his way home that night, as he was passing the street that I lived on. There was an 18 wheeler backing down my street, and he drove under it. Killing himself and my stepmother. I wish so many times that he would have considered others before he chose to pick up that beer can and drink. I later found out that he had some pretty bad liver damage from drinking, and he would have later had a slow painful death. But I never got a chance to say goodbye, or really say I Love You. To this day I have not been able to go fishing and enjoy it. I feel that his grandchildren were cheated because of this.
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| November 22, 2006, 21:51 |
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Re: Re: just in case
QUOTE (Juilianna @ November 22, 2006, 18:49)Remember that we are not promised tomorrow and we don't know how our lives will change in the next year so...when you miss someone, visit them; when you love someone, tell them; don't take a chance on regretting something you didn't do or say!!!
"And now these three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love, But the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:13)."
Hugs to you all,
Juils
Amen to that Juilianna
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| November 23, 2006, 10:09 |
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Re: Re: Re: just in case
QUOTE (kinkykev @ November 23, 2006, 10:09) QUOTE (Juilianna @ November 22, 2006, 18:49)Remember that we are not promised tomorrow and we don't know how our lives will change in the next year so...when you miss someone, visit them; when you love someone, tell them; don't take a chance on regretting something you didn't do or say!!!
"And now these three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love, But the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:13)."
Hugs to you all,
Juils
Amen to that Juilianna
Thanks for reminding me Juilianna.
In that case, to BCB... and everything else. 
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| November 23, 2006, 11:28 |
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