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03-26-2007, 06:07 PM
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Folk is a filly...
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03-26-2007, 06:16 PM
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Well said Andy, I agree totally...it's a game of opinions.
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03-26-2007, 06:20 PM
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Why did you say this "sight" Did her dad pass???
He had been going through some difficult health issues the last few months that were very concerning. If my above conjecture is true I want to express my deepest sympathies to SAMM who is one of the classiest altuistic souls I have had the pleasure to meet on here. The rescue of the animals she helped this winter and her all around concern for all of God's children is an examplary spirit we all could use more of. DrD Andy if I made any spelling errors please don't take any points off`....
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03-26-2007, 09:49 PM
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I can listen to the live broadcast, but not able to listen to the archieves.
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03-26-2007, 11:05 PM
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03-27-2007, 11:11 AM
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"Always keep your heads up and act like champions." Coach Paul Bryant
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03-27-2007, 12:41 PM
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Thank you so much... I'd really like you all to have a sample of just who my dad was and this morning I wrote as therapy for myself but feel that anyone who has or will suffer such a loss can take something away from it... the article could only tell you so much of what he accomplished... there is just so much more that could be told.
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituar...round_him.html Standing on an Abyss... Dad always called me water works.... once I started to cry it was hell to stop.. My siblings joke about it... I try to control it. We all had a part to do in dad's funeral. I had to write and say a series of petitions (prayers). In them were prayers for dad, family, deceased family and friends, all gathered for the service and one for my mother.... The one for my mother was the hardest .... I got up before all and was determined not to cry... to show my dad that I had learned something from him... strength. I made it all the way through although I did kind miss a line. I was proud of myself and I know my dad was too... I haven't really cried yet and I keep thinking its that strength... Now this morning I realize it's not.... I'm standing on an abyss... There is a crater in my heart and I know it's there but I kept covering it over with different things. Preparations for the funeral, getting to be with my family and remembering good times and bad. The funeral itself was a continuous line of hundreds and hundreds of people telling each of us (my siblings and myself) all the wonderful ways in which my dad affected their lives and will continue to do throughout the rest of their days and years. People that didn't even really know my day paid respect because of the qualities my dad instilled in all his children and felt compelled to pay respect to the man that made us. Now dad is buried next to my brother and the covering of the abyss is dissipating.... I am scared... I feel the "water works" coming on. I'm so afraid that I won't stop till the entire abyss is filled with water. Which one would think would not be so bad as everything needs some water it helps other things grow. but will I stop in time before the flood destroys those things it would have helped. When I was in my teens and going thru a very traumatic event my father came to my room, sat in a chair and held me. He told me I did not have to go through with it. That in this instance it would not be quitting. I cried and cried... my dad smoothed my hair and said over and over again that it would be alright. That was a moment in my life that I will never forget. I got thru the event and everything did work out... it took a very long time and it lingers in the shadows but I made it just like dad said. But now those arms are gone and while there are other arms willing to surround me... they are not dad's. Now I realize why it was so hard to write a prayer for my mother as her abyss is even greater. I pray our abysses fill with the proper amount of water to allow beautiful things to grow. That is helps to nurture those things in our lives that need to be nurtured and if there is a bit too much water that it forms a small pool to splash and play in... for that I believe is what my dad would want.
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03-28-2007, 04:47 PM
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Has Steve finally decided to return to the "great" northeast now that's it spring???
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03-28-2007, 06:24 PM
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he's MIA!
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