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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... June, 2008
June 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

Posted on 05/31/2008 11:14:27 PM PDT by JustAmy




Welcome To....



'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)












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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,

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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; friends; friendship; june
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To: La Enchiladita

When I found that Normandy meadow scene a few days ago ..I could not resist.Thank you “Dita” and for the Ernie Pyle excerpt..
I spent my childhood listening to the war news on the radio every evening with my family.


541 posted on 06/06/2008 8:19:02 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: LUV W

I am stunned by the descriptions in Ernie Pyle’s reports.
The day lives forever in his words.


542 posted on 06/06/2008 9:06:22 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: MEG33

The radio was THE medium then, still was when I was a kid.
But I was close on the cusp of the television era.


543 posted on 06/06/2008 9:09:58 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: La Enchiladita

He certainly wrote as one who saw it all...and knew how to pass that on to his readers.


544 posted on 06/06/2008 9:28:08 PM PDT by luvie (The Republican Party is strongest when it is fearlessly conservative! RL \:D/)
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To: Jim Robinson

Continued prayers for your recovery :)
Bless you!


545 posted on 06/06/2008 10:24:39 PM PDT by mountainbunny
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To: mountainbunny; OESY; fewz; Lady Jag; JustAmy; DollyCali; gardengirl; NicknamedBob; MEG33; jaycee; ..
PowerPoint Presentation with Music

LES PAPILLONS D'AMOUR



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LES PAPILLONS D'AMOUR
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546 posted on 06/07/2008 2:45:52 AM PDT by Cardhu (Be happy, today you will be the youngest you will ever be.)
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To: OESY; fewz; Lady Jag; JustAmy; DollyCali; gardengirl; NicknamedBob; MEG33; jaycee; Mama_Bear; ...
PowerPoint Presentation with Music

BEAUTY FROM ITALY



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Beauty from Italy
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547 posted on 06/07/2008 3:08:04 AM PDT by Cardhu (Be happy, today you will be the youngest you will ever be.)
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To: JustAmy

Thanks! Things are slowing down!

#2 son graduated last nite—long, boring and stuffy right til the end. Woman principal wanted “dignified”. Kids and parents just wanted OUT! We won. What’s she gonna do? Suspend the kids and tell teh adults they can’t come back? BWAHAHA

Don’t have to do that again til the gbaby graduates in about 16 years! WOOHOOO!

Hope you and Marissa have a great summer!

Have a great weekend!


548 posted on 06/07/2008 3:16:59 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: MEG33

Thanks, Meg! The poppies are beautiful, and that pic says it all.


549 posted on 06/07/2008 3:17:58 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Cardhu

The first lighthouse is gorgeous! I want to be keeper there!

NC has beautiful lighthouses, but nothing like that!


550 posted on 06/07/2008 3:19:02 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: La Enchiladita

It’s true. I don’t take compliments very well.


551 posted on 06/07/2008 6:06:27 AM PDT by OESY
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To: Cardhu
Bellissimo!

One of my greatest regrets in life has been not taking my wife back to Pompeii, Amalfi, Sorrento and Capri, places she had been before but experiences I longed to share with her—while she was still healthy or at least ambulatory. Now she is no longer capable of even enjoying your wonderful photographs. Susan was talented and loved to travel, to cook and to read, having participated in several book and gourmet groups. She relished music, opera, film and history, won awards for her pen & inks and for her acrylics, and wrote her college thesis on her present affliction, 30 years before it was identified by name. Susan came as close to self-actualization as anyone I know, a true renaissance woman with a Ph.D and two masters, a successful physical therapy practice (she was described by one doctor as an “icon” of physical therapy in New York), and nine years as president of the board of trustees of a local hospital. Now she is hospitalized and in a semi-coma, having suffered her 8th seizure on Thursday. Very sad. I try to be optimistic to compensate, and to cherish memories and photographs of our better times together.

.

552 posted on 06/07/2008 6:33:45 AM PDT by OESY
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To: Billie; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; deadhead; jaycee; LUV W; mathluv; DollyCali; Dubya; Gabz; ..

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June 7, 2008
Serving Together
Through love serve one another. —Galatians 5:13

When Cristine Bouwkamp and Kyle Kramer got married in the spring of 2007, they did something most of us wouldn’t think of doing. Instead of hosting a “sit-down dinner,” they held a simple reception at the church and invited their guests to help distribute food to people in need.

They bought a truckload of food and had it delivered to the church parking lot. Then they and their wedding guests served the people of the neighborhood. Cristine and Kyle said the first thing they wished to do as a married couple was to serve others. Because God had changed their lives so radically, they wanted to “bless God for blessing us with each other.”

The Kramers chose a great start for their new marriage—blessing God by serving others. The apostle Paul encouraged the Christians of Galatia: “Through love serve one another” (Gal. 5:13). Some of them believed that the ceremonial practices of the Old Testament were still binding on the church. So Paul wrote that salvation is by grace through faith. It is by faith we live out our new life in Christ. He reminded them that the law was fulfilled in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (v.14).

As followers of Jesus, we’re here to serve Him out of love—to “bless God for blessing us.”

O that my life may useful be
As I serve Jesus faithfully;
And may His love be seen in me—
This is my earnest prayer. —Hess

God blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others.


Bible in One Year: Romans 5–8; Proverbs 23:29-35


553 posted on 06/07/2008 7:13:49 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In GodÂ’s works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: The Mayor
What a awesome devotional and a great couple. May we all have that spirit of " giving" that this couple share. Polly

When Cristine Bouwkamp and Kyle Kramer got married in the spring of 2007, they did something most of us wouldn’t think of doing. Instead of hosting a “sit-down dinner,” they held a simple reception at the church and invited their guests to help distribute food to people in need.

554 posted on 06/07/2008 10:52:48 AM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: OESY

What a beautiful, strong, talented, brilliant woman you have shared your life with, OESY! I am so very sorry to read about her illness.


555 posted on 06/07/2008 12:26:39 PM PDT by yorkie (Yorkies are 'toothpics' for coyotes in the high desert. Do wild animals NEED toothpicks?)
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To: OESY; Mama_Bear
You and Susan are still in my prayers.

Hugs to both of you.




Pinging MamaBear because I know she is also saying prayers for both of you.


556 posted on 06/07/2008 12:28:42 PM PDT by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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To: JustAmy; OESY
Pinging MamaBear because I know she is also saying prayers for both of you.

Thanks, Amy.

Yes, I am praying for you and your wife, OESY. May God bless you both and take care of your every need.


557 posted on 06/07/2008 12:35:15 PM PDT by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage!)
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To: OESY
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this amazing woman that you've shared your life with. It is hearbreaking that she is in the condition she is and I can only imagine how very hard this has been for you.

God bless you with strength and courage, OESY. You have friends here who care very much. I hope that in some way, on some level, that helps a bit.

558 posted on 06/07/2008 12:43:06 PM PDT by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage!)
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To: Cardhu

That was a lovely trip to Italy accompanied by a very nice piano rendition of the theme from The Godfather - one of my favorite songs. Just beautiful!


559 posted on 06/07/2008 12:53:31 PM PDT by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage!)
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To: gardengirl

Thank you, gardengirl.


560 posted on 06/07/2008 1:29:10 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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