Posted on 05/30/2005 8:40:59 PM PDT by The Mayor
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Marsha Burgess was a complete stranger to us, so we were touched by the note she sent. She knew my husband Carl's mom who had recently died. She had often seen her when visiting her own mother at a local nursing home. So when Carl lost his mother, Marsha took the time to share her memories with us. She closed her note with these words: "Your mom always had a big smile on her face and was happy to see us. How wonderful to have such precious memories! We just loved your mom. We'll never forget her." Marsha is a Christian, and her words brought comfort in our grief. They reminded us of the joy of being part of Christ's body (Romans 12:5). Every believer has been given a specific gift or gifts by God to use in building up othersprophesying, ministering, teaching, exhorting, giving, leading, and showing mercy (vv.6-8). But all of us are to "be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love" (v.10) and to "rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep" (v.15). Sometimes we hesitate to reach out to someone we don't know. We wonder if it is appropriate or if it will mean anything to the person. But that note from Marsha reminds us how much it means to be touched by a stranger. Anne Cetas
Or the gentle breeze in spring, Just a little gift of kindness Joy to someone's heart can bring. Hess Opportunities to be kind are never hard to find.
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Good morning, The Mayor! VERY nice thread, as usual!!
"Those Honored Dead"
"Why do you fly the flag today?"
My Grandson wants to know.
I fly it for the graveyards
Where the countless crosses grow.
I fly the flag for children
Whose fathers are a name.
A half-remembered memory
of a face within a frame.
I fly it for the families
of sons and daughters lost.
They know the price of liberty
How terrible the cost!
I fly the flag for veterans
who lost their youth in blood.
And saw their comrades slaughtered
in the carnage and the mud.
I fly it for the ones who marched
In cadence off to war
To close their eyes forever
Upon some foreign shore.
I fly the flag for grief poured out
Upon a granite wall.
The laying-on of hands that heals
The scars within us all.
I fly it for the sound of Taps---
That melancholy tune
That lays to rest those honored dead
Who always die too soon.
Hey Mayor - I took the time to look at each and every picture and to be grateful for everything they and others like them have given to me. Thank you for honoring our troops here each day! HUGS!
A little humor..
These will make you smile.... :-)
I was in the express lane at the grocery store quietly fuming. Completely
ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out
line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the
cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked
sweetly, "So which six items would you like to buy?"
Wouldn't it be great if that happened more often?!!!
Lots of Great people up there..
Thankyou Star..
Thank you for touching our hearts with your daily bread, Mayor! It always makes me feel better by having read it!
Me too!
(((hug)))
Thank you,Mayor!
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AMERICA..HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
Thank you to all who serve our country.
Morning Feather, Thanks..
I love that clip. Thank you Meg!
Good morning ALL. It gonna be a beautiful day here in Memphis and I'm off and going to my quilt quild meeting.
Beautiful day here in Western New York too Gail!
Good Morning Beachie!
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