FReeper Canteen ~ THE GIFT OF THE MAGI ~ 20 December 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

Those of you who are more "mature" Marines & Sailors will remember one of the pre-eminent TV series of the '50's, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Many of these programs were quite scary, but they usually had a good moral and made the point in a rather unforgettable manner.

On one episode, an astronaut is readying for his blast off on a fifty-year mission to outer space. He is to be placed in a state of suspended animation and will not age one day by the time he returns to Earth. As fate has it, he meets a lovely woman the evening before launch, and it is love at first sight for both of them. They agonize over the love and marriage they will be unable to share because of the space voyage. The next morning his space flight begins. The woman is visibly shaken by the cruel plot fate played on the two of them.

In the final scene, fifty years hence, NASA brings the rocket back to Earth. The capsule is opened and an aged man emerges from inside. He pulled the plug on the cryogenic machine before the launch. The face of his fiancée is then shown. She is still young and vibrant; she had herself placed in suspended animation on the day of the launch! One engineer then reflects: I feel blessed to have met two people who truly knew the meaning of love! End of program.

These two people, motivated by real love, were prepared to make an unusual sacrifice for each other. Sometimes we forget that keeping love strong in marriage requires a commitment to LOVE...and like any commitment, that means dedication, work, sacrifice. Too many people give up on relationships when the going gets rough because they don't understand how much effort and sacrifice for one another is necessary to sustain a marriage. May we all realize the true meaning of love and marriage...and what is required to sustain this wonderful gift from above!

Rod Serling's version

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

We Three Kings

[luvie]

Lovely post!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope you hadn’t planned on going anywhere today. Yeowy but y’all have had some snow! White-out conditions at the airport earlier but now it seems to FINALLY be slowing down.

Poor duckies. It can’t be easy to eat their supper in that mess.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7wBvyrao8I

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_bztb4UCM

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVUbc69afoE

[radu]

Thanks, luvie.

How are things down your way? Did it warm up a little?
It wasn’t too bad here - - just cloudy. We’ve been waiting all day for the rain to arrive and we’re STILL waiting.

[mylife]

Sorry to jack the thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6H-kDoOWpU

[luvie]

It wasn’t too bad here either. Pretty chill out there right now at 41. I was going to wear a skirt to church tomorrow but I’ve changed my mind. It’ll be warm cords after all. LOL!

Hope you get that rain. And that it doesn’t turn to snow. LOL!

[radu]

It’s a little cooler there than it is here. It’s 49 at the moment but the breeze makes it feel cooler. Still no rain yet. It’s been pretty much hung up west of us but is slooooooooooowly trying to move eastward.
We won’t get snow from this round but Christmas Eve looks to be a different story. How much snow remains to be seen.

Have you checked Lake Hood today? They’re getting a stout dose of snow.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWeQ6eZlbcE

[mylife]

Half past France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2uNMBiuM2U

[luvie]

I did check Lake Hood, and JH area was getting nearly as much as the lake. My kids will be ecstatic, My son especially.

I’m gonna be semi-jealous if you get a White Christmas and I don’t. I’m not going anywhere, but the kitties would be unhappy if it happened. You’ll have to share your pictures. :)

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aspAb9hePK0

[radu]

JH has been getting quite a bit of snow this week.
I noticed people pushing things around the park today. I guess they’re smoothing the snow in preparation of spraying it with water to create the ice skating rink. It’s about that time again.

I reeeeeeeeally don’t want a white Christmas but it’s going to be cold either way. If the cold air moves in behind the rain, we’ll have icy surfaces. If it moves in with the rain, we’ll get snow. We have no plans so it doesn’t matter .......... other than I’d rather have 70 degrees and sunshine. LOL

[mylife]

Welp the “smart people” with degrees in meteorogly and satellites, radar and all that shizzle are wrong again cuz the snow is coming down in insane thick blankets...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ-PI2YTo9Q

going to bed...

[mylife]

RIP Tank commander and general ahole Terrel Kyle..

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Sunday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Glad the snow’s staying up there! LOL!
We’re far too warm for snow this time around, thank goodness. We do need rain and are grateful to get some. It’s finally starting to sprinkle here.