A Few Prayers for Texas Cowboy!!

The Horse's Mouth | 08-Apr-05 | Tom Eaker

[Eaker]

Prayers for TexasCowboy!

TexasCowboy has been using his hip injury as an excuse to prevent his friends from shooting his new riot gun.

Well some of us offered to take a look at it for him and he decided both a proffesional and sober opinion might make more sense.

So he found a coupon and now he is going to let some old saw-bones cut on him.

Probably a better idea than letting us do it, but a few folks feelings are still hurt!

Please all say a prayer for our Cowboy that he is back in the saddle again real soon.

[El Gato]

Out of there for a whole week! Wow! What was that, about 12 days after surgery? FReeping amazing that is!

Really glad to know that you are with family. At times like that having family is especially important. Having friend is "nice" and important, but not as much so as having family.

Now you hold off on the throttle of that 'chair now y'hear. (Unless you need to chase down a particularly pretty nurse)

[PGalt]

Thanks for the update TC. Thinking of you. Have a great Independence Day.

[MEG33]

Thanksgiving for for your cool breeze and sounds of children's laughter...

May the Great Healer be with you, comfort and strengthen you. In Jesus name I pray.

[LadyX]

Just in case you scan the thread this evening
or tomorrow,
here's an American picture for ya ---

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~~~ Purple Mountains Majesty ~~~

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Yes - America IS Beautiful!!

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Rest well, TC...God be with you - - -

[Rightfootforward]

It's wonderful to hear from you, dear friend. What a lovely gift to receive on the almost-Fourth of July. Thank you.

It's also good to know that you're out and about. Are you telling stories to the little ones at the park? If you're up to it, I'm sure they'd love to hear them. 'Specially about the great state of Texas. Which doesn't always get the best press in California, ahem.

As you already know, recovery from orthopedic surgery is bizarre. Gotta do this, can't do that, live with the pain, get over the pain, sit, roll over, bark, then wait and wait until the day comes (when you least expect it) that you actually feel better.

Each day I pray that you will be restored to peace and comfort. May God bless you and keep you safe.

Love 'n hugs!

[LadyX]

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This depiction of For Spacious Skies brings to mind, as we celebrate the founding, how truly difficult was the growth of what we know now as America.

I definitely would have had a hard time uprooting from the Eastern part of America, all wordly goods for my family loaded on one or two large wagons...setting across the vastness with almost no access to goods, spare parts, fresh groceries, etc...

Think of having to feed and water the animals pulling the wagons, and those ridden - no refrigeration; having enough flour and beans and sugar and other things to cook - things IN WHICH to cook!
Fuel for the campfires -- the list is endless of the hardships, and explains why so many family heirloom antiques (furniture, primarily) had to be jettisoned to make it up/down steep grades, ford rivers, etc.

What if the family 'expanded' over the months and 'space' was a consideration - imagine a family with 5 or 6+ children??!
Add a baby or two - subtract the chest, a dresser --
We take so much for granted in this day and age of convenience and relative ease...load the van/U-Haul and get there within a few days, without deprivation, no less...

Lord of All, thank You for allowing us to experience this wonderful nation founded under Your Holy Name. We take seriously our heritage, and understand what it takes to perpetuate it.

Please, Father, keep us strong and able to overcome the destructive elements in America that erode it further every day - let us be strong and positive in all areas.

We praise and thank You, Father...
Amen

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P.S.
We appreciate the fact so many Freepers stretch all the way across America, from coast to coast, and participate here - and that You had TC born in Texas and grow up to be such a great advocate for You, for America, and an inspiration to all of us.

We lift him up to You, Father, as The Great Physician.
Continue to lead and strenghen him for all that lies ahead...and to use him...
Amen

[Txsleuth]

OM Goodness, LadyX, what a wonderful prayer...

I have always been fascinated with the early part of American History...

My favorite shows growing up were Wagon Train and other shows depicting the "West"...

I complain when the air conditioner won't cool lower than 75....LOL

Your prayer took me back to that time when I used to read the Little House on the Prairie books and daydream about what it would be like. I have always been backward, I guess.

When my contemporaries were dreaming of landing on the moon, or traveling to Mars--watching shows like Star Wars, Star Trek, etc., I was mentally putting myself in the "way back" machine...

Well, you have yet again posted words that will have me thinking pleasant thoughts this evening. That is quite a gift you have, Lady X...I am very grateful..

Have a great evening, and a safe, COOL, 4th of July.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!!!!!

THANK YOU GOD, FOR BLESSING US ALL!!!!

sleuth

[STARWISE]

JUST WONDERFUL NEWS, TC!! Thank you, Lord... the amazing progress your making is stunning... what loving care from your wonderful daughter and precious love from Your Heavenly Father.

Your faith is SO inspiring to me ... you are no doubt bringing people to Our Dear Lord and don't even realize it. Keep hanging in there .. we awaiting your next updates, and praying for your continued healing.

GOD BLESS YOU, TC! AND

[LadyX]

Oh, sleuth - how fortunate we are not to have to *see* America from just one tiny fragment of America - a town or village or farm, hardly ever able to travel because of distances and lack of transportation!

Think of no instant computer links - television - radio - newspapers and magazines and books galore - - 24-hour cable news of events of just about anywhere in the world!!

Downsizing time a tad, I think often of my mother's parents, each a child of a minister in South Carolina.
Pa (English name that rhymes with 'WAAA'..:) graduated from Wofford College - Mammy from Columbia College with a degree in music, and taught school for 3 years.
They married in the Washington Street Methodist Church within sight of the Capitol Building of South Carolina; both fathers officiating - hers had been an Associate Pastor there.

Married March 25, 1898, on December 28th they had a son - then another son - and my mother in April 1901.

After her came a little boy who died at age 2 from diphtheria - then 4 more girls.

This is where I tie it into my prior fascination with and conversation about transportation and Travel - LOL!

My mother related that in 1907 when she was about 6 and her brothers 7 and 8, and two younger sisters, Pa had been transferred to another town, as usually happened every 2 to 4 years.

All their goods were loaded on mule-drawn wagons, lined up in front of the parsonage. Luther, 7, was always a daring type, and sneaked under the high porch with lattice to shield him - to (cough, cough) smoke - gasp! - a cigarette!!

Yep -- somehow he managed to start a fire -- that literally burned down the (thank the Lord) EMPTY parsonage!!

He went on to become a high school history teacher and later the Principal - fine upstanding pillar of the community - who almost went up in a pillar of smoke..:))

[Coincidence}
My second son, Kevin, was due on the 4th of July 1955, but managed to be born on July 1st at the Naval Air Station at Chincoteague, Virginia.
It was a small facility and not air-conditioned, and as a staff wife, I was given a strong circular fan for the 2-patient room I had afterward.

My roommate *happened* to be from Chester, SC, and had had my uncle Luther there as teacher and principal -- small world story - one of many...

Although my two sisters and I were born and reared in Florida, each of us ended up in South Carolina...each in towns where our grandfather had a church.
When I drive a mile to the center of town and go around The Circle in front of the County Courthouse, and spit out on the other side, there is the church Pa had, opposite the Post Office....

As my cousin Betsy and I discussed years ago in Greensboro, NC (always in touch by mail growing up, both with engineer fathers and lived outside SC) and visiting now and then, God brought us together for 16 years there!), the prayers of those grandparents have *always* surrounded their children and us grandchildren and on down the line !!

I happen to have made that slow drive just today, savoring the feeling of being surrounded by their prayers.....
following in their footsteps toward Him, praying for my children and grandchildren and great-grandchild ---

Through that grandfather, I am descended from men who came to America in the 1600's, and some who fought in the Revolutionary War and The War of Northern Agression..:))
(won the DAR History Award in high school, always loving history)

[LadyX]

Happy Fourth of July, America!!
Will be back to celebrate later...

Leaving the door open for you, Sistah Nan..:))

[luvie]

Lady--sometimes I don't get a chance to tell you, but you always have the sweetest stories! I always enjoy reading them! Thank you for always being here for us!

[Txsleuth]

WOW---

what a fortunate person I am..two of your "stories" in one night...thank you very much.

Your posts here have become like a running "novel" of different aspects of your life, all of them fascinating and daring and brave...but the best part is that you share the best of you with all of us..

THAT is very generous of you LadyX---and I know that Cowboy couldn't have a better "pen pal" to keep him going during his struggles...

Well, it is late for this Texan...I have a picnic to prepare for tomorrow..

I hope you are having a get-together with friends/family for the 4th...and I hope you have a "bang-up" good time.

later

sleuth

[El Gato]

Think of having to feed and water the animals pulling the wagons, and those ridden - no refrigeration; having enough flour and beans and sugar and other things to cook - things IN WHICH to cook! Fuel for the campfires -- the list is endless of the hardships, and explains why so many family heirloom antiques (furniture, primarily) had to be jettisoned to make it up/down steep grades, ford rivers, etc.

You didn't carry feed for the animals, except maybe the chickens and swine you were bringing as brood stock (many didn't). You found forage along the way, or bought feed as needed before you cleared "civilization". Water you carried with you. Not enough for the whole trip of course, but enough to, probably, get you to the next clear creek, spring or other water hole. The animals would of course drink anything, and you probably would too, as long as it wasn't too alkalai.

I don't know much about my ancestors trek to the great American desert. I know my wife's Danish ancestors came in wagon train from St. Louis. At least as far as Omaha (or Council Bluffs across the Missouri), when they found out that the folks they were with were Mormons, which was a bit too much for those Danes, so they split off from the group, which continued on in the Platte Valley, and headed up the Elkhorn to the Humbug Creek, to build a "Soddy", where the family farm still sits today. That was in 1868, about the same time my maternal ancestors came over from southern Germany. They didn't head for Nebraska right away, but added a few kids to the three they came over with, somewhere in Illinois. They added even more once they made it to Nebraska.

[amom]

Hi bac'at'cha. Glad to hear you're settled in at your new (temp) digs and have a park nearby. Nice to be out in the fresh air I bet.

[WVNan]

Bowing my head in shame, as I forgot to show up for the night shift. Had an unexpected event last evening. Two couples sort of invited themselves home with us for pizza. It was late when they left and I was beat. Just now finding out that T.C. has been sprung.

[WVNan]

You are so right about Sistah's sharing of her life. I've been after her for ages to write her autobiography. I've saved all of her posts and e-mails over the years. I've told her that if she doesn't write it, I will, using her words, or send them to one of her children to write it. Somehow her life just has to be a book. So far she hasn't given me permission. :o)

[WVNan]

T.C. hearing from you is a great cause for celebration this Independence Day. May the Lord continue to bless you and heal you as the days pass with ease and comfort for you. May He strengthen you and return you to vigor and a feeling of "normal". Thank you, Lord, for all you have done for T.C. and thank you for all you are going to do. In Jesus' name. Amen.

[El Gato]

Happy Independence Day to TC and his Tribe of Fabulous FReeper.

And for TC, Lady and all the other Jarheads ..Semper Fi!

[WVNan]

Checking in with earnest prayers for renewed strength and positive thoughts from the NIGHT SHIFT....

[LadyX]

Taking the Sunrise Shift today, Nan - - -

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*** Sun's up - Prayers are up, TC ***