[hoosierkitties]

I was thinking the same thing. :) Didn't they decorate the Oval Office in Peaches and Cream a few years back? So maybe they always have to have matching roses or something.

[GretchenM]

New book coming out -

Marine Regiment Testifies of Miracles of Divine Protection over Them in Iraq--Though They Saw Some of the Heaviest Fighting, God Saw Them Through
Aimee Herd (Apr 14, 2005)

Before the soldiers of the 8th Marine Regiment went into battle in Iraq back in March of 2003, their commander of the Combined Anti-Armor Tank platoon, Capt. Seth MacCutcheon, a Christian, asked Chaplain Don Rogers if he would pray over each vehicle. The regiment's mission was to find enemy armor and destroy it, before they could use it against them.

"When Seth asked me to pray, I laid hands on every vehicle in 2/8 -- more than 70 Humvees and trucks," said Rogers, "praying that the vehicles would not be hit and for safety of the men who would ride in them." He was not the only one interceding however. Echo Rifle Company Capt. Kevin Yeo's wife Andrea and 7 other women met regularly to cover the regiment in prayer.

Though they were involved in some of the heaviest fighting, not one soldier was lost, and except for several who were wounded non-seriously with shrapnel, not one Marine lost an eye, finger or toe or was disabled.

In fact, according to author Glenn Thomas who penned God Saw Them Through, about the regiment, there were over 40 answers to prayer and 35 miracles of protection which he recorded in the book. (The book will soon be available in The Well Bookstore.) More on the 8th Marine Regiment's experiences are shared in the April issue of Charisma magazine.

More...
http://www.charismanow.com/a.php?ArticleID=10930

[GretchenM]

Hi hoosierkitties. The difference among monitors makes it difficult for me to ID the OO colors precisely; to me they look to be a light gold and cream. The tangerine-salmon colors in the roses are beautiful with it -- it surprises me that he has that same color over and over, but that's what makes me think he must really like it.

[motzman]

So maybe they always have to have matching roses or something.

I know a woman who's a florist. Years ago, when she lived in Texas, she often did the arrangements for Bush family functions. She's not political at all, yet made it a point to tell me that the entire Bush family were always very classy, very nice, and always remembered her name.

And they knew their flowers.