A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-12,13,14-06....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

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~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


05-08-06 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

05-09-06 ~ Teddy Bears on Parade
By Billie

05-10-06 ~ Warm Fuzzy Wednesday
By Billie
Presented by GodBlessUSA

05-11-06 ~ United 93 - the movie
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

"Wear Red" Friday

You will soon see a lot of people wearing Red on Fridays. Here's why..... The Americans, who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, and all their friends, simply want to recognize that Americans support our troops. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every red-blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED.

Word of mouth, press, TV -- let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of red much like a home football game at a University. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear Red! So let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.

received this in my email June 10th, the author is unknown.
I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie

[Majie Purple]

Happy Mother's Day to you GeeBee
and all Mama's today!
HUGS!

[deadhead]

I am glad you like it, you should save the graphic :-) I loved it when I came across it last year.

[Majie Purple]

re:your # 162 awww;thanks! Very sweet!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Sweet Ladies, may all the love you've given your children be returned three fold on this your special day. : )

((((Meggsie)))))...great news about your daughter! : )

[luvie]

Thank you, Louiebo! (((hugs)))

[luvie]

Just beautiful, Bob. You are so talented...I am proud to know you.

[Majie Purple]

Re: your # 164 so sweet, all of it!
I'm just sayin'.

[dixie sass]

Oh, I've been in and out Colleen. Just not posting as much as I use to but doing a lot of reading.

[dixie sass]

SMOOCH! HUG! Love ya, Wolfie. Thank you.

[dixie sass]

Amen Meg and I add my prayers to the others from FRF. We love you and in that love is love for all those dearest to you. GOD bless you and yours.

[LadyX]

Thank you both for your replies to my recounting in #87 some of the many, many blessings with which Our Lord has lightened my walk.

Learning so early in life that He is available 24/7 and yearns for us TO communicate with Him often set the stage for ease with that.
Rather than some unapproachable Greek or Roman or Norse god with a little 'g,' to me, He was there whenever I spoke to Him, whether I realized it or not.
Looking back, most of those times were when I was driving alone in a car!!
It, however, did not matter what the setting or my physical position before Him was, other than a sincere desire to be in His Presence.

That was usually prompted by my admiring the Creations in the landscape du jour, as I praised and thanked Him, and I came to realize fully how very true it is that He inhabits our praises!
[[The car was not the actual *vehicle* for discussions - just my *appreciation* of the world I was seeing! He is available wherever we are..:)]]

I am wonderfully blessed and I know it,
and want to shout it from the rooftops!

Billie, I love this gif you created for me - -

He indeed does, and I know it..:))

[jwalsh07]

God bless your Mom! :-}

[LadyX]

"I am my Mother's garden.
I am her legacy-
And I hope today she feels the love
reflected back from me"

Oh, Colleen, how very beautiful and poignant this is, especially to those of us who lost their mother early in life, as did you and I.
Just the other day I came upon my mother's last letter to me, written in 1964.
I was in Fairbanks, Alaska and she wrote how much she wished I were there in Florida having a cup of coffee with her, as we often had. I had lived with my parents for 4 1/2 years after a disastrous first marriage.
They never complained nor critized me, and had allowed me to be the mother to my little fellows, and they remained the grandparents.

Just weeks later she was stricken by a burst aneurysm, and passed away in 1965, with my never having seen nor heard her voice again.
While the missing her part is tremendous, greater still is my appreciation of the wonderful human being she was...she never, ever raised her voice to my sisters or me, and we genuinely wanted to please her in every way.

To all those who expressed here Mother's Day greetings, thank you.

[LadyX]

"may all the love you've given your children be returned three fold on this your special day. : )"

For days I have been posting about the many blessings through my children and stepchildren, Wolfie.
More recently, my stepson married, describing his bride as "a lady and GODly woman" - she was a widow with two children.

The relationship with my stepdaughter has slowly transformed since Thanksgiving, and is now full and happy, she sending a Mother's Day card that reached me yesterday, and a gift!

We cannot change the tragedies of the past, but we can extend love and kindness and forgiveness and find something even richer in relationships.

[LadyX]

Afraid more thunderstorms are headed my way,
so I'd better get offline.

Blessings to everyone this wonderful day in May!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Happy Mother's Day, everyone.

[Majie Purple]

Thanks much Victoria! I'm not a Mom yet but I still
appreciate the seniment!
One day I'll be a Wife & Mom though.
I look forward to those blessings!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good afternoon Majee!!!{{{HUGS}}}

Well,the time will come when you'll be a wife and a Mom and then you'll have the gif and be in our circle.;)

[Majie Purple]

Re: your # 178 Awww & I look so very much forward
to the blessed day I get to be part of said circle!
H*U*G*S

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Word of caution it's not always easy,but we make it some how and in the end it is rewarding.;)