9/11/01 ODE TO AMERICA

This, as described, is how America was on Sept. 12th. I wish it could always be that way without the horrible terror

Are You Not Entertained?

August 4, 2018  · 

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode ToAmerica ') in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'.

~An Ode to America ~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.

On 9/ll, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about.

Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing: 'God Bless America !'

I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy. What on earth unites the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.

Cornel Nistorescu

(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted !

GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!

NOT TOO OLD TO LEARN

There's no big reason to assume my stories will be disseminated to the masses other than my own need to express myself as a human placed on this earth at exactly this exact time in place in history.

My journey will eventually become a part of God's story

My big opportunity of the day, Wednesday, Sept.8,2021 was getting out of the house to join a hundred or so other women in welcoming our first EWG of the 2021-2022 year. 

I slid out of the car and enjoyed a slow walk to the building.  Fatigue and stiff joints followed.  The anticipation of connecting with friends preceded my expectations, salivating at the thoughts of what the mornings lecture would hold.  I was not disappointed as the morning progressed.  The music was edifying.

I ambled up the slight incline to the sliding door that led to  the receptionist cubicle to briefly hang out with my favorite receptionist.

My stiff joints followed me as I continued through the patio.  The patio was pretty much empty as I walked toward the family center for the lecture, the luxury afforded by an early arrival.  The quietness of my arrival was invigorating.  The pleasant, background sounds of the water fountain added to the ambiance.

Upon reaching the Family Center, the quiet of the previous moments turned into the cacophony of verbose hens cackling vibrating in my ears.

Joyous cackles of women enjoying pre-lecture time giving the impression that we had not seen each other for a long time, which we hadn't.  The atmosphere was electric.

Remember how you felt on your first day of school?

Yes, thought so, that is the feeling I had.  The only thing is, I had not sharpened my pencil.  Well, anyways, who sharpens pencils these days?

With the last strains of music, we all settled back into our seats in rapt attention to listen to the lecture by Dr. Paul Twiss.

As a side note: Now mind you, I recall, when the Twiss family first arrived at GCC, and arrived to deposit child #3 in my nursery room while I was supervising one of the rooms.  They have had 3 more since and now he has a Dr. in front of his name.  But now I am going off on a tangent.

The adage goes, "that you are never too old to learn something new".

Well, it is true.  During the lecture, it was explained that the first 5 books of the Bible, The Torah were all on the same scroll, hence, really one book that was chopped up into the books we see today.  We were taken through a whirlwind of event to event that formulates those 5 books and to deepen our understanding of God's character and His plans.

It was good to reconnect with my core group as we shared answers to prayers through out the year.

THIS FACE & LIL DROOLER

Sept. 8,2017 MEMORIES

'"This face that is getting battered by weather and wrinkled is my own. In my mind's eye it is youthful, the face my mother kissed so many decades ago. The mirror tells me otherwise and part of me wants to erase all those lines, wind back to clock and begin again. But there is another part that loves every crease, they are part of who I have become - no longer a girl but a mother and a grandmother. It is the face of someone who has lived, suffered, loved and grieved. I cannot be anyone else and this crumpled face is becoming part of who I am." ~No, I did not compose this but I did edit it.

HAPPY FRIDAY MORNING TO YOU

I am off for a part of the day. Going to visit my grand babies.

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Hanging out with this little drooler.

Show off and flirt. Showing Grandma how to make drool bubbles.

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Transitioning into Toddlerhood. New adventures to conquer.

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