Balogreene A while back Struan posted Cat pictures for Gram and movies for all of us, and other things too. He left for a while, told us he was going to, but I don't think we believed it would be so long.
Many started posting kitten pictures, and Rake King revived the Movie wall. We did okay, as Struan wanted us to. We each missed him in our own way, but we each went on and enriched others.
Thanks Struan for the example you set.
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Escaped commieny It was a Blessing today to receive from our main site 'pest' Ramona, the CD'S from Kevin's Memorial Service. I still have a hole in my heart from his passing, but it was a wonderful service. So Thanks Ramona! As Pastor said, Kevin our Cap Marine was bigger than life and gave so much to so many.
May 15 at 17:05 EST .
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Surfhut My sister. The whole family, really. She made a fried chicken dinner yesterday. Then we dragged out her 2 giant boxes of old pictures. Took a stroll down memory lane, remembered so many things from our history, laughed ourselves silly. We aren't a famous or noteworthy family. But we are rich.
May 12 at 07:05 EST .
Straitpath Surfhut what you said reminded me of what my grandmother said in her history. She said her ancestors were not famous or leaders but were honest, hard working and God loving. The kind of people who build families and nations. Yes, you are blessed.
May 14 at 13:16 EST .
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Straitpath We have probably all heard about the great effects one gets from writing down three blessings at the end of each day. I would like to use the blessing wall for just that. My greatest blessings as usual are family, God and country.
May 8 at 22:21 EST .
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Surfhut This is so good. While I don't write them down, I give thanks for those 3 blessings each day. Think I'll start writing those down, along with 3 extra blessings per day.
Extra blessings today: My little car and I made the long commute safely. God gave us the wisdom to create antibiotics (sinus infection dealt with ). My best friend Karen, after brain surgery and radiation for malignant tumors, is healthy and actually drove a car on her own. She's healed.
May 9 at 20:36 EST .
Linder Have never heard of writing down three blessings... I'm going to start doing the 3 givens plus the 3 extras. Today's are:
Eight girls from our graduating class 51 yrs ago made it to our bi-monthly lunch meeting. Enjoyed a needed beautiful sun filled day. After finding my 99 yr old mother in a confused state at the nursing home, she suddenly realized who I was, asked about Gramps and said how much she enjoyed his visits.
Good plan, Straitpath.
May 11 at 22:43 EST .
Mike PHX There are 3 baby birds in a nest under my patio roof. I pray for them daily. Now I hope the force of L.Com will come to bear.
Belwhatter Faith has brought another of God's creations into life - from 3 months of pregnancy parents Graham and Danae knew their baby was in trouble and might never make it to nine months. Repeated ups and downs and scares have haunted them,but never deterred them from respecting the life they had made. The baby's heart had a huge aneurysm of the left pumping chamber. As he continued to amaze the cardio team, they began to talk heart transplant and requested the Mom to be within twenty minutes access to the hospital - this meant moving down to Seattle and leaving her two little boys with friends and grand parents, leaving Dad free to commute to and from hospital and work when possible. Baby Gaelen was delivered safely and immediately put on the transplant emergency list. In the meantime some lesser procedures were necessary to keep his fragile being going. A heart became available five days ago, and he came through well. Concerns re his breathing meant another surgery yesterday - again he has come through it. This baby has survived against the most awful odds. So many people have been keeping him and his family in prayer throughout, and maybe L dotters too,that we have to believe that God has a purpose for this child - so far it has reinforced faith in so many people to see this young couple living their faith and being held in love by God and his angels. Excuse me if I sound a bit misty eyed. Please hold them in your prayers as there is still a long road ahead for them all.
April 27 at 12:59 EST .
Balogreene Been there, done that, may God bless you as He has blessed my family. May he live a long and fulfilling life.
April 27 at 20:41 EST .
Surfhut God certainly has a purpose for Gaelen's life. We are a mighty group of prayer warriors here, Bel. God bless Gaelen and your family.
May 2 at 20:58 EST .
Straitpath Today I am grateful for God and His son, Jesus Christ, for my Church, for my husband and my children and my grandchildren, for my country and for my health.
April 9 at 21:58 EST .
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Gerty Amen. It is comforting to see someone thanking the Lord for our 'daily bread'---thank you for posting this reminder to us all.
April 12 at 04:41 EST .
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Balogreene I don't want to push this down, but Cap will understand this Blessing. So many different "religions", and we all believe the same. Thanks Cap for bringing us all together, Catholic, Protestant, Jew, and maybe even a couple of indifferent. We all know where you are and who you are with.
March 30 at 20:30 EST .
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Surfhut You're not pushing anything down, Balo. Rock on, Cap! And we must rock on, too.
April 1 at 20:02 EST .
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Escaped commieny Scarlet's video tribute to Kevin was going so far down the pages, I was afraid it would be missed. this is Kevin
March 30 at 14:09 EST .
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ScarletPimpernel If you aren't yet acquainted with the modern hymns of Keith and Kristyn Getty, I can guarantee you'll be blessed and ministered to by them. I heard the Gettys in a Christmas concert at our church in 2011 ("Joy - An Irish Christmas" ). They are the response to the mediocre and shallow "praise" music that has been so popular in many churches now for several years. You can hear many of their hymns on YouTube. Their website is www.gettymusic.com, and you can find their CDs at Amazon.
Here is another beautiful haunting song for Easter, "To See the King of Heaven Fall":
"What took Him to this wretched place, What kept Him on this road? His love for Adam’s curséd race, For every broken soul. No sin too slight to overlook, No crime too great to carry, All mingled in this poisoned cup – And yet He drank it all, The Savior drank it all, The Savior drank it all."
JoniTx Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for the re-post. So very fitting. God Bless.
March 30 at 17:44 EST .
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Timber Queen Thank you for this beautiful hymn and the gentle reminder that in carrying our daily cross, we become Simon of Cyrene and help Our Lord to carry His.
April 1 at 14:00 EST .
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Lana720 It is with a heavy heart that I post this from an e-mail from Kevin Coughlin's daughter. He posted here as Marine Tet Cap or something like that. At this point, I do not recall. Those of you who loved his posts and or e-mails will want to pray for those he loved. Knowing Kevin, he would not want us to grieve, but to be happy that he will spend Easter with our risen Savior! I will also post this at other places here. God bless you and Happy Easter! Lana
This is Melissa, Kevin’s daughter. I am saddened and heartbroken to announce my dad’s passing on 3/15. I’m just now sitting on his computer looking thru recent e-mails. His friends/contact list is so long and not organized, so it’s taking a while to inform everyone. Not sure how you know my dad…but I see your name a lot on his e-mail list.
I’m at melissacoughlin@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
www.spanglermortuary.com for obituary info.
Hope you are well….~Melissa
March 28 at 14:38 EST .
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Thelmalou Wow. My heart is broken. I know where he is, and I will not question the Father's wisdom, but dang...I feel a tremendous loss not having him here.
Thank you for sharing, Lana. :tryingunsuccessfullynottocry:
March 30 at 02:48 EST .
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Kono Thank you, Lana, for sharing the sad message from Kevin's daughter, and for alerting us to this on the home wall.
I'd been having some trouble really connecting with the sense of loss that is fitting for Holy Saturday. News of Kevin's passing certainly took care of that.
Kevin was the first Ldotter whose name I learned to recognize (ten years ago already ), and I would often look for more of his comments, because I found virtually every one of them well worth the effort and time (and often provided a chuckle, to boot ).
I'm so glad I got to meet him when he was close to finishing his M.Div. at Fuller Theological Seminary. I treasure the phone contact we had, and regret taking for granted that there'd be plenty of time for more of that.
The Lord has gathered a passionate disciple to Himself for a much-deserved rest.
March 30 at 14:51 EST .
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Lana720 Thelma and Kono, beautiful posts. Holy Saturday is a good time fr grief, for others, as well as for our past forgiven sins. God bless you both! He is Risen, indeed!
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