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I think their is a laundry service in Villa Rica ( 770-459-1088 ) Family Clothes Care Center, if you can't find one let me know and I'll be glad to do them. You and your family are in my prayers and thoughts daily. I know God's grace and mercy will be on you and his love will cover you like a blanket giving you strenghth and comfort. His greatness has no limits and he will see you through. If I can be of any help ...just let me know.
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....money is their only concern, the stores just want yours....in reality the holidays are just another surge in sales for any retailer
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waste of tax dollars, bullets are cheeper!--or how about public hanging??
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a simple effective plan...makes too much sense to ever fly don't it... I quess it put too many people out of a job...
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It made me cry...and I never cry , thoughts and prayers for each one who serves and everyone they leave behind waiting, its been on my mind more and more every day...I hope your loved one is home with you soon...I seen a sigh today that said "Feedom isn't free" that's a big statement! Daily I pray for their safety and your peace of mind, I just want to say THANK YOU for the service and to the families who are missing you so much..... your on my mind and in my heart......
Yeah, I can't handle that right now.It is wonderful, though. I've seen it before. I had a good day today, even though I'm still up at 1:29. If I watch it, I'll cry myself to sleep again.
I'm thinking about you, Bumplett and praying for the safe return of your Soldier and for the safe return of all of them. So many people forget. I never will.
Love to you,
SeaShell
your in my daily prayers
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In case you haven't seen this before, I thought I'd share. Totally inspiring! If you don't want to take the time to read the story, at least watch the video.
[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.
But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day.
Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
"He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.''
But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.''
"Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.''
Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.''
That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!''
And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.
``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?''
How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried.
Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think?
Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time.
``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.''
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life.
Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day.
That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.
``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
And the video is below....
BEAUTIFUL!!!
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I am glad to know there are other Mr. Moms out there. I quit my job 8 years ago and started contracting so I could work part time and be with the kids. I have been able to get them off to school and be there when they get home, it has meant some sacrafice but the returns are so great. Now we have a grandaughter(via my step daughter) and I get to spend lots of time with her and her. There are time I have to pray for patience and to not strive for material things but before we know they will be grown and I will have all the time I need to work more and rebuild retirement.
As for cooking that has always been mine, I love to cook and they seem to love my cooking
He has me beat on the guitar! When it comes to music I am a dud.
Taking care of your children is the most important job you'll ever have...they are your retirement because they are our future and giving your time is the most influence you have in shaping who they become as adults....my hat is off to you, can you just imagine what the world would be like if there were more people who felt the same way and followed through with action??
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Thank you Acworth Dad. It was the worst day of my life, so far. I was actually on my way into the city when the attacks started. Needless to say, I never made it in that day. While the rest of the world watched on the news that day, those of us who lived on Long Island were "sitting ducks". We were trapped, with NO WAY off the island. Every road was shut down, every train stopped. There was talk about sealing basement doors and windows in case of another attack. There was an air of desperation and complete fear from everyone. Those who could get there rushed home to their families and took their children out of school. I tried to reach my husband and couldn't becasue the cell towers went down. We were basically cut off from the rest of the world, not knowing when or where the next attack would take place. It was terrifying! Thinking about it now, it reminded me of the "war of the worlds", when people actually thought the radio show was a newscast. Unfortunately, this wasn't a radio show.
I have been sitting here thinking since my post......
You think people will never forget? Who remembers the 1st bombing of the WTC in Feb, 1993? I do. Only 3 people died....thank God...it could have been so much worse. Did you know there were school children there that day on a field trip? They were trapped on the roof! I bet nobody remembers them. How about the OK City bombing? Remember the daycare center? Who remember little Baily Almon.....the dead baby carried by the fireman that made the front page of all papers. That was a terrroist act. The bombing of the Marine Corps Base in Beruit? If I remember correctly, 183 Marines dies that day. The SS Cole? All attacks against OUR COUNTRY!
Who says the won't forget? Many people have forgotten all of this......
And see what happened?????
Beautiful factual info...and you are right people do forget and it is not only dangerous as you've pointed out , its wrong...just wrong to forget all the suffering and pain, especially when you know people continue to be in harms way...as a nation we should always remember, as a person I should always remember...its the biggest mark in history I can recall in my lifetime...and thats not even pointing out this nation continues to support (financially and in so many other ways) so much of the rest of the world how can it be it isn't on our mind daily????
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Hugs...does a body good...very uplifting to see the best in a person, makes you feel humble
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I am too well manered to ask about the due date, sex or anything else unless I am coached into the conversation, some people just don't think before they talk sometimes...
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Maybe everyone could wear a ribbon just as a visual reminder and a show of rememberance ??? I think I will.....
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This is so true, DieHard. Trey decided to enlist the day after the war began. He said Air Force, so I think Ok, Air Force. My Dad was Air Force...not too much face to face combat..I can handle that. Of course, then he chose and was chosen for special forces, where he supported the 1st Cav and the marines on the very front lines. He believed in his cause and we believe in it.
I knew when I saw the Towers fall, that all our lives would be forever changed. I just didn't know how personally it would effect me.
Huge statement made here...it should be personal to each of us who live a life of freedom and wonderful advantages and lay down at night in our home while others are all over the world doing "duty". I admire each person in the military and am grateful for their service...and to their families for this is a sacrfice for them also. I think patriotism should be taught like other character building blocks and sometimes we need to hear these teachings frequently.
Also wanted to say you and your family continue to be in my prayers. How could we ever forget????
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I am so sorry.......DFACS ia nothing but a joke....I have had to deal with them before, and I really think they place people over there to work, who just cannot find a job....Waste of tax payers money. Now, you see a child that needs help, and this is what you get. But they will hound you and come out on calls that should never be made...Go figure......Way to go DFACS, for taking care of this little girl and by snatching her from her "real" mommy and daddy! I am sure you made alot of people happy and have faith in your decision........ God Bless you Foster Mom, my prayers are with you
total waste of tax money dumped into this worthless section of goverment, I think we'd all be apalled at the amount of money that runs through the most ineffective department of goverment known to mankind, does anybody realize the tie dfacs has with immigration fraud??? medicaid and welfare fraud??? I was told once there was a caseworker that got foodstamps while employed there...this is not a case of "falling through the cracks", but a planned, thought out, consulted on, situtation that is just a shinning example of how messed up the entire thing works (anybody remember a few years back when several counties defacs departments were under scruinty for various reasons to the point of revamping from top to bottom) yet there they are making another devastating mistake....my heart hurts for you and your family. especially the baby, all that said to tell you prayers said for you
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hickory hut hands down....if you really like bbq
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My son was friends with Trey, and can only recall wonderful things about him...extremely good memories, and every thing he said and the times I was around he was a character that was bigger than life, this character and his service to our nation and its people will always be in our hearts, grateful for having known him....I pray God's grace, love, and mercy be with the families through this time and give you strength and comfort. God's peace surpasses all understanding and has no limits. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
How Do You Teach Your Kids........
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The true values you are teaching are life long...how to respect self and others, to be accountable, (too many to list ) and to find self worth in who you are... not what you are or what you have, to teach this to your children will help them to be sucessful in all aspects of life...