LAST WEEKEND THE VIETNAM MOVING WALL WAS IN OUR AREA.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS,IT IS A REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM WALL (THE NAMES OF THE CASUALIES ARE LISTED ON THIS) THE ORIGINAL IS IN WASHINGTON D.C.

I TOOK 3 OF MY DAUGHTERS WHO ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL........I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY THE MONUMENT AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS COMMENTED THAT ALTHOUGH SHE KNEW THERE

 WERE THOUSANDS OF DEATHS, IT SEEMED MORE REAL WHEN SHE SAW  EACH AND EVERY NAME IN FRONT OF HER.

THEIR WAS ALSO A MONUMENT(REPLICA) OF THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE IRAQ WAR,THESE NAMES APPEAR ON DOG TAGS,,,,,,,,,,IT IS ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING.

THE REPLICA OF THE 9-11 MONUMENT WAS THERE ALSO,ETCHED IN MARBLE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THAT SENSELESS MASSACRE.

THERE WAS ALSO A MEMORIAL GIVING HONOR TO EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER IN EVERY WAR WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

IN THIS HURRY UP LIFE STYLE WE ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THESE MEN AND WOMAN OF VALOR ARE NOT GOING UNNOTICED.

I SALUTE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE MEMORIALS AVAILABLE FOR US TO SHOW OUR CHILDREN AND I HOLD THESE  SOLDIERS IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM.

WE RIDICULE EACH OTHER OVER BEING REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT AND I PERSONALLY TAKE OFFENSE  WHEN WE SHOW SUCH LITTLE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.

THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR TROOPS FIGHT FOR..THEY FIGHT FOR FREEDOM BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR COUNTRY......GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

when i was in church this morning,we sang a song titled"it is well with my soul".

now i love the church hymns and ive sang them for years and years but today i really heard the words to this song...a few lines go like this...."when peace like a river attendeth my way,when sorrow like sea billows roar,what ever my lot, thou has taught me to say. it is well,it is well with my soul." wow.how awsome is that???

we also sang "trust and obey"..most anyone who has been in a baptist church has heard of this song..but as before,i heard the words to it today deep inside my being........"trust and obey, for theres no other way. to be happy in jesus,but to trust and obey!! thats about enough to make a fella (or gal) shout!!

fanny crosby wrote many many of the church hymns,not only baptist hymnal songs but a vast majority of christian music in her era. she was a petite  lady,blind almost since birth and a very dedicated christian lady..she lived in poverty to help others and could have ben a very rich lady if she chose to do so...but,i guess she trusted and obeyed and was indeed blessed by her lord!

i know as god promised her,when she passed fom this earth,he greeted her with words such as this.well done my good and faithful servant!

GOOD MORNING! I JUST WANT TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT THE DISMISSAL FROM THE STORY TIME GROUP WAS DONE ACCIDENTALLY.AND I HAVE NO ILL FEELINGS ABOUT IT..I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY AND HOW IT HAPPENED AND I PRAY NO ONE HAS HURT FEELINGS OVER IT. WE ARE HUMAN AND ENTITLED TO MISTAKES( I SURE MAKE PLENTY OF THEM)ANYWAY,GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU AND BE SAFE...ENJOY ANOTHER NEW DAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH! 

  I GOT A NOTICE THAT I WAS DISMISSED FROM THE GROUP OF STORY TELLING TIME BY A MODERATOR?

SO,WHAY DOES THIS HAPPEN AND WHY DO THEY DO IT?

I CANNOT THINK OF A THING THAT I HAVE  POSTED THAT WOULD UPSET ANYONE.

PERHAPS I SHOULD POST THIS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTION? THANKS FOR READING THIS.

  I WAS CLEANING AND RAN ACROSS SOME OF MY OLD PHOTO ALBUMS AND WANTED TO SHARE A FEW HUMOROUS MOMENTS WITH WHO EVER READS THE JOURNALS.........

IT WAS TIME TO TAKE ONE OF MY LITTLE GIRLS FOR A PHYSICAL BECAUSE I HAD ENROLLED HER IN A PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM(SEVERAL YEARS AGO)LIKE MOST MOMS,I CAPTIVATED MANY EVENTS ON FILM SO I COULD SHARE THE MEMORIES WITH THE KIDS WHEN THEY GOT OLDER.

SO I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME AT THIS DR. APPOINTMENT, CATCHING THE LITTLE GIRL BEING WEIGHED, GETTING HER HEIGHT AND HER BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED, ETC.

WHEN THE DR. CAME INTO THE OFFICE HE PRECEDED TO TELL MY LITTLE GIRL HE WAS GOING TO CHECK HER BREATHING AND HER HEART..........HE SAYS TO HER.OH MY .I HEAR SOMETHING!!!!!

SHE LOOKS UP AT THE DR AND SAYS,WELL,THATS JESUS YOU HEAR,HE LIVES IN MY HEART AND BARNEY IS ON MY UNDERWEAR!!!!!!  THIS POOR DR. STARTED LAUGHING SO HARD, HE HAD TO STEP OUT OF HIS OFFICE,AND SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A HUGE UPROAR OF LAUGHTER IN THE HALL WAY.HE HAD TOLD ALL THE NURSES AND DRS. WHAT MY LITTLE GIRL HAD SAID.WHEN HE CAME BACK INTO THE ROOM,HE SAID,WELL,I REALLY THINK YOU ARE OK!!!!!!!!

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM FOREVER MAKING TYPO ERRORS,FORGIVE ME,I HAD EYE SURGERY IN DECEMBER AND THE VISION JUST ISNT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE,:),,BUT THANK GOD,,I HAVE VISION ANYWAY!!

I AM SO THANKFUL TO SEE ALL THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE FREELY SPEAKING ABOUT OUR LORD IN THE GROUPS HERE AT AARP.

I COULD SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGHT COUNTING MY BLESSINGS AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HE DOES FOR US.

THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE BEEN FULL OF TRIALS, TESTS AND TRIBULATIONS BUT gOD ALWAYS BRINGS US THROUGH.

I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY WITHOUT him I WOULD BE NOTHING!

THANKS FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRAISE I HAVE READ HERE.GOD BLESS. 

  I WAS CHECKING OUT SOME PAGES ON THE WEB AND CAME ACROSS THE TRAVELING WALL AND I JUST HAD TO WRITE SOMETHING HERE IN MY JOURNAL.

THIS IS AN AMAZING TESTIMONY OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELLY, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THIS WALL BUT MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN FLORDIA HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING IT IN MAY.

SHE WAS TELLING ME HOW PEOPLE THAT WERE READING IT JUST BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AND SOME WERE ON THEIR KNEES PRAYING TO GOD AND THANKING HIM FOR THESE HEROES...

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EMBARRASSED ABOUT THE WAY THE VETS ARE TREATED IN THE UNITED STATES,,HOW THEY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MEDICAL CARE AND COUCILING AND OTHER THINGS.

I LIVE CLOSE TO A V.A. HOSPITAL AND JUST RECENTLY SEVERAL DOCTORS WERE DISCHARGED FOR NEGLECTING PROPER CARE AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF 3 VETS...

IS THIS WHAT THEY DIED FOR,IS THIS WHAT THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR? AND IT IS MY OPINION,,AND I SPEAK FOR MYSELF ONLY, THAT THE VIET NAM VETS WERE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS WHEN THEY RETURNED....I READ A STORY,,A TRUE STORY, ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS A POW IN VIET NAM,WAS SHOT UP WITH HERINE EVERY DAY FOR OVER 2 YEARS,,AND HE PRAYED TO GOD TO TAKE HIS LIFE..BUT GOD DIDNT, OF COURSE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, HE TRIED TO GET HELP AND WAS DENIED IT, SO HE COMMITTED SUICIDE TO END THE GRIEF AND  WORRY FOR HIS FAMILY...

AND NOW I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE BROKE DOWN AND SOBBED AND FELL ON THEIR KNEES WHEN THEY VISIT THIS WALL,GOD HELP OUR VETS. THANKS FOR READING (THIS IS MY OPINION,IN WHICH I AM ENTITLED)

  TODAY WAS AN EXTREMELY HOT DAY.BUT AS I SIT BACK AND REALIZE WHAT THE DAY HELD FOR ME, I CAN BE MOST GRATEFUL.

FOR SUPPER I FIXED A SALAD WITH FRESH VEGGIES FROM THE GARDEN,,I ALSO FIXED SOME WILTED LETTUCE,FRESH FROM THE GARDEN, AND GREEN BEANS WHICH WE HAD FROZEN FROM LAST YEARS GARDEN....

AFTER SUPPER I MADE 6 PINTS OF FRESH STRAWBEERRY FREEZER JAM..AND PLAN TO PREPARE MORE TOMORROW.

WE CAN TRUELY CONSIDER OURSELVES BLESSED WHEN GOD SO ABUNDANTLY AND FREELY GIVES US

OUR OWN FRUITS OF OUR OWN LABOR ( AND VEGGIES  :) )

YES, I KNOW THE SAME ITEMS CAN BE PURCHASED AT ANY FOOD STORE BUT HOW MUCH MORE IT IS APPRECIATED WHEN WE HAVE DONE FOR OURSELVES.

I AM MORE THAT GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH..MAY ALL WHO READ THIS HAVE  AN ENJOYABLE WEEKEND.BE SAFE AND GO IN GODS PEACE!

I READ JEN43’S JOURNAL AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR HER HUBBY IS HOME.I HOPE ALL WHO KNOW OF THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT THEM UP IN PRAYER..

THE MOST IMPORTANT ACT WE CAN SHARE WITH EACH OTHER IS PRAYING FOR ONE ANOTHER ,,I WOULD HOPE IF I ASKED FOR PRAYER,I WOULD ALSO RECEIVE IT AS JEN43 AND HER HUSBAND DID,GOD BLESS ALL WHO READ THIS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY!!