Wednesday, June 23, 2010

VALE KEN TALBOT & ORS

To my long-time friend's daughter, Amanda and her beautiful children Alexandra, Claudia, Liam & Courtney we send our heartfelt condolences at the devastating loss of your beloved husband and father, Ken Talbot. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time, may God wrap you in His loving arms and bring you comfort.

To the families, friends and colleagues of Ken and of all the others on the plane, we are thinking of you all.

Someone, somewhere, must have

said a little prayer for me.

I know not how it came about,

but quietly, secretly.......

The weight was lifted from my heart.

There came a strange relief -

A sudden relaxation from the tyranny of grief.

The love of life stole in once more like

sunshine after rain.

The future beckoned and I followed,

finding peace again.......

I know not how it happened

It was all a mystery -

But someone, somewhere, must have

said a little prayer for me.


Sunday, June 20, 2010

Thoughts For Today

The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.

~~~~~

The love of God is like an ocean, you can see from where it comes but you can never see where it ends.

'Angels' on high at Brighton Beach 2 Jun 2010

Sunday, June 6, 2010

More About How I'm Feeling This Week

SERENITY

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 
'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied. 
'Two years older than me' 
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 
'And what do you think is the best thing 
about being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'

The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.

I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, 
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes 
I'm half blind, 
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, 
take 40 different medications that 
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. 
Have bouts with dementia. 
Have poor circulation; 
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. 
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. 
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license.

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, 
so I got my doctor's permission to 
join a fitness club and start exercising. 
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. 
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and 
told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, 
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. 
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed. 
'Why Wal-Mart?' 
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.'

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. 
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

Know how to prevent sagging? 
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

It's scary when you start making the same noises 
as your coffee maker.

These days about half the stuff 
in my shopping cart says, 
'For fast relief.'

THE SENILITY PRAYER : 
Grant me the senility to forget the people 
I never liked anyway, 
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and 
the eyesight to tell the difference.

Now, I think you're supposed to share this with 5 or 6, maybe 10 others. Oh heck, give it to a bunch of your friends if you can remember who they are!

Always Remember This: 
You don't stop laughing because you grow old, 
You grow old because you stop laughing.