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Aug. 2nd, 2003
I was headed off to bed, I really was. On my way upstairs I stopped to open a piece of mail waiting for me on the table. I knew what it was, but I opened it anyway.
It is a moving announcement from an older couple at our church; they're moving next month to a retirement community in Indiana (no, not Goshen- North Manchester). They sent it to everyone they know, with a small personal note at the bottom.
My mom and my sister each got one, so I know that its not like I was singled out or anything. But I opened it, and the first thing I read was the first line of the handwritten note at the bottom.
It read "How can one say goodbye to their adopted granddaughter?"
For some reason, that made me cry.
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Along similar lines....
Back in January, someone![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pheret1, pinkfluffyjumpr and I were very close to at church passed away. He was in his seventies, and was an amazing person. He really loved us all. He even came to karaoke one night to hear Kelly sing, and himself got up to croon some Sinatra.
The Sunday before he died, I played in church. After the service I was retrieving my accompaniment music from the organist and chatting with her. Keith stopped by to say hello, put an arm around my shoulder (he absolutely towered over me!) and said "Everybody says 'God bless you', but to you I'd like to say 'You bless us'".
It was the last thing he ever said to me, and what a last word it is.
I was just thinking about him last week, and how much I miss him.
I've known some really really cool people in my lifetime. And sometimes, when you don't feel special at all, something comes along and makes you feel like you're the most important person to have ever been born. And then you feel loved, and then you realize exactly how amazing those people are, too. Its a nice cycle.
It is a moving announcement from an older couple at our church; they're moving next month to a retirement community in Indiana (no, not Goshen- North Manchester). They sent it to everyone they know, with a small personal note at the bottom.
My mom and my sister each got one, so I know that its not like I was singled out or anything. But I opened it, and the first thing I read was the first line of the handwritten note at the bottom.
It read "How can one say goodbye to their adopted granddaughter?"
For some reason, that made me cry.
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Along similar lines....
Back in January, someone
pheret1, pinkfluffyjumpr and I were very close to at church passed away. He was in his seventies, and was an amazing person. He really loved us all. He even came to karaoke one night to hear Kelly sing, and himself got up to croon some Sinatra. The Sunday before he died, I played in church. After the service I was retrieving my accompaniment music from the organist and chatting with her. Keith stopped by to say hello, put an arm around my shoulder (he absolutely towered over me!) and said "Everybody says 'God bless you', but to you I'd like to say 'You bless us'".
It was the last thing he ever said to me, and what a last word it is.
I was just thinking about him last week, and how much I miss him.
I've known some really really cool people in my lifetime. And sometimes, when you don't feel special at all, something comes along and makes you feel like you're the most important person to have ever been born. And then you feel loved, and then you realize exactly how amazing those people are, too. Its a nice cycle.
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Aug. 2nd, 2003 04:29 pmPardon me, I have a brick wall to find against which I must bang my head repeatedly.
Forget the car, someone fix my life.
When did things get so...so... so.. strange?
Forget the car, someone fix my life.
When did things get so...so... so.. strange?
The poor man's (woman's?) LJ poll......
Aug. 2nd, 2003 10:04 pmDo you feel your LJ accurately portrays you/your life/your personality?
Do you read other people's journals and form an image of them based soley on that, or do you keep in mind there is more to them than what's there?
Do you trust what other people write about themselves in their journals?
If you know someone in person first and then read their journal (or vice-versa), are you surprised if it seems to paint a different picture of them than you originally knew?
Do you want your journal to give a three-dimensional view of yourself, or do you like only having part of you on paper (online?)?
Do you either 1)wish people who read your journal would make an effort to reconcile you in person with your journal, or 2)wish people would make an effort to separate your online bits from your person?
Feel free to answer none, some, or all.....
Do you read other people's journals and form an image of them based soley on that, or do you keep in mind there is more to them than what's there?
Do you trust what other people write about themselves in their journals?
If you know someone in person first and then read their journal (or vice-versa), are you surprised if it seems to paint a different picture of them than you originally knew?
Do you want your journal to give a three-dimensional view of yourself, or do you like only having part of you on paper (online?)?
Do you either 1)wish people who read your journal would make an effort to reconcile you in person with your journal, or 2)wish people would make an effort to separate your online bits from your person?
Feel free to answer none, some, or all.....
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Aug. 2nd, 2003 11:12 pmWe're doing West Side Story for the Pops stuff and Lynn says she wants me to do the viola solo instead of her.
Its a little thing, but for some reason that makes me very happy.
Its a little thing, but for some reason that makes me very happy.
