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Friday, April 10, 2009

Remembering Easter Past...

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My Colonial Home said...: What a beautiful and touching post.
I saw it all in my 'minds eye' - I now have tears as well.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful message with us.
Big Hugs,
HAPPY EASTER
Karen
http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/; April 10, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Cat Nap Inn Primitives said...: Hey Karin, Its funny that you mentioned your daddy today..my sister sent me an email reminding us that my dad passed away yesterday on the 9th 21 years ago and was buried this sunday the 12th and his birthday is the 14th....My dad waited till i got there to say goodbye the day he passed away..he was in a coma at that time.but was hanging on till I got there..we drove straight through from washington to utah..it was a 16 hour drive...I remember the windows being open and it was beautiful outside...and for our last 3 babys that we buried it was beautiful and sunny out..I am positve God planned that as well...I hope you have a wonderful Easter knowing your dad is smiling down on you and that he is happy and healthy...Take care of your sweet self you are a doll and I treasure our friendship...you look so cute in your easter best by the way...:); April 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Susan said...: What a sweet post and a tearful reminder of losing my own mother several weeks before Easter in '97. My sister and I were on the phone with each other when Mom's brother, came to my sister's house to let us know she was gone. Even though we were not there with her, she would have loved knowing that we were talking together at the exact time she passed away. She always wanted us to be closer and we have been since that day.

By the way, you are too cute in your Sunday finery. Enjoy this weekend and all the emotions and memories that it brings. Hugs, Susan; April 10, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Sarah said...: What a touching story of you 'Easter's Past'. And I think a tear rolled down my cheek as well. God bless you, dear.; April 10, 2009 at 10:30 PM
ohiofarmgirl said...: I am so blessed to have both of my parents still healthy and happy. Your story brings home how we must cherish every day. Dianntha; April 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Snugglebug Blessings said...: Peanut,

My heart goes out to you because my dad passed away right after Thanksgiving and it has never been the same for me either. We have their memories and that is something life can never take away. As Easter was bittersweet for God, it is bittersweet for you my friend and I will say a prayer for comfort and peace to bless you and your family. Happy Easter.

Blessings,

Cathy; April 11, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Awwwww, I bet you miss him everyday, what a wonderful post Peanut... Sound like your memories are as great as he was... Hugs, MO; April 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Sharon Stevens said...: Awww Peanut..I'm sure daddy will have your corsage awaitin for ya. It's gonna be a sad one for me too since my brother passed last Sunday.; April 12, 2009 at 8:24 PM
PEA said...: Peanut,
tears fill my eyes as I read your story. Sadly my Daddy passed just 5 months ago and the only souls that knew were his beloved pets. I hadn't seen him since August. We chatted every week and I almost called that day too a friday as well. I know what you went through is so much harder. Thankfully Daddy had fished that day with all his friends, taken the boat out for the last time and fried them for dinner. Died watching the basketball game. Just the way he would have wanted it. I know that my faith is stronger as well and when you have time sometime I will tell ya another story that will make your hair stand straight up and believe even more in the Lord.
This week has been very weepy with first time I have seen Momma since he had passed.
Sorry Easter is so hard for you sugar. I do hope someday it will be joyful again.
Hugs,Pea; April 13, 2009 at 2:18 AM

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"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~Melody Beattie
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"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you." ~ Max Lucado
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." ~Mother Teresa
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"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." ~Abigail Van Buren
"Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God." ~George Washington Carver
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington
"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow." ~Unknown
"How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?" ~Paul Sweeney
"Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life." ~John C. Geikie
"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." ~Howard Ruff, How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years
"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." Francesca Reigler
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt." ~Thomas Jefferson
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." ~Meister Eckhart
"While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself." ~Doug Horton
"My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass." ~Leslie Grimutter
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." ~Erma Bombeck
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke
"Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are." ~Henry Van Dyke
"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting." ~Author Unknown
"The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up." ~Mark Twain
"Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be." ~Grandma Moses
"When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep, counting my blessings." ~Irving Berlin
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." ~Anne Frank
"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." ~Henry van Dyke
"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the sense of where you're going and why." ~Eddie Cantor
"Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose." ~Author Unknown
"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." ~John E. Southard
"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how." ~Author Unknown
"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything --even poverty--you can survive it." ~Bill Cosby
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." ~EE Cummings
"Your life may be the only Bible some people read." ~Author Unknown
"Character is higher than intellect." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on." ~Rev. Henry Burton
"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." ~Aesop
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." ~Sandra Carey
"You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude." ~Lucy MacDonald
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." ~Author Unknown
"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are." ~Author Unknown
"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble." ~Charles H. Spurgeon
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?" ~William A. Ward
I complained that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Native American Indian Proverb
"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995
"There will be a tomorrow that exists without me. And I know that. When that day arrives, I want my life to have meant something. I want this world to be brighter. I want this world to be happier. I want people to have smiled more and to have laughed more because I've spent time here. And if I accomplish that, I will look down and I will smile." ~Mike Litman

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