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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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This is the thread for the giving of thanks not just to God but to those people and organizations that have influenced our lives for good whether momentarily or over the longer term.
All that we have comes from God, may we all be faithful in giving thanks.
-- WW
Posted by Telepath (# 3534) on
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Praise You for all You have done in 2012, for the enlightenment shining for and through us all at the Paralympics, for the meetings of minds that strive to solve one another's problems and serve You and the beautiful world You have made.
Posted by Imersge Canfield (# 17431) on
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The OP is so helpful and points me to thanks.
I am grateful for the radio and all it brings. So thoughtful - like now on faith with Joan Bakewell and Ben Kingsley.
Also for my partner I'd be lost without him.
And all friends and all who pray in their own spoken or unspoken way.
Also for Sr. Wendy becket, for Carmel,
& the silent presence ever day & night
Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on
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Thank you God that my mother's hospital appointment went so well today. The staff were lovely - they really listened to her - and in 6 months' time or less, she should have a new hip. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Praise to God for a successful quadruple by-pass for Steve. I saw him on Monday and he's working hard to get home by the end of the week.
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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Praise to God that the Telegraph printed an amazing article by a woman who gave up smoking with God's help. Her part of the bargain was that she had to tell people that was how she did it, and she has finally brought herself to the point of being able to write about it. Just amazing on so many levels! Here's the link
God knows how I finally quit smoking
Mrs. S, so glad she never took up that particular vice
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Dad's funeral was the celebration that he and we all wanted.
It was an intense day but good in many ways.
Posted by Imersge Canfield (# 17431) on
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Thanks for Tree Bee's dad's funeral.
thanks for Cedd's good news.
just eucharistia ! ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
Posted by The Kat in the Hat (# 2557) on
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We held the first circuit wide prayer event for the merging circuits. Still on a high from the fact that so many people from the other circuits also came along. Am feely very excited about the prospect of seeing how we can all work together!!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Library restructuring news - I have been offered my preferred post! Am very relieved!
Posted by Ariel (# 58) on
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From a thread in Heaven:
From piglet:
Today I Commend To Heaven ...
... our neighbour/friend/builder from across the road who came over while we were at Evensong and dug out a path through the four-foot snow-bank left by the idiot* in the council snow-plough.
* who has duly been Consigned To Hell. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
From comet:
TICTHeaven my pack of friends who are willing to drop everything this spring, go to the town I'll be moving to, and build the addition onto my mother's house for me and the boys. They are not only highly respected (licensed, bonded, insured) contractors but also true blue friends. I even have them arguing amongst themselves on who gets to do which parts of the finish work. I love them all so much.
Ariel
Heaven Host
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Footballer in danger of giving his profession a good reputation.
OK, it may have been his wife's idea, but when people in this kind of position do some good there's always a chance it'll catch on.
Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on
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results from some tests arrived yesterday, giving me the all clear. No further checks for 3 years. A failed anesthetic during the first treatment 6 months ago left me terrified of further treatment, so I'm relieved and relaxed for the first time in a long time! Thank You God for the end of this anxiety.
Posted by Anna B (# 1439) on
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I give thanks for recovering from the flu that I had contracted in the hospital! Also, the symptoms that brought me there in the first place have abated. I am seeing the doctor tomorrow and am feeling cheerful and able to bear whatever is going on. Thanks be to God!
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on
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Something I was feeling quite guilty about having broken, even though it wasn't really my fault, turns out to not be broken after all. So relieved. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on
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Since Neandergirl hasn't stopped by yet, may I be allowed to substitute?
Thanks be to God, and Yay for all the Yay!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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22 January 1989 was a Sunday and the day I went to my first AA meeting - and I haven't touched alcohol since - 24 years Thanks be to God!
Posted by Huia (# 3473) on
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Wodders ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
That is really impressive.
Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on
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Well done WW.
Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on
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Thanks be to God for my mother's neighbours who will take parcels to the Post Office for her when pavements are icy or drive to the estate agents for the key when she locks herself out.
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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Fantastic Wodders - that's worthy of praise indeed ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks folks but my gratitude is entirely God-wards.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Thanks folks but my gratitude is entirely God-wards.
God wouldn't have done it if you hadn't been willing. So it is good and right for you to focus on the One who gave you the strength and we are right to be the channels through which God says, "Well done, my son."
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I am grateful and honored to have celebrated my parents' 60th anniversary yesterday! While so many of my peers have lost one or both parents, I feel very blessed to still have both of mine!
Congratulations, WW!
Posted by QLib (# 43) on
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As part of the follow-up to my mum's death, I've discovered that my Dad's cousin in Helsinki is still going strong. I've been worried about her for a while and feared the worst when there was no reply yesterday, but she rang me back at 10 o'clock last night - must have been midnight in Finland (?) She had been out all evening at a dance. Now she's reached the grand old age of 93, her legs are too wobbly to dance any more, she says, but she can shout encouragment from the sidelines!
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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Originally posted by QLib:
As part of the follow-up to my mum's death, I've discovered that my Dad's cousin in Helsinki is still going strong. I've been worried about her for a while and feared the worst when there was no reply yesterday, but she rang me back at 10 o'clock last night - must have been midnight in Finland (?) She had been out all evening at a dance. Now she's reached the grand old age of 93, her legs are too wobbly to dance any more, she says, but she can shout encouragement from the sidelines!
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Mrs S, hoping she can be that good at 93!
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on
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Spent today at the wedding of one of my cousins. He was widowed some years ago (long time shippies may remember me asking for prayers for his wife in her final sickness) and this was a joyous time of new love overcoming old grief. Plus I got to see a bunch of my family, which was a wonderful thing.
Posted by Gill H (# 68) on
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Giving thanks for small but encouraging signs of improvement in Hugal's mum's health after her stroke.
Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on
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The council have decided that I paid too much Council Tax on the flat i moved out of 15 years ago and want to give me nearly £100
Posted by Bostonman (# 17108) on
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I'm graduating university in May and just got a job offer from a church-based community organizing/social justice program. Something wonderful to do for a year. Thanks to the diocese for offering it, to the wonderful people who run it, and to God for guiding me to them!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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OK, I may have mentioned sometime back that my graduation was delayed due to a poor math class placement. Since I have to delay a couple semesters anyway, I have been convinced by my faculty adviser to take a Spanish minor. So I can walk out of university with more that a basic Liberal Studies diploma.
Just updated my mom about the situation and she was... her usual encouraging self (read sarcasm here.) I went to the computer to work on stuff, downcast, and found a Scrabble request from a friend waiting for me. For some reason she'd passed her hand, and I was to open the game.
The only word I could make with the tiles I had was "GATOR."
They can't take that away from me.
[ 01. February 2013, 05:10: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
Posted by Gill H (# 68) on
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Heh. Nice wink from the Blessed Gator there. And good on you for doing the hard work.
Posted by Doc Tor (# 9748) on
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Me and Mrs Tor are 21 years married today. Is there a prize?
Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on
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Work. I have more work. And an interview on Monday for more work - which is a relief as Mr D's contract has finished rather sooner than expected.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Yay!
I may have mentioned that our (OK, Mrs Sioni's) car died late last year.
Having restructured finances somewhat, she now has an 08 reg Ford Focus estate, and we are no worse off than before! Believe me, that's good!
eta: thanks to our daughter N, for very welcome taxi services in the interim. You're a star!
[ 01. February 2013, 12:34: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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My son has a job after loads of applications and quite a few interviews!
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on
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I would like to thank God for the partner He gave me 11 years ago , and for the courage to ask her . My goodness, that bit wasn't easy.
Posted by comet (# 10353) on
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my dear friend has just announced she is pregnant. they've been trying for years. I'm so excited!
Posted by basso (# 4228) on
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I've just returned from a party for my former choir director.
She's leaving the parish after many years to become vicar of a parish up the road. (Seminary and ordination came after she took over the choir.)
It was good to see everyone again. Good to see J. moving forward.
And it was good and and I offer thanksgiving that the black dog (q.v.) is chained and muzzled, and allowed me to show up and to enjoy myself this afternoon.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Amen.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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For a whole lot of reasons (I could list them, but you'd be bored) God is Good; let us praise Him and thank Him.
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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That Mr. S does NOT have incipient glaucoma (he had a hospital appointment yesterday, in response to high eye-pressure readings at the optician's). Thank you God!
The Grateful Mrs. S
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Hearty Thanks-be-to God for all the friends and medical geniuses who have prayed for/dealt with my wonky heart.
A-fib and heart failure (which doesnt really mean death is near but is very serious if not addressed) has landed me in the hospital twice. I had my 2nd electro-cardio-version in January, in which the heart is stilled, via electric shock, and re-started, hoping for a steady beat pattern.
This time it worked beautifully. That, with a combo of heart meds have me in very good shape. I'm so grateful to my cardio team, and God working through hands and intellects of my care-givers.
I can now carry something up a flight of stairs without having to stop 2 or 3 times to gasp for breath, and deal with overwhelming fatigue.
Thanks to Shippies who knew of my situation and pray mightily for me, to hope this "fix" continues.
And thanks Saints in heaven for forwarding my prayers to the Lord . <smile> Pearlie
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I give thanks and praise to God for finding me a way to get a new Ford car to replace the old one that was totalled at the end of January. It took a lot of doing to raise the money, but I managed and now drive a top-of-the-range Focus Titanium, black exterior with black leather, sunroof, turbo and all the options; this is likely the last car I shall need before I retire...
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
Posted by Otter (# 12020) on
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Co-worker H had her baby by planned C-section on Monday. Last we heard they're both fine and H was impatient to go home (not sure if she was released yesterday or escapes today).
Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on
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Truly thanks for all the help I have received this year with things around the house that I am no longer able to do with ease and hubby can no longer do at all. My kind neighbor takes our big trash can out to the curb each week. He started doing it for us unasked and says it is nothing, but it is such a big relief not to have to pull the heavy can up hill. My son who helps me with the heavy work in the yard, and another neighbor who fixed my sink, when he dropped by and found me down on the floor with my head under the sink. I had no problem getting down there it was the getting back up that was the problem. LOL
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Holy shit.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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I give thanks for wonderful friends/family (genetic and non-genetic) who accept me for (or despite?) what i am (which can't always be easy) and have helped me in ways that, without their help, i would be in a lot worse shape
this including my 4-footed buddy, Pulsar, who helps make a house a home
I give thanks for a wonderful church family -- a place where, it seems, God led me when i needed to find a community like this
I give thanks for continued good health a year and a third after a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma -- i give thanks that this diagnosis came at a time when medical developments indicate the possibility of this becoming, at the least, a life-long manageable treatable chronic illness (instead of the rather poor prognosis it has been)
I give thanks for having been created by a loving God to be part of his/her creation and for being able to appreciate it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, God!
Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on
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I shouldn't be surprised...but I am.
Yesterday, my back was so painful (after it "went" 10 days ago) that I could hardly lift one foot to put it in front of the other. I asked for prayer.
Today, it is (almost) literally as though I had no problems - there's a bit of residual discomfort in the muscles of my leg, & a little twingey stiffness, but I can bend, walk, climb stairs, twist (carefully!)I am continually marvelling and wondering "why me?" (for healing!) Thank you God!
I still have an appointment chez le medecin tomorrow, where I'll ask for strong painkillers in case of a recurrence later on in the year, but now I'm a happy healed Dormouse. Thank you for your prayers.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I shouldn't be surprised...but I am.
Yesterday, my back was so painful (after it "went" 10 days ago) that I could hardly lift one foot to put it in front of the other. I asked for prayer.
Today, it is (almost) literally as though I had no problems - there's a bit of residual discomfort in the muscles of my leg, & a little twingey stiffness, but I can bend, walk, climb stairs, twist (carefully!)I am continually marvelling and wondering "why me?" (for healing!) Thank you God!
I still have an appointment chez le medecin tomorrow, where I'll ask for strong painkillers in case of a recurrence later on in the year, but now I'm a happy healed Dormouse. Thank you for your prayers.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Great news, Dormouse!
Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on
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I give thanks and praise for the invention of the cycle helmet. Without it, there's a good chance that I would be a widow tonight. Instead MrD is spending the night in hospital with concussion and road-rash. 'Nuff said.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I give thanks and praise for the invention of the cycle helmet. Without it, there's a good chance that I would be a widow tonight. Instead MrD is spending the night in hospital with concussion and road-rash. 'Nuff said.
(Hugs) my other half once had a minibus door opened on him when cycling in South London and luckily he had a helmet on so only had mild concussion and a broken jaw. Praise and thanksgiving indeed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Six year old A is now out of hospital but he and his family are remaining in the state capital for the moment as he will be having a weekly check up for the next few weeks - they have got a room in a convent guesthouse where they are being well looked after.
I know, we know, that with leukemia in children there are all sorts of things that can happen but this seems a step in the right direction.
Thanks for your prayers and please carry on with them.
Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on
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I haven't been on the Ship lately...I know many of you have prayed for my partner's relief from severe RA-related pain, and I'm so happy to report that, after a great deal of red-tape wrangling and many disappointments, she was finally able to get her needed jaw surgery from a well-regarded oral surgeon the VA contracted with from outside the system.
The surgeon entered her joint from a discreetly made incision along her ear, took out any RA-ravaged shreds of cartilage and smoothed out the joint ends, then constructed a new disk out of skin and cartilage extracted from her hip area. It was a very intricate and long surgery -- 7 1/2 hours -- but went without a hitch.
Even better, my partner has not experienced RA pain in this jaw since...just the normal sorts of "mending" pain you'd expect from this sort of reconstructive surgery, and some achiness when she forgets doctors' orders regarding limiting her jaw movement.;-) Remarkably, she did not need her jaw wired, and she can speak fairly normally...she just needs to follow a mostly-liquid diet through July.
This has been a real miracle, and we're grateful to God and for the prayers and well-wishes of friends near and far.
Posted by W Hyatt (# 14250) on
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Hooray!
[ 11. March 2013, 02:24: Message edited by: W Hyatt ]
Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on
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More good news, in story form: In our sideline as antique traders, we've become friends with a fellow antique vendor who is funny, thoughtful, sweet -- but a severe alcoholic. It's been really hard for us to watch her physical health and mental state deteriorate over the 2+ years we've worked with her. She went on vacation a few weeks ago, then called in sick for her weekly stint at our antique mall...we'd been trying to call her every day for the past week but her significant other kept saying she was in bed and too sick to speak on the phone. After about the fourth rebuff, we got very concerned; was there some sort of abuse happening? Was this guy a murderer who'd lured her out of state and then killed her? (Yes, we watch too much cable TV.)
Well, today we finally got ahold of her. The bad news is that she truly was sick in bed for the past two weeks...but the good news is that in the interim she has stopped drinking and smoking. This is BIG for her, and we hope and pray for the best for her in the days to come.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Very good news, LutheranChik! And very good to see you here, too!
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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My friend just told me I've been a good friend recently. This means a lot to me as:
1. She's been having a really hard time, and;
2. I usually feel like such a rubbish friend.
Thank you God.
Posted by Mili (# 3254) on
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I just found out that my friends E and W who I asked for prayer for last year are expecting twins! This is a miracle as they both have fertility problems and were about to start IVF treatment as specialists had told them conceiving naturally was next to impossible. Thank you so much for all your prayers and please pray the pregnancy all goes to plan.
Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on
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Good news I was interviewed by the homeless officer yesterday (Friday) and have been accepted as a priority case. They were going to have to write to my landlady but because a housing officer had already phoned her and notes were on my file this was deemed not necessary and because my diabetes injection has to be stored in a fridge I cannot be on the streets.
Posted by Zoey (# 11152) on
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I've been offered a new job subject to references, CRB checks, etc. The end is in sight in terms of having found things tough-going at my current workplace for a while now.
I am so very happy and grateful
Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on
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GOD IS GREAT!
JB's boss's eye operation was successful! Praise the Lord. He can see so much better.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on
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After almost 3 years of temp jobs and fixed term contracts, I finally have a permanent job. Seems like it will be a good fit too.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Had a bunch of scans/xrays for follow up from my surgery last year and to check out what my doctor thought might be a lump where it shouldn't be. Thankful that the results all look normal.
Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on
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I'm grateful to the NHS (ambulance, surgeons, nurses) who have treated my father-in-law today, following a heart attack. Also, grateful for answered prayer that my husband caught a train south which will mean he'll be able to visit tonight. If the train hadn't been running 2 minutes late, he'd have missed it.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Five days ago I was devastated to find I was losing the temporary job I loved, seemingly on a management whim. The next day a friend from church says "You might be the answer to the problem a school I visited yesterday is facing". Today I had the interview, and Thursday I go to meet my new class. It's only a temporary post, but it is near to home, seems a lovely environment, and will give me experience (thought a steep learning curve!!) of two new aspects of teaching which will really boost my expertise. From devastation to elation, from insecurity to greater security.. all through my friend being in the right place at the right time. God's hand in this is clear. Thank you God - one of these days I will learn to trust you more!
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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Good news, Smudgie. Thanks be to God!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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for all this good news!
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on
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Thanks to and for a very special surgeon.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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All my problems from Wednesday morning sorted themselves out and thanks to a generous tip from a trade-show exhibitor whose display I partially dismantled, I got paid for eight hours work when I only did seven. I had a lovely dinner and bought a compact disc from my favourite busker on the pavement outside the restaurant patio!
Also had a productive hour of adoration earlier at my local RC cathedral (5 AM every Wednesday!) followed by early Mass which was sorely needed yesterday...
Posted by duchess (# 2764) on
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My brother's lymphoma was caught so early, they are double checking to see it's even lymphoma.
Also, even though my ex was colder and hard-hearted more than I ever dreamed, I am doing so, so much better. My place is shaping up as I filled up a dumpster with his stuff he obviously didn't need and left behind. I am enjoying my freedom.
[edited since I am trying to be a lady.]
[ 30. March 2013, 17:40: Message edited by: duchess ]
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Thanksgiving for continued successful ecumenical services in Holy Week (a tradition on my estate for 10 years, nearly cancelled this year but saved at the last minute).
Also thanks for an uplifting and prayerful Easter Service full of non-regular churchgoers willing to participate.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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Happy Easter Monday everyone!
When, in Nov. 2011, i was diagnosed with metastasis of a particularly deadly form of cancer, i wondered in what shape i'd be for Easter 2012, and whether i'd even last that year. Here it is Easter Week 2013 and i feel as healthy and whole as ever! I give thanks too that i have been fortunate enough to have available one of the top medical facilities in the U.S., a caring health team, and insurance to pay for it. God has truly been good to me.
I give thanks that the observance of this Holy Week was particularly meaningful for me -- for other reasons as well as those mentioned above.
I give thanks for the church family with whom i celebrated it -- And i give thanks for my whole family, genetic and non-genetic.
I give thanks that in the course of this Holy Week, i was blessed with a little more insight into Jesus as a real human being, something which has tended to be a bit abstract for me.
I give thanks that, after the unpleasantly (to me) cold weather we've been having, the weather for the last several days has been a delight.
i give thanks for Pulsar, my faithful feline companion of over 4 1/2 years, who has helped make this house a home, who is in good health, and who seems to get more affectionate the older she gets.
And i give thanks for the Ship and my fellow mates, and to be able to share with shipmates thoughts (profound and otherwise), snippy comments, prayers, etc., and to learn a few things from.
[ 01. April 2013, 11:50: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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forgot to add in my above post:
in thanksgiving that my friend L was with me to snap me back to attentiveness inches before I sideswiped a car Easter Sunday morning (while driving a rented car back home from the early Easter Vigil service). I am somewhat nervous but usually a very wakeful driver. Getting up at 4:30 in the morning apparently had gotten to me and caused my attention to momentarily slip. All thanks and praise be to God that L was in the car with me.
Posted by Drewthealexander (# 16660) on
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Pleased to see some positive media attention for Nicky Gumbel and the Alpha Course.
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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Thank you, God, for B being much better and now able to get on the train and go up to Scotland! And I got the train shifted and they didn't charge me lots for that!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Mrs Sioni saw her physioterrorist and consultant this week and they have given her a clean bill of health, so she is back on the road and returns to work on Monday.
She has been warned that she'll probably need a joint replacement in the knee that had the recent break, but not for a while as she is too young. She's quite pleased about that "too young"
Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on
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Thanks to all who prayed, and to Lord God, who got me a few electric radiators for the weekend, as the heating had died on early Friday morning.
Some people have literally gone out of their way to provide me with heaters: a manager of the downstairs offices (which are closed at the weekend) borrowed one from a neighbour of his, and drove it here. A friend, who lives more than 50 miles (!) away hopped into his car and brought me those he had.
I guess I'm finally sorted out for now - and the landlord will have to cough up some compensation, as a working heating is part of the contract.
Thank you!
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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Thanks be to God for a blessings-filled last two weeks! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
[ 07. April 2013, 13:32: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on
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My housing office phone this morning and told me I'd got somewhere to live through the housing trust. She's also phone my landlady who has agreed to withhold any legal proceedings to evict me
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Nanny Ogg
Posted by comet (# 10353) on
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oh thank goodness!
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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That's wonderful, Nanny Ogg!!
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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And thank you, God, and the praying people - the youngsters got to come and enjoy in Scotland for nearly a whole week!
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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Sunshine! Warmth!
Glory
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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Heartfelt thanks that the chiropractor seems to have made a massive difference to Master S's acute lower back trouble - he can now stand up straight!
Long way to go no doubt, but hey, the longest journey starts with but a single step which he is now able to take
The Grateful Mrs. S, thankful indeed
Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on
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I received my official letter offering the bungalow this morning
I'm going to see it on Tuesday and will get the keys when I've signed the agreement.
I've booked a van to move on Thursday
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Hooray,Nanny!
Today I was given my cord, card and certificate for admission into the Alpha Mu Gamma Society.(Foreign Language --Honors Spanish.)
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Once again, I give my heartfelt thanks to those who put up with me every winter.
It may seem a small thing, but not having to worry about everyday life means a lot. Especially in winter.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Aw shucks ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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Wonderful, Nanny!!! You have had to put up with so much -- may you enjoy your new home!
Pete, i similarly give thanks for dear friends who have helped me deal with some very important life management issues that, without their invaluable help, would leave me with problems i have been spared. Thank God for the good people in my life.
I want to give thanks that i got Pulsar, my beloved 4-footed companion, to the excellent vet for her overdue (due to transportation issues) annual check-up and teeth cleaning, and that she is in good health, and that she is now legal (with the required county-issued tag hanging from her new collar), and that she seems to be happy and more affectionate than ever. I give thanks that she is a joyful part of my life and home.
Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on
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I have been humbled by a donation from someone I do not know towards my house moving
They are members of a homegroup that some friends belong to who have been praying for my housing situation.
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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A little win causes rejoicing in my household! Praise God!
Today was rough at work. A combination of lack of experience and carelessness with paperwork meant the boss was angry at me.
I came home and was looking forward to choir rehearsal taking my mind off it all. But choir is cancelled, and I was starting to get in a state and to beat myself up.
Then I remembered my new thought: I could be better at that.
Not - I need to get my act together - or - I'm so stupid - or - why am I so shit at paperwork.
I could be better at that.
Then I said to myself: I've decided not to beat myself up about this mistake. I'm just not going to do that, because it won't make things any better and it's a waste of time.
GOD IS GOOD!
Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on
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I went to a specialist today and I don't need a root canal!!!
This may seem like a small thing, but if you knew how much I dislike going to the dentist, you'd understand why I'm dancing right now.
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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I was freaking out about going in to work today, but my colleagues totally cheered me up with their support.Thank you God!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Originally posted by LeRoc:
I went to a specialist today and I don't need a root canal!!!
This may seem like a small thing, but if you knew how much I dislike going to the dentist, you'd understand why I'm dancing right now.
Not a big fan of root canals, but as an alternative to extractions I prefer them! Glad all went well for you. My wife found out earlier this week she does not need surgery for a hiaetal hernia.
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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The tests my mother in law underwent a week ago came back showing nothing sinister. She still faces a minor op or two, but she's so happy there was nothing worse. Praise be!
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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A while back on the prayer thread I asked for prayers for my three adult children.
Thank God, each of them is starting to emerge from a difficult, different in each case, situation....one of them has a potentially life- threatening disorder but has made a huge turn for the better....
..and suddenly I realise the prayers of all the faithful here may have played a part!
I am humbled, grateful, and awed....
Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on
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Now I know we all have airplane and airport horror stories to tell, but here's a good one.
JB and I were going out of town and of course you strip off your jewelry and other accoutrements going through security. JB takes off his ring and watch and places it in his coat pocket and we go through the lines. We come our and redress, and lo and behold the ring is missing (not the wedding ring-his university one) NO RING. We search through everything. pockets, his pockets, my pockets and I start praying. NO RING.
So he goes through security thinking he dropped it or someone picked it up. NO RING. But, security says, bring back your jacket and we will X-Ray it.
Yes, shipmates, the ring had wedged itself inside the lining and there it was, bold as brass,
Give the airport a round of applause! I'm writing the airport ASAP and give a big "Attaboy" to security.
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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This last week has brought news of a forthcoming wedding, an occasion of great rejoicing. We're all so delighted!
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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I've just realised that another prayer was answered this morning when a conference call I was dreading turned out much better than anticipated. It's shocking how easily we forget that we've asked for help, and don't thank the Lord for his goodness.
Also, thanks and praise for the beautiful weather and all the lovely spring flowers out in the gardens.
The Appreciative Mrs. S
Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on
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It's raining in the North-East of Brazil, in some places for the first time in almost two years.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
Now I know we all have airplane and airport horror stories to tell, but here's a good one.
JB and I were going out of town and of course you strip off your jewelry and other accoutrements going through security. JB takes off his ring and watch and places it in his coat pocket and we go through the lines. We come our and redress, and lo and behold the ring is missing (not the wedding ring-his university one) NO RING. We search through everything. pockets, his pockets, my pockets and I start praying. NO RING.
So he goes through security thinking he dropped it or someone picked it up. NO RING. But, security says, bring back your jacket and we will X-Ray it.
Yes, shipmates, the ring had wedged itself inside the lining and there it was, bold as brass,
Give the airport a round of applause! I'm writing the airport ASAP and give a big "Attaboy" to security.
How draconian is the TSA there? I have two rings, one white gold wedding and one silver and turquoise from New Mexico. I remove my heavy-duty Seiko watch but never the rings!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sir Kevin, this is a thread for Praise and Thanksgiving - please let us keep it that way. Discussions about the TSA can take place on the USA thread.
Thanks.
WW
All Saints Host
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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I give thanks that yesterday's visit to the doctor treating my melanoma went well. The MRI results showed my liver remains clean!!! And my melanoma treatment will not be affected by any treatment for my newly discovered prostate cancer (generally a much less iffy thing than melanoma). And i heard some good things related to choices in dealing with the prostate thing that have me feeling more confident about that. And I feel very healthy. Good things are also going on in rearrangement/redecoration of my apartment. And this week spring has been beautiful.
Posted by Amos (# 44) on
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Thanking God for answered prayers. He is a very present help in time of trouble. (Plus it's a beautiful day here! Thank God for that too!)
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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A Good decision, a Right decision, a decision made with Intergrity and Wisdom.
A decision that will impact very favourably on so many people and a decision that i've waited two years to see.
Am so happy i could sit and blub
Thank You Lord!
(and thank you the people who made the decision)
Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on
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This morning I celebrated Communion for the first time in two years. Even though I felt very nervous, it was great to be acting as a priest again.
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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Thank you God for answered prayers.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Our project leader, S, has returned after his flirtation with pleurisy that morphed into pneumonia so, with one good lung, he's back on light duties. This week's review went well, all the questions were answerable (after a fashion) but we have just fourteen days left ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
At least we know what we'll be serving up on May 31st.
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on
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A phone call that I was very worried about turned out better than I expected or hoped.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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A huge improvement in the situation of one of my children, enormous relief. Thank God.
Posted by balaam (# 4543) on
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Great service this evening.
2 years ago the local churches' youth group has 3 members and questions were being asked about whether to continue it.
Now it is 17 strong, and 10 of them were baptised and/or confirmed at a service involving the Methodist Minister, the Baptist minister and a bishop. Each one being welcomed according to the church where they worship.
Good to see such co-operation between the denominations.
Posted by Zoey (# 11152) on
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I have survived my notice period and am no longer employed in job-which-was-making-me-ill.
My DBS (aka CRB) check for my new job is still being processed, so I get a few weeks' break before I start my new job. (I can afford this financially, and emotionally / in terms of breathing space it suits me wonderfully.)
As a result of the above, I am currently a very happy bunny.
[ 20. May 2013, 10:22: Message edited by: Zoey ]
Posted by FooloftheShip (# 15579) on
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All the celebrations for my mum's 70th birthday went as well as they possibly could have. Yay for the Ship's prayer warriors
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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Thank you prayers and God - my iMac has been fixed and now I also have a biggish 'flat' one that has a bigger place to see everything. (My old one I've had for at least 15 years.)
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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Dear Lord
THANK YOU for a most amazing day.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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thank You, God -- i finally got something accomplished that i've been procrasting about for the last month. Thank you God for inspiring me with a divine nudge.
Posted by Mrs Shrew (# 8635) on
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I have a permanent contract, in the place i love working, doing the job i am loving. I didn't even have to go through an application or interview as they used the results from the last internal recruitment which was only six weeks ago. Very grateful that things have worked out so smoothly and come together so nicely. This news came the next working day after i discovered that i would have to wait until i had been there a year or until i was on a permanent contract to get a mortgage. Thank you for astonishing timing!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Yay!
Posted by duchess (# 2764) on
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The Girl's step-dad (her mom's partner of 7+ years), AB, had a stroke some weeks ago. He lost the ability to swallow. I just got an IM from her that AB can eat small portions and swallow a little bit. I've been praying like mad for him and asked my whole congregation to pray for him 2 Sundays in a row. God is so good!
*The Girl is my ex-bf's daughter who I keep in contact with...AND she is now crushing on DukeP, my nephew, who likes her too...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Originally posted by duchess:
.AND she is now crushing on DukeP, my nephew, who likes her too...
Posted by duchess (# 2764) on
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Hehe. We'll see how long this last...two 16 year olds who live more than an hour apart, that don't drive yet. You're guess is as good as mine. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Posted by basso (# 4228) on
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Duchess -
A really cool auntie would:
a) Get them two matching phones.
b) Let us know which carrier to buy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The lovely man in the Post Office in Chorlton [South Manchester, UK] who took my VISA card out of the machine when I left it there and kept it for me so when I went back in a panic an hour or so later he just smiled and handed it to me apologising for not chasing after me but he had customers and 'doesn't run as fast as he used to' - what a star!
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on
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Much to give thanks for today. The path report after the second cancer surgery came back clear. I've got rid of all my dressings and drains, I can fit into a pair of jeans at last, and can put my boiler suit away now. I could almost pass for a normal human being! Now I have to gear up for the nuclear and chemical warfare, but the surgery is finished.
My profound thanks for God's gifts that guide the hands of the surgeons, and to all who hold my wife and me in their prayers.
May other cancer patients be given such strength.
Peace to all
Posted by Zoey (# 11152) on
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My appointment with Occupational Health this morning (which I asked for prayer for on the Prayer thread) went okay. Not the most enjoyable way to spend half-an-hour by a long stretch, but they are going to say that I am fit to work in the job I want. Phew.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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The project I have been w*rking on since Decemebr officially ended today and we completed the report we had ben commisioned to produce. As usual, it wasn't completed until about an hour before the presentation. A couple of people have had a month or more off, so stress and strain could have played a part, but nevertheless, we did it!
Proof of which is that the 'Next Steps' chapter was accepted, so the team stays intact and we have something to do from Monday. Problem is, it becomes an IT project (in part) so finishing on time is very unlikely.
TBTG.
Posted by Crazy Cat Lady (# 17616) on
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Thank God for encouraging me to stick with it when washing up looked more tempting!
Yesterday I was presented with a Masters in Social Sciences at Ely Cathedral.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Last week we had to drop $1500 we didn't have into the car (blown head gasket). Today we got a wholly unexpected refund check for overpayment of escrow to the tune of $1550. Thankful!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gratitude seems to be my theme of the day so a big for all the good stuff going on.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Heard today I was awarded a $5000 scholarship. That won't hurt any!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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mousethief
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Praising God for good results for my friend G who was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at the end of last year. After 6 rounds of chemotherapy she had her surgery at the end of May and the post-surgery pathology results have come back last week showing the cancer has gone. She'll still need to have the planned radiotherapy and reconstruction surgery but no more chemo.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Happy anniversary to us! Z and I were married 35 years ago in Long Beach, California.
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on
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My daughter passed her driving test today!
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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Thank you God for the dry and sunny week when we camped. And it was a lovely place to be, with lots of people being friendly.
Posted by womanspeak (# 15394) on
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Thanks to the surrounding parishes who have so welcomed us during a difficult time in our parish and diocese.
Thanks for safe travel for us and the kangaroos who also want to share the road in the early morning on the long journey to find a welcoming church.
Thanks to those who have welcomed us into their homes and lives and shared our burdens, who have prayed with us and for us.
Thanks be to the Holy Spirit for arms wrapped around us, for the Holy Scriptures, for prayer answered.
Posted by comet (# 10353) on
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much thanksgiving and happy Snoopy-Dog Dancing for the arrival of As Yet Unnamed Baby Boy - born to one of my dearest friends. I can't be there and it's only killing me a little bit... but I got pictures and he's GAWjus!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks from here that our failed water pump [from the well to the rooftop tank] was just that the hose had disconnected from the pump itself and it all cost a fairly negligible amount to fix, as opposed to a new pump which might have cost a tad more!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Today I am very, very grateful that my kids are safe.
Daughter-Unit was at work today when a woman drove through the front door right in front of D-U. Nobody was hurt, thank goodness.
D-U's hubby works in law enforcement and was by the side of the road Tuesday evening with other officers on a call. All the officers were out of their cars, dealing with the incident, when a young woman, going well over the speed limit, crashed into S-i-L's cop car. He was able to leap away from his car which was pushed into another patrol car. His car was totaled. If he had been in the car, I have no doubt he'd be in the hospital right now.
jj...a shaky mama right now.
[ 15. June 2013, 01:05: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by duchess (# 2764) on
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Praise to God for the wonderful new man in my life, I call him "batman" on here (SoF) to guard his real life name. He is a tall drink of water. Sweet, kind. And (dare I say it) sexy. Oh thank you God.
eta: he is lawyer without a facebook. So dang it, can't show him to you on facebook those of you on there with me. And my mom is on there...not quite ready for 20 questions yet...
[ 23. June 2013, 05:51: Message edited by: duchess ]
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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The Dowager Great Aunt M (in hospital with a broken hip at 92) was so much better and brighter on Saturday that the Dowager Mrs S, her slightly younger sister, was much more able to face the fact that one of her oldest friends and colleagues had died. E was in constant pain with osteoarthritis and needed open-heart surgery that she wouldn't have survived, but her passing has still left a gaping hole in the Dowager's life.
Thank you God for the healing for Great Aunt M and its effect on the Dowager
Mrs. S, sad and glad at the same time
Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on
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Giving thanks that a colonoscopy today revealed nothing to worry about: I was so scared I couldn't bear to mention it beforehand. Now about to get on with the rest of my life.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Lighting a and a priest's prayers paid off: My lovely bride got the job!
Posted by MrsBeaky (# 17663) on
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Just heard that 3 years post diagnosis with lymphoma my lovely youngest daughter (29) is still well and is moving from check ups every 4 months to check ups every 6 months....still a ways to go but heading in the right direction
So, so thankful
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Wonderful to read these thankful posts.
One of mine to add; Daughter Erin has a new job, in the nick of time as she was covering maternity leave in her current position which is about to end.
Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on
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As I posted on the prayer thread, I'm praising that my missing cat came home on her own. An additional thanks that a vet checkup has shown she took no harm from the experience except picked up some fleas.
Posted by duchess (# 2764) on
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I'm finding my way back to me again after being dumped. Please keep praying for me, Your prayers are working to help heal me. thanks.
Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on
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Today I have been a priest for 25 years. At times I've been hanging on by my fingertips, and the future is still far from clear, but by the grace of God I'm still here. Laus Deo.
Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on
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My father was suddenly taken to hospital last Friday night in an ambulance at 100mph with heart problems. They found out it was pericarditis, which can be treated with antibiotics and rest. An immense relief.
Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on
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Giving thanks that my pancreatitis was not severe and did not cause any major complications. Thanks to friends and family who have and are supporting me as I recover Thanks to the NHS and the skills of medical staff.
Posted by chive (# 208) on
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My sister, brother in law and their kids came down for a few days. Thank God for good weather, the kids having a fab time and there being no major issues (which with my family is remarkable).
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Thanks to God for giving me the strength, wisdom, and good resources to manage my diabetes. I had my follow-up visit yesterday and both my doctor and I are as pleased as punch at how I'm doing. Thanks, too, for all the prayers.
Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on
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Two thanks
One for my sister who has been an absolute rock during this last fortnight.
Secondly for my elder and his wife who have just taken on a task that I could not cope with.
Jengie
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Thanks that Mr Bee is home from hospital, and that he had excellent care.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Whew! Thanks for results on the sonogram that showed that I do NOT have deep vein thrombosis in my calf. Now they will try to find out what is really wrong, but at least I'm not likely to pop off this weekend from a rogue clot in my lungs. Thanks be to God!
Posted by Diomedes (# 13482) on
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Thanks that D (a young teacher, badly bullied by his Head of Department) has made it through to the end of term. The bullying pressure eased off gradually and the summer break will give D a chance to analyse what was going on and why.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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With my posting to the Prayers thread I tend to forget about this Praise and Thanksgiving thread. When I give thanks for an answered prayer I tend to do it on the Prayer thread. So I'm just stopping by to give thanks to God for Her/His many goodnesses, and to offer praise. In particular I offer thanks for being surrounded by friends and family both physically present and connected via the internet.
[ 29. July 2013, 02:36: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I am utterly delighted that I have a new job. It's in a slightly more specialised sector of the field I've been working in for the last few years, and seems to be a good use of almost all the skills I possess.
I am utterly gob-smacked that it only took the one attempt to get a job once I'd decided it was more than time to be brave and go for it.
Thanks and praise are indeed due!
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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Today in Somerset at New Wine is dry and sunny !
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on
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Radiation finished today! Chemical warfare begins in a few weeks, but meanwhile, thank God for the many kind and friendly people who have conspired to chase the melanoma out of this body.
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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My son has a job. Only temporary at present but it is a good fit for his skills, and even if it doesn't last too long should make getting another post in his chosen field a bit easier.
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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Things are finally looking up for hubby.
Thanks be to God.
Uncle too.
Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on
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A small one but just eases things. Just as my Dad was faced with big bills, an inheritance that he was due sent out a cheque that more than covers the bills.
Thanks! The timing just eases things all round.
Jengie
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Just want to praise God that I survived until my 65th birthday!
Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on
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Thank God that yesterday went well - travelling across the country to visit my mother in hospital, there were several points which could have been tricky but all went smoothly. I am especially grateful to the conductor on the train who was so helpful and also for the high standard of nursing care my mother is receiving.
Posted by Anglo Catholic Relict (# 17213) on
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Thanks for all blessings noted here.
And for all of mine.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Some months ago on the prayer thread I mentioned a 6 year old with leukemia - I heard yesterday that he is doing really well, the doctors want him to have one more month of treatment just to make sure but then he can be released home!
Plus I got a phone call late last night from a friend in England who is at best an intermittent communicator - he is doing fine, had another promotion, doing another course and looking forward to retirement in another couple of years. We have been friends for A Long Time so it was really good to hear.
Posted by The Kat in the Hat (# 2557) on
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Just got the phone call - I got the job
Prayers continuing for all those still looking
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Congratulations, Kat!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Thank you Lord that no one died in that appalling pile-up on the Isle of Sheppey crossing yesterday.
for those injured and their families.
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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My daughter did all the cleaning floors for me yesterday evening and night!
I could not have done that as I have been told by the hospital not to carry things, particularly heavy!
Posted by Telepath (# 3534) on
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Visiting Cat, who came to us scrawny, terrified, and socially inept, has filled out and chilled out.
He is afraid of hands, and hates to be touched; but I was playing with him this week and he reached out and batted my hand *twice*.
I thought he would hate me because I put a flea treatment on his neck last night while I was asleep. Today he came in, saw me on the sofa, and after careful consideration actually climbed up and sat on the extreme opposite end of the same sofa I was sitting on. And then I got up and moved around several times and he didn't even bother fleeing in terror.
Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on
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I love God
I am trying to find better ways to deal with my stress at the moment. God is very good at this, and very helpful.
It's like a window opening....
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Tentatively praising,as I hope God won't take it back...
I have expressed before that I ahve a huge problem with hypervigilance-- specifically, I am very noise sensitive under certain circumstances. It has been making studying or working in a public place-- as I am often forced to do-- a nightmare.
I have been assualting it with prayer lately, put it in the God Box, etc.
Lately I have been noticing that it takes me a lot longer to get annoyed by ambiant noice while I am writing. for instance, I have been working at the school computer lab for the last 2 hours, and for the first hour two very young students were chattering beside me. It took me most of that hour to even notice they were there, and when I did I was just kind of-- oh, people there, and went back to work.
May sound like something little but it is huge for me.
Praise God.
My goal now is to be able to work in a live music venue without looking up.
Posted by QLib (# 43) on
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Elizabeth of Hungary/Bohemia - the only person who still gives me presents on my saint's day.
Thanks
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Enormous thanks for what happened yesterday, well not for the actual accident, to the following:
God;
The guy driving the motor scooter;
The guy who owns the motor scooter who looked after me so well;
The owner and staff of the card shop who took me in and made me sit quietly;
The doctors, nurses, radiographers at both hospitals I visited;
Himself and Herself; and
God, again.
eta: and even the drug companies, I know it is easy to mock them but they make some great products.
[ 21. September 2013, 07:21: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Amen.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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I'm just copying this from my latest post on the Prayers thread because I am so happily grateful
I give thanks that my latest scans were good. No growth of metastases in my lung at all even though I have not had any kind of treatment going on 3 months. I was diagnosed nearly 2 years ago -- a handful of years ago that would have meant that statistically speaking I should have been dead by now. God, you are so good!
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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Originally posted by malik3000:
I'm just copying this from my latest post on the Prayers thread because I am so happily grateful
I give thanks that my latest scans were good. No growth of metastases in my lung at all even though I have not had any kind of treatment going on 3 months. I was diagnosed nearly 2 years ago -- a handful of years ago that would have meant that statistically speaking I should have been dead by now. God, you are so good!
Amen. Thank you God for Malik
The Grateful Mrs. S
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on
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The Ship has sailed some distance since I last posted here, and I arrive back in good company, judging by the last few posts. After a frightening encounter with Interferon that had to be stopped due to the side effects, the recovery has been strong. The support of a group of friends has meant a lot to me. One friend stayed with me during treatment at the chemo suite at the hospital two weeks after his sister had died of cancer - that was courage of a high order. So once again, I give thanks to God and his people who have travelled with me to the point where I may soon be able to describe myself as healed, if not cured, and an ex-cancer patient.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Malik and ST - thank God indeed.
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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Thank you for very sensible ward clerk who decided that my friend needed medical attention and that the paperwork had to wait. God Bless you sister, you restored my belief in humanity today.
Posted by Ariel (# 58) on
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Originally posted by piglet:
Malik and ST - thank God indeed.
Absolutely, what brilliant news.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Amen!
and great end to your tale, Ethne Alba!
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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Praise that daughter Erin and her husband are now in their own home.
Let the decorating begin!
Posted by amber. (# 11142) on
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Prayers of thanks for a second year mammogram showing that the breast cancer has still not returned.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Yea and amen, Amber!
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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Thank you that all went well for the nuptials of Miss S and her lovely bridegroom
Mrs S, very grateful indeed
Posted by Otter (# 12020) on
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Regarding the surgery I was worrying about on the prayer thread last week, while there was some minor aggravation with the exact time changing, it went off mostly as scheduled.
It looks like I lost a knife-fight (8 little laproscopic incisions, and one larger bandage over my belly-button), and the first couple hours after surgery were No Fun, but it went fine, and I was released from the hospital next day. Mr. Otter assures me that I'm recovering well, and each day I feel a little better.
Thanks to everyone who prayed for me!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Good to hear, Otter!
Today I'm thankful for the fact that my Beloved gave his 500th Wednesday lunch-time organ recital, and for the ten years that we've been here in Newfoundland.
Posted by Morlader (# 16040) on
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Originally posted by amber.:
Prayers of thanks for a second year mammogram showing that the breast cancer has still not returned.
Prayers of thanks indeed, Amber.. Alleluya!
Posted by Taliesin (# 14017) on
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Amen.
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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My daughter came to my home and cleaned the floors! Well done!
Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on
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Yay for all the Yayness! (but, slightly partisan-ly, esp Yay! for Amber. I have wondered how Things Have Been.)
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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Dear Lord, Thank you for a doctor's receptionist who decided to use her common sense today. Amen.
Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on
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My baby son who has wakes me up 2-3 times a night on a Good Night slept through the night last night!
Posted by Huia (# 3473) on
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Gwai, I hope he establishes a settled patter of sleeping through.
My thanks to the Methodist Church of New Zealand for running retirement villages where caring is much more than an empty word.
Huia
Posted by Ethne Alba (# 5804) on
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After many years of mending bridges, blood sweat and tears, hard slog from two diamond geezers and most of all the mercy and the grace of God....tomorrow is the last Sunday in our church builidng as it is now.
Next week the builders come in!
And we will go back into a very different building
YAY!
[ 26. October 2013, 21:23: Message edited by: Ethne Alba ]
Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on
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Sunday
My toilet started leaking, and it has been a PAIN to fix.
So thanks for the plumber I found, who came out promptly on Sunday evening and stopped it leaking with a temporary repair and then came back yesterday to do a proper repair only the repair was jinxed. He finally got it working this evening. If something could go wrong it did including him having purchased a new but faulty syphon.
The charge rate for the amount of work he put in was very reasonable.
Jengie
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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I am thankful that I have (at last) been discharged from hospital, and that all seems well with baby who will hopefully bake for a bit longer before making an appearance. And eternally grateful for the NHS and its staff.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Ah, good news, Jack. Hallelujah--and here's to more cooking time for baby....
Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on
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I can't believe no-one has had anything to be thankful for, so here goes - it's a beautiful day and I feel (as I sometimes do) that I am the most undeservedly blessed person ever.
Thank you God for all you do for me every day.
The Grateful Mrs S
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by Cara:
... more cooking time for baby....
About 15 minutes per pound for medium-rare?
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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Originally posted by piglet:
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Originally posted by Cara:
... more cooking time for baby....
About 15 minutes per pound for medium-rare?
No good asking us, we're both veggie
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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oh yuk, I'm rather regretting this cooking image now!
It went from jack's talk of "baking"--her bun in the oven!!--to these rather unsavoury connotations...
I meant: more time for the baby to grow to a healthy weight and size and be ready to be born.
Thank God that this time has been afforded--every day in utero is precious and will have made a difference.
Rest, Jack! Feet up, relax.
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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Don't worry Cara, it's not bothered me at all and made me smile
I'm thankful every day for the medical and midwifery staff looking after me. I had my moans at the start of the process, and we had a bit of a sticky time getting used to each other (it turns out I'm not the easiest patient), but I think we have good relationships now and I am confident I am in good hands. I have so much to be thankful for, and my heart goes out to those elsewhere in the world who don't have the same (or indeed any) services.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by Cara:
oh yuk, I'm rather regretting this cooking image now!
It went from jack's talk of "baking"--her bun in the oven!!--to these rather unsavoury connotations...
Sorry about that - my "resisting temptation" gene was temporarily deactivated.
I'm delighted that JTL's bump is doing well.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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Sorry if I sounded critical, Piglet--it wasn't personal, I just suddenly felt queasy at the idea of JtL's precious cargo as a lump of meat!
Anyway, we are doing a great job of keeping this thread bumped up and away from Hostly brooms.
Because Praise and Thanksgiving are important.
I give continued thanks for the improved circumstances of my three adult children, for all of whom I've asked for prayer on the prayer thread in the past.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm here to give thanks that our Electoral Synod did its job perfectly - our next Bishop will be the Archdeacon, which presumably means that we get to keep the Dean.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Choral Matins today - lovely.
Choir sang well, good numbers in the congregation, complimented after on my choice of hymns .
Wedding couple afterwards totally clueless (see HELL) but did afford some amusement, even if of the gritted teeth variety - and, as always, we'll do our best for them.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Habeus domus!!*
No, not us, our church. After 15 years in existence and an eight-year search for a place of our own we have our own premises.
*"We have a home" - apologies for bad Latin.
Posted by malik3000 (# 11437) on
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It's been 2 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and there has been no progression and I feel perfectly healthy and happy. When I first recieved the diagnosis I didn't even know if I'd be alive today. God has been SO good to me!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Britten's Missa Brevis safely dispatched this morning to much Decanal Grinning™.
Now we know we can do it, it'll be even better next time.
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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Today is my Christian birthday. Very thankful to still be here after 26 years, hanging on by my fingertips sometimes but still here
Posted by Diomedes (# 13482) on
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My son D, who has been having a particularly difficult time at work, has had some much appreciated kindness from others in his department. His boss is still determined to make his last 5 weeks as miserable as possible - even so,it has felt a less lonely road for D this week. Thank God - and thanks for those who prayed with me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have been racking my tiny excuse for a brain looking for a suitable gift for a certain very hard to buy for friend for Christmas and then a post here on the ship gave me an idea and a Google showed that I can get it here in India! It is now ordered and will, hopefully, arrive in time.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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It might be too soon but ...
Eldest Son has work until Xmas and, after someone purporting to be their landlord tried to force entry on Saturday, they completed a move out of there and into a larger, tidier house at about 11pm yesterday with Mrs Sioni doing 4 runs in our car because the van they hired had to go back at 6pm.
They were grateful, we were pleased to help, the electricity and gas work. Even the combi-boiler was working when we left last night!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Beloved daughter, after being made redundant from a job she loved in a left wing cafe, had her first interview for a job yesterday and was offered the job today
Thank you God for giving her the determination to apply for the job and thank You for the National Autistic Society who not only house beloved son but also now employ beloved daughter.
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on
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Originally posted by malik3000:
It's been 2 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and there has been no progression and I feel perfectly healthy and happy. When I first recieved the diagnosis I didn't even know if I'd be alive today. God has been SO good to me!
Thank you for posting that - you are over a year ahead of me in the same adventure, Malik. It's good news to share, and great encouragement to others. I've given a lot of thanks lately to God and to the people whose hands he guides, and to other cancer patients who are able to laugh in the face of it and live joyfully.
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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I'm so thankful that my son has been offered a six months extension on a job he loves. When he started there four months ago he wasn't even sure if he'd be there three weeks.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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All sorts of wonderful news here re health and jobs, so good to see. Thanks be to God.
I am so grateful that, after a property purchase fell through at the last minute, a holiday rental agency slashed their prices to almost half so our family can be together at Christmas. Such kindness warms the heart.
Posted by Doc Tor (# 9748) on
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I've just collected two exhausted children from a Scout midnight hike - both alive, both mostly intact, a 4th place for Master Tor (youngest average age team) and 1st place for Miss Tor (first time a girls' team has won the annual event).
Result.
Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on
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Thanks for Age Concern UK, who have really helped my mother when she got home after 3 months in hospital. I have been really impressed by the amount of assistance she has had from both them and Social Services - which has been a great comfort to me 100 miles away.
Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on
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Thankful for the safe arrival of the Elf Lass last week, for the kindness and generosity of family, friends and strangers, and the wonderful NHS (again).
Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on
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My daughter has finally moved from Cumbria to down south and has just got a much-needed job - only part time but it's a start, and as it's a short walk away from her new house involves no travel!
And my slight 'trouble' (which I posted on the prayer thread) was investigated at the hospital last week, and thankfully turns out to be very minor.
Deo gratias!
Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on
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I was very heartened by Tom Daley yesterday, and by the generally positive response to his announcement by the media. The times, they are a changing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I got an e-mail and then a follow up phone call today from the local Foreigners' Regional Registration Office to say my visa conversion has been approved and will I please take my passport and about Rs 8,000* [eighty pounds] to their office and I will get my papers! I have booked an appointment for Friday morning.
*Heaps cheaper than flying off somewhere and applying for another tourist visa then flying back again. I am paying off the last of my credit card next week when my pension is paid so will reward myself with the new camera I have been eyeing for a while.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Welcome home!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Just took my last final. I am DONE.
Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on
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My prayer that our friend Joseph and his family that will have no place to live after Christmas because their "Grinch" landlord put them out. Well, rentals are hard enough to find in the winter anywhere, but around here, it is ridiculous. And having dogs, well, how about making it even WORSE!
I have a guesthouse and the Lord just put it on my mind to move them in there. Now, I have to get energy to do some cleaning out. (Lord, give me strength)
Posted by basso (# 4228) on
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Just took my last final. I am DONE.
Congratulations!!
Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on
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Eldest son is recovering well from major back surgery to replace a very damaged disc and to fuse lowest part of spine. Hopefully this will see the end of the extreme pain he has been in. Surgeon is very pleased.
First operation two years ago worked for a few months and things went downhill from there.
Posted by MrsBeaky (# 17663) on
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As our youngest daughter prepares to celebrate her 30th birthday, we have just received the news this morning that four years on from a late diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma she is unexpectedly now "in complete clinical remission"
I have no words,just so thankful.... she on the other hand is in her London office drinking champagne bought by her boss!!
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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Thank you God! I had lost my money in it's one I carried and had checked to go along the road and into the shop I'd spent and he hadn't found it there, and again I looked all over in the home and after a while I found it! I had prayed to God to let me know where it was and to find it! I had checked lots of places and where I might have dropped it. God, you are really helpful and loving me!
Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on
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I am so thankful that eldest son has no pain and that the large stomach incision for his back operation is healing well. He is off the horse tablet sized antibiotic tablets he took twice a day for nine months for a supposed bone infection. No infection. He is off the cocktail of very nasty drugs which only partially controlled the pain in back for months and months. They affected his temper and personality,
In fact, he is off all painkillers.
Home and recuperating and he's also extremely grateful.
Posted by Huia (# 3473) on
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Loth may his healing continue.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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What Huia said.
I'm thankful that my friend A. has been safely delivered of a baby girl; the proud grandparents accosted me in the coffee queue at w*rk to let me know.
Posted by Zoey (# 11152) on
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you God.
A few months ago I moved jobs. Driving home from my last day at my old job, I cried with worry and unhappiness about one particular set of siblings - I had grounds to believe they were suffering serious abuse, but I hadn't been able to obtain enough firm evidence to get a court order for them to be placed in foster care.
Today I heard on the grapevine that these children are now in foster care. I know the foster care system is far from perfect, but for these children it is a significantly better option than an abusive birth parent / step-parent.
I am so relieved and thankful.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Zoey, a few months ago I met up with a guy who had been in a children's home where I worked in the 70s and he said that coming to the home, imperfect as it was, was far better for him that remaining at his family home.
That made the whole career choice thing worthwhile.
Posted by Cara (# 16966) on
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I give thanks today for an enormous improvement in the health and happiness of all three of my adult children, for whom I've asked prayer here before. The one who had a potentially life-threatening condition now seems healed, and various issues in the lives of the other two are resolved or resolving.
I am so grateful for these healings.
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