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Thread: Praise and Thanksgiving 2015
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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This is the thread for the giving of thanks not just to God but to those people and organizations [and even pets] 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 - AS Host
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Raptor Eye
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I'm giving praise and thanksgiving to God for 2014:
Although there were nasty diseases in the family, they were treated and healed.
Although I struggled, I came through: with perseverance, and with God's help and guidance, the factors giving me the most insecurity have been overcome, for now.
In fact, the last three months of the year were so good that I don't want to lose touch of the warmth and joy the memory of them brings.
Thank you God ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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daisymay
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I had a lovely day today to get my mobile fixed ! And now it works and gets messages and can send messages. I prayed and God has helped to get it fixed again ! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif) Thank you Lord ! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Wesley J
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Thanks be to God for the very swift return of a friend's beloved kitten, after a long and very unusual having gone AWOL.
![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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And today I prayed to God to get my mobile as I had lost it yesterday. My son found it today, praying and noising his mobile and so thank you God and thank you also for him managing to get it for me !
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Yay for all the yay!
Update: I got the job!!
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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ThunderBunk
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Yay for all the yay!
Update: I got the job!!
WOW! FANTASTIC! MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS
(one of the few times when shouting seems mandatory)
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Currently mostly furious, and occasionally foolish. Normal service may resume eventually. Or it may not. And remember children, "feiern ist wichtig".
Foolish, potentially deranged witterings
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Update: I got the job!!
and again I say
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Sioni Sais
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Yay for Kelly's job!
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Yay indeed - and possibly even a YAHOO!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Great news, Kel. Congratulations!
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jedijudy
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fist bump with Kelly
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Well done, Kelly! Hope other good things follow.
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Mamacita
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To share a little good news: Some of you might remember my asking for prayers for my son-in-law, who had surgery for thyroid cancer late in 2014. He did radiation last month, and yesterday the results of his bloodwork were "no evidence of disease." Hallelujah! And thank you for your prayers and support!
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Great news, Mamacita! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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26 years ago today I had my first sober day for a long time and I haven't touched a drop since!
Thanks be to God!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Happy birthday, Wodders. 26 years is great. (I've got a little over three.)
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Thanks basso, and well done you - the first few years are probably the toughest.
Keep on trucking.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Bravo, Wonders. That is an accomplishment and a blessing!
And well done on the three years, basso!
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Piglet
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Well done, gentlemen.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Ethne Alba
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Flat for S finally located.
Cooker in our living room and back room filled with belongings soon to be relocated.
Hallelujah!
[ 25. January 2015, 12:03: Message edited by: Ethne Alba ]
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Raptor Eye
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Yes!
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Some great news here: daughter of neighbours got married a few years ago and has had a couple of miscarriages but today gave birth to a full term baby daughter, mother and baby both doing fine!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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OK, you know that old lady I have been griping about?
Today, the end of week 2 of my wonderful new job, she stops me and says, "You know, I have to say, every day you come in smiling now. That's good."
Yesterday was even better-- I came in and said hello, and sighed, " Have to say, I am having a hard time getting used to people being so darn nice all the time", and my mom burst out into the loudest, longest, most natural laugh I have heard out of her in literally years.
"No, you don't understand!" I protested, thinking of my dreary years of subbing at dreary schools.
"Oh, yes, I do!" she said.
It was a nice moment-- I guess for all her weirdness and passive aggression she does notice what's going on with me. And I could see on her face that she was very happy for me.
And I feel so lucky and blessed right now that my worst problem currently is adjusting to people who are consistantly pleasant, decent, and kind. May I never lose that gratitude.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Back reading and catching up on all the yay!
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Fab, Fab, Fab Kelly!
Brilliant!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Yay, Kel! Great to hear that.
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JoannaP
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Praise God, I seem to have got my mojo back
I have been volunteering 3 afternoons a week in a charity bookshop and, last month, that took all my energy. But this week-end, I have done some housework and admin-type stuff as well. (Doing housework may seem an odd thing to be thankful for but not doing it is generally worse.) Now, if we can sort our finances out, life could be fun again...
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"Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow." R. H. Tawney (quoted by Isaiah Berlin)
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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tessaB
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As Kelly would say Yay for all the Yay!!!
I saw the consultant today for the results of my MRI and thanks be to God the pancreatitis was not caused by anything nasty. Still have to have some tests to see if my gallbladder needs removing, but no cancer!!
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tessaB
eating chocolate to the glory of God
Holiday cottage near Rye
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Lia
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I give thanks for surviving a very hard day at work.
I did not think I would survive (literally), but I am still here (just about).
20 more to go before I can catch my breath, but I will try not to think about that for a while.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by tessaB:
As Kelly would say Yay for all the Yay!!!
(I stole that from Lots of Yay. )
But, ditto!
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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Today on London many of the bus were not on and so I got onto the tube and got to the Scottish church to the left in London and I got in time by 1pm. It always has a good time om Thursday and was lovely. I'm really pleased I managed to get there.
I did pray to God to get me there, with no bus, thank you God
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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I want to thank everyone who prayed for ME and P in their court trial against an evil neighbor. The suit didn't go perfectly, but ME and P are good with the outcome. It was the prayers that finally gave them peace.
Thank you. I appreciate it and so did they.
Prayer works!
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In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
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Robert Armin
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Today I was at a meeting of the local Anglican clergy - our Deanery Chapter - as part of the "listening process" about whether ort not the CoE should bless same-sex marriages. The process has not had a good press generally, so I was very apprehensive. However, our discussion was excellent; we did listen and explored honestly all sorts of views. After as while I found the courage to out myself, and felt valued even by those with the most conservative views. So I feel good about myself, and about my fellow clergy. Great.
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Keeping fit was an obsession with Fr Moity .... He did chin ups in the vestry, calisthenics in the pulpit, and had developed a series of Tai-Chi exercises to correspond with ritual movements of the Mass. The Antipope Robert Rankin
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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tessaB
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Beloved husband was made redundant last October and was starting to worry that at nearly 55 he may never get another job. Today he got a phone call to say that the chap who was offered the last job he interviewed for turned it down and he was their second choice!! Hopefully starting at the end of the month
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tessaB
eating chocolate to the glory of God
Holiday cottage near Rye
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That's brilliant news Tessa, I'm really pleased for him
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Maius intra qua extra
Never accept a ride from a stranger, unless they are in a big blue box
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Stercus Tauri
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Almost exactly two years after a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma, just had a routine check-up with the oncologist, involving much laughter and joking, ending with, "See you in six months!" So many people to thank; thanking God for the gifts of caring in so many people. Cured? Can't tell. Healed - yes.
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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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Rosa Gallica officinalis
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After 22 months of searching, 24 applications, 14 interviews I have been offered a post that feels like exactly what I've been waiting for.
I'm taking Geroff to see the vicarage he's going to have to live in tomorrow.
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Come for tea, come for tea, my people.
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Raptor Eye
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Yay! Thank you God!
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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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North East Quine
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quote:
Originally posted by Stercus Tauri:
Almost exactly two years after a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma, just had a routine check-up with the oncologist, involving much laughter and joking, ending with, "See you in six months!" So many people to thank; thanking God for the gifts of caring in so many people. Cured? Can't tell. Healed - yes.
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Piglet
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ST and RGO -
[ 26. February 2015, 13:27: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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My sister is staying with me this week and she wanted to go walking and we went around today across the waters and it was sunny, blue sky. thank you Lord !
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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Today was my daughter's birthday and she and he came here and we fed them and sang "Happy Birthday to you may the dear Lord bless you. Happy long life to you !"
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Carex
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A keyboard/electric piano arrived in the post the other day. My wife called Amazon to complain, since we hadn't ordered it and didn't want to be billed for it, or to have to pay to return it. They confirmed that it had been shipped to us by mistake, but said there was no need to return it - we could keep it or dispose of it as we wished.
Initially we thought our granddaughter might use when she gets older. It turns out, however, that my wife had always longed to learn piano, but her stepmother (a very good pianist but impatient teacher) had scared her out of it.
Last night we made space for it in a nook with a stool, a lamp and some teach-yourself-to-play music books. She still feels very self conscious touching the keys even when she is home alone, in case the neighbors might hear, but now she can take as much time as she needs to get comfortable with the fingerings and key positions. It's wonderful to see her excitement at finally being able to do something that she had wanted for 60 years.
The funny thing is that it isn't a very expensive keyboard - we could easily have purchased one if she had wanted. But something about it having arrived by mistake has made it possible for her to let go of her fears and decide to learn to play.
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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Today after school my sun's daughter came back and my daughter and her husband came too. We had a lovely food to eat and we sang again "Happy Birthday to you may the dear Lord bless you Happy long life " She was happy about that. We had a lovely time and she played Sand Tray as I had not allowed her when she was younger.
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