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Thread: Praise and Thanksgiving 2013
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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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.
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♬♭ We're setting sail to the place on the map from which nobody has ever returned ♫♪♮
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Robert Armin
All licens'd fool
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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.
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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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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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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.
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I know why God made the rhinoceros, it's because He couldn't see the rhinoceros, so He made the rhinoceros to be able to see it. (Clarice Lispector)
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Nanny Ogg
Ship's cushion
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Giving thanks that my pancreatitis was not severe and did not cause any major complications. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Thanks to friends and family who have and are supporting me as I recover Thanks to the NHS and the skills of medical staff.
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Buy me a beer and I'm you friend forever
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chive
Ship's nude
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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).
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'Edward was the kind of man who thought there was no such thing as a lesbian, just a woman who hadn't done one-to-one Bible study with him.' Catherine Fox, Love to the Lost
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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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.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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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
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Thanks that Mr Bee is home from hospital, and that he had excellent care.
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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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!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Diomedes
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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.
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Distrust simple answers to complicated questions
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malik3000
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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.
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
[ 29. July 2013, 02:36: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
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God = love.
Otherwise, things are not just black or white.
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Japes
Shipmate
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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!
![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Blog may or may not be of any interest.
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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Today in Somerset at New Wine is dry and sunny ! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Stercus Tauri
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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.
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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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Sarasa
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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.
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'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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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
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Just want to praise God that I survived until my 65th birthday!
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Even more so than I was before
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JoannaP
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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.
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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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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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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.
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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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The Kat in the Hat
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Just got the phone call - I got the job
Prayers continuing for all those still looking
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Less is more ...
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Piglet
Islander
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Congratulations, Kat!
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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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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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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!
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Telepath
Ship's Steamer Trunk
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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.
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Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me.
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Mad Cat
Shipmate
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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....
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Weird and sweary.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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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. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.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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QLib
Bad Example
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Elizabeth of Hungary/Bohemia - the only person who still gives me presents on my saint's day.
Thanks
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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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.
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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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Amen.
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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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malik3000
Shipmate
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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!
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God = love.
Otherwise, things are not just black or white.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
Shipmate
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quote:
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
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Stercus Tauri
Shipmate
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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.
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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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Piglet
Islander
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Malik and ST - thank God indeed.
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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
Shipmate
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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.
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Ariel
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Malik and ST - thank God indeed.
Absolutely, what brilliant news.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Amen!
and great end to your tale, Ethne Alba!
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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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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Praise that daughter Erin and her husband are now in their own home.
Let the decorating begin!
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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amber.
Ship's Aspiedestra
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Prayers of thanks for a second year mammogram showing that the breast cancer has still not returned.
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Piglet
Islander
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Yea and amen, Amber!
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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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The Intrepid Mrs S
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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
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Otter
Shipmate
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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!
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The plural of "anecdote" is not "data", YMMV, limited-time offer, IANAL, no purchase required, and the state of CA has found this substance to cause cancer in laboratory aminals
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Piglet
Islander
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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.
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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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Morlader
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quote:
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!
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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My daughter came to my home and cleaned the floors! Well done!
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Yay for all the Yayness! (but, slightly partisan-ly, esp Yay! for Amber. I have wondered how Things Have Been.)
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40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
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Ethne Alba
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Dear Lord, Thank you for a doctor's receptionist who decided to use her common sense today. Amen.
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