tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post3090395755945384985..comments2024-01-11T08:21:13.540-08:00Comments on The B.A.D. Blog: Aunt LisaGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14508213573891885604noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-31047259637799969222009-01-07T10:49:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:49:00.000-08:00George, I'm so sorry to hear of your Aunt's passin...George, I'm so sorry to hear of your Aunt's passing- it's wonderful that you have those happy memories.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054889785433330600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-88959033217980710492009-01-06T20:18:00.000-08:002009-01-06T20:18:00.000-08:00GeorgeI'm sorry to hear about your aunt. God bless...George<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. God bless you and all your family.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936264471078732019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-38812244616517312582009-01-06T15:30:00.000-08:002009-01-06T15:30:00.000-08:00I'm a little late with this comment, but I've been...I'm a little late with this comment, but I've been thinking of you and your family.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929832334541425338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-74182530944341419772009-01-06T06:19:00.000-08:002009-01-06T06:19:00.000-08:00I'm sorry George.I'm sorry George.Penny Ratzlaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368479901015692591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-61875473974068029682009-01-05T21:28:00.000-08:002009-01-05T21:28:00.000-08:00I'm sorry for your loss, George. It does suck. M...I'm sorry for your loss, George. It does suck. My dad also died at 44...sudden heart attack. Gone. No goodbyes, no I love you's...no explanation. Just gone. <BR/><BR/>Sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-79864939892835387092009-01-05T19:54:00.000-08:002009-01-05T19:54:00.000-08:00Death is hard.This may seem out of place, but I th...Death is hard.<BR/><BR/>This may seem out of place, but I think you'll get me on it: tmana is the shiznit!Scott K. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601851114190791084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-91511265330996379442009-01-05T15:55:00.000-08:002009-01-05T15:55:00.000-08:00Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.floreksahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826898233141738110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-7862670152019119252009-01-05T15:08:00.000-08:002009-01-05T15:08:00.000-08:00My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Bi...My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Big humongous hugs are being sent your way.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845901120926051578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-4833212868888940592009-01-05T13:34:00.001-08:002009-01-05T13:34:00.001-08:00tmana - I think what you said is what I meant to s...tmana - I think what you said is what I meant to say. You are just much better at expressing yourself then I am. I do not expect to be happy always but I do think I can always look for the blessing, the silver lining, the thing that makes me say, "I understand." I am going to read and re-read your comment. Thank you so much.<BR/><BR/>Lee Ann - thank you so much Lee Ann, that means a lot to me.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508213573891885604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-21230207156027136732009-01-05T13:34:00.000-08:002009-01-05T13:34:00.000-08:00I am so sorry George...I am so sorry George...Not Your Type 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887892962163144395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-3714380606477290302009-01-05T13:17:00.000-08:002009-01-05T13:17:00.000-08:00My sympathy and thoughts are with you and your fam...My sympathy and thoughts are with you and your family, George.Lee Ann Thillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444534323119682711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20953083.post-34168920082321364992009-01-05T12:59:00.000-08:002009-01-05T12:59:00.000-08:00I think being happy all the time is neither realis...I think being happy <I>all</I> the time is neither realistic, nor is it fair either to you or to those around you. Like a diet with only one option, it palls quickly and the effect of its favor cheapens.<BR/><BR/>I would say a better way to want to feel is <I>blessed</I>. We are blessed with family and friends, blessed with places to live, blessed with medical knowledge and technology that keeps us alive. We are even -- if we disallow self-pity enough to see it -- blessed with travails, that we may know the heights of success, and that we may minister to others, pass that blessing onto them, and -- in the passing -- be doubly blessed.<BR/><BR/>I have learned that each of our challenges in life prepares us to minister to someone else, sometime later. So, even when I cannot "see the light at the end of the tunnel", I have faith that it is there. I have faith that each challenge I have been sent teaches me and shapes me in ways that will be needed some time in my future. <BR/><BR/>And I know that you have faith. Even from a purely existential analysis -- your faith shows in your actions, your choice of activities, the joy you take in your children's accomplishments. <BR/><BR/>While it is not easy to keep that faith and that feeling of blessedness when money is running out and you're wondering where you're going to sleep or how you're going to survive, knowing that this, too, will pass "when waiting is filled" (to quote Heinlein) -- and fighting your way through the darkness -- strengthens us in flesh and in spirit. We pass through the crucible so that we may emerge the hero in the next chapter of our personal hero tales... so that we may be the angels that The Holy One, Blessed be He, sends to others in need... so that we may become closer to the ideal for which we were Designed.<BR/><BR/>Blessed be He who hast sent us trials to strengthen us, His Presence to uphold us, the gifts of the earth, and the gifts of ministry. Praise the L-rd Who has sent us these many gifts, and Who leadeth us to walk in His Path. May He Who maketh peace in the High Heavens grant peace to us and to all Mankind. And may we be blessed to walk in His Path all the days of our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com