Vicki,
Loving one, I am glad you are sending these, as I have saved a bunch of
them to send, but I seem to have problems sending them. I even delete the
pictures before I send them.
For some reason, it's hard to get these made into plain text. lol.
I can send Yesterday's if you want, it was really good, unless you want to
send it. <smile>
Third time is a charm. lol.
Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
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>Blessings,
>Vicki
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> Belly Laughs
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> Not long ago I spent three days in a hotel in rural Indiana. =
> In the lobby of my hotel was a group of six women who spent the better =
>part of a day laughing and carrying on while they worked on a sewing =
>project together. These six women, ranging in age from fifty-five to =
>eighty, shared an obvious camaraderie that evidenced itself in their =
>animated conversation, laced with a generous supply of laughter-what I =
>would call belly laughter, a =
>deep-from-way-down-inside-because-we've-gone-through-so-much-together =
>laughter that was highly contagious. And when I saw their Bibles come =
>out, I knew I had to find out more.
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> I almost fell in on them I was eavesdropping so close, but =
>one of them caught me and invited me in. That's when I found out they =
>were at one time all from the same town and were meeting back at this =
>hotel as a sort of semi-annual reunion. I could see why they would make =
>the effort because they indeed had something special going here.
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> When I asked them why they were still meeting, I received a =
>litany of divorce, cancer, dead husbands, and lost children that would =
>have kept a sitcom supplied with material for more seasons than Friends =
>ever dreamed of. There was history behind those belly laughs. There =
>was an obvious spiritual center to this group, but not a rubber stamp. =
>There was a Roman Catholic, a southern Baptist, a Methodist, a =
>Pentecostal, and two who named no church affiliation, yet I couldn't =
>help thinking that they were having church there, and it was a church I =
>wouldn't mind joining.=20
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> The "youngest" and spunkiest among them was quite clearly =
>the eighty year-old who was actually the excuse for this particular =
>get-together having just turned eighty that week. I commented about how =
>she didn't look a day over sixty-five. That's when one of the other =
>women quipped: "Oh she's eighty, alright. Why do you think she's been =
>trying to thread that needle for the last 15 minutes!" Belly laughs =
>followed with birthday girl, the loudest.=20
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> What held these women together wasn't just a religious =
>experience, it was their shared human experiences as well, their love =
>and respect for each other and their ability to let each other's =
>character come out of the box where I would wager it stays most of the =
>time when they are not together like this.=20
>
> I actually found myself being jealous of what these women =
>had, until I realized I could have it too. It requires commitment, =
>stark honesty, love, acceptance, and refusal to judge one another. It =
>requires needing and serving one another. This is something we all =
>need.
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>Blessings,
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>by John=20 Fischer
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>Not long ago I spent three = days in a=20 hotel in rural Indiana. In the
>lobby of my hotel was a = group=20 of six women who spent the better part
>of a day laughing and = carrying on while they worked on a sewing project
>= together. =20 These six women, ranging in age from fifty-five to eighty,
>= shared an=20 obvious camaraderie that evidenced itself in their
>animated=20 conversation, laced with a generous supply of =
>laughter=97what I would=20 call belly laughter, a=20 =
>deep-from-way-down-inside-because-we=92ve-gone-through-so-much-together=20
>laughter that was highly contagious. And when I saw their = Bibles=20 come
>out, I knew I had to find out more.
>
>I almost fell in on them I = was=20 eavesdropping so close, but one of
>them caught me and = invited me=20 in. That=92s when I found out they
>were at one time = all from the=20 same town and were meeting back at this
>hotel as a sort of=20 semi-annual reunion. I could see why they would make
>the = effort=20 because they indeed had something special going = here.
>
>When I asked them why they = were still=20 meeting, I received a litany of
>divorce, cancer, dead = husbands, and=20 lost children that would have
>kept a sitcom supplied with = material=20 for more seasons than Friends
>ever dreamed of. There = was=20 history behind those belly laughs. There
>was an = obvious=20 spiritual center to this group, but not a rubber =
>stamp. There=20 was a Roman Catholic, a southern Baptist, a Methodist,
>a=20 Pentecostal, and two who named no church affiliation, yet I =
>couldn=92t=20 help thinking that they were having church there, and it was
>= a=20 church I wouldn=92t mind joining.
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>The =93youngest=94 and = spunkiest among them=20 was quite clearly the
>eighty year-old who was actually the = excuse=20 for this particular
>get-together having just turned eighty = that=20 week. I commented about
>how she didn=92t look a day = over=20 sixty-five. That=92s when one of the
>other women quipped: = =93Oh she=92s=20 eighty, alright. Why do you think
>she=92s been trying to = thread that=20 needle for the last 15
>minutes!=94 Belly laughs = followed with=20 birthday girl, the loudest.
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>What held these women = together wasn=92t=20 just a religious experience,
>it was their shared human = experiences=20 as well, their love and respect
>for each other and their = ability to=20 let each other=92s character come
>out of the box where I = would wager=20 it stays most of the time when
>they are not together like = this.=20
>
>I actually found myself being = jealous of=20 what these women had, until
>I realized I could have it = too. It=20 requires commitment, stark
>honesty, love, acceptance, and = refusal to=20 judge one another. It
>requires needing and serving one=20 another. This is something we all=20 need.
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