No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those closest to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.
~Hermann Broch~
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"When you wake up in the morning, bend over to tie your shoes and find confetti by your feet, you know the parade has passed you by. Anyone can have rheumatism in the body, but when you get it in your soul, you might as well go pick your coffin.
Thank you, God, for invigorating gifts this half-alive Mom found one morning under those old mounds of damp confetti at her feet ― ready compost to help new life to grow and a pulsing little "want to" seed.
Jerry's website is fruit of the inspiration tree that sprouted from it 7 months ago... I share nourishment of it with one and all."
~ Mom's Inspiration Tree ~
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GOD and MY SON TRIO...Humble appreciation and recognition for the existence of this website goes to you...
"For loving and believing in me without any limits... for being my unwavering source of inner strength throughout the years, and for striving with me to prove that any goal is attainable when we challenge it together."
Some folks are never strangers because from the first instant they meet, they are friends. To Pam Garza, my closest friend of 26 years, for jeopardizing your future in order that I may have one, for your fearless protection, unwavering love, daily inspiration and morale support... "Thank you, Pam, for all that you are, and for the difference that you make in my life."
And to Pat and Robert Manley, Pam's parents, "Thank you for embracing me into your hearts, having made me to feel that I am one of your own."
~ To Sherry Shafer, my childhood friend... Family is more than happenstance of birth ~ family means being chosen; it is KNOWING that you are loved. "Thank you, Lil' Sister, for rushing to my side at a minute's notice from anywhere on the globe, always with a heart full of balm to ease life's pains."
Appreciation and recognition to Jim Bird, Author of the U.S.A.F. Hymn, for dedication of his most recent prose, Seven Steps, to the memory of my son... (background details here.)
"A man is not dead until he is forever forgotten... Thank you, Jim, for this timeless and unique gift of resounding compassion and honor."
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And to
each of
you
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Life is changed, † not taken away.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
"New Day"
Have you fed someone today for Free?
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Mom ~ October 17, 1999
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