......And then She was gone.....
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Posted:Nov 3, 2007 7:02 pm
Last Updated:Oct 18, 2011 7:55 pm 13370 Views
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I got the call this morning at quarter after twelve, noon. "you better come to the hospital as soon as you can. your mother is in grave condition". I gathered up the , loaded them into the van and off we went. Its an hour drive to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, from my house.
We arrived at the hospital a little past one thirty. I nervously went to the intensive care unit with the in tow. My mother died at about one o'clock today, Saturday November 3.
I don't know what to feel. I never had a close relationship with her. She had a horrific childhood. Given up at birth, she was floated around from foster home to foster home, enduring every type of abuse you could imagine. Finally at the age of eight, she was adopted by a wealthy family in Toronto. Too late, the damage was done. My mother never quite got over the scars that filled her developmental years. To add to her misery, she married my father, a cold hearted, selfish, emotionally void brute of a man. After thirty two years of marriage, cooking, cleaning, doing his laundry, raising his , and putting up with his spiritual starvation, he went and divorced her. My mother spent the next few years lonely, until today.
I never thought I would cry when this inevitable day would come. I did. I still don't know what to feel. My dysfunctional sisters and gay brother are already behaving like a flock of vultures, dying to get their hands on her "stuff" and see what they can get. Personally, I don't want anything. That poor lady suffered her whole life and nobody ever took the time to really get to know her.
Since Becky (four and a half years old) was born, I made my peace with my mother. Three or four times a year, we'd make the two hour journey up to her house with goodies and KFC to have a visit with her. As Ashley (three and a half) and Michael (twentyeight months) were born, it was always a special trip to see "Grandma Elisebeth". I know Becky will have many memories of her and I hope Ashley will too. I'm sorry that Michael probably won't remember.
Of course we were half an hour too late to say our goodbyes while she was alive, gasping for her last breath. The ICU staff was kind enough to keep her there until I arrived, knowing that I was on my way. aren't allowed to visit the ICU but the nurses let us come in and spend our last time ever with my mom. We all held her hand and prayed for her. We thanked God for the special time He let us have with Grandma and prayed that He'd hold her in His arms and forgive her for her sins. We all said our goodbyes and told her we loved her. She's gone. I hope one day I'll see her again.
I hope my will always remember her. All they ever experienced with her were good times. I'm grateful to God for that. My have never seen my cry before. They never even asked why I was crying. Of course they're too young to understand. I just told them that Grandma went to be with Jesus, God, and the Angels and that we were saying goodbye to her. They seemed to understand that. I am so depressed right now I don't know what to think.
She's Gone.
But She Won't Be Forgotten!
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Posted:Dec 21, 2006 9:38 am
Last Updated:Oct 19, 2007 2:19 pm 12307 Views
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Justina Update......
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Posted:Dec 14, 2006 9:33 am
Last Updated:Mar 28, 2007 4:38 pm 12212 Views
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I found out that a certain someone works as a stock boy on the midnight shift at a Sobeys grocery store on Broadview Ave.!!!!!
I didn't know they had cyber cafes in grocery stores?!?!?!?
It must be in the basement behind the pallets of Coke and Pepsi!!!!
Strange....
.... I'm in the wrong business if working as a stock boy pays enough to let you live in a mansion in Forest Hill!!!!!
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The Past, the Present, and the Future......
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Posted:Oct 27, 2006 9:36 am
Last Updated:May 21, 2024 4:12 am 11748 Views
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This might be hard to read, but read to the end. It is worth it and describes the Handle-not-to-be-named perfectly along with all her ghosts!!
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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator -- who is forever praised, Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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Who says the Bible doesn't make sense?????
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Barry, Barry, Interesting!!!
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Posted:Oct 26, 2006 9:29 am
Last Updated:Apr 9, 2007 4:56 pm 12361 Views
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Seeing that I can't reveal my actual job because of security issues, etc....
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While doing a little "project" on the side for my own curiousity, I've discovered that the source of the photos in the Groups home page...
for Kookay, and Justina, come from the exact same source!!!!
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Seeing that they knew nothing of each other when the photos where first loaded on this site, I'd have to say that that is a complete miracle!!!
Phone the Vatican!!!!
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I wonder if any money can be made from this??
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I had a danish with an image of the Virgin Mary on it but I was so hungry that I ate it!!!
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POLITE WAY TO pee
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Posted:Oct 26, 2006 9:16 am
Last Updated:Nov 3, 2007 6:24 pm 12365 Views
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During one of her daily classes a teacher trying to teach good manners,
asked her students the following question:
"Michael, if you were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady,
how
would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?"
Michael said, "Just a minute I have to go pee."
The teacher responded by saying, "That would be rude and impolite.
What about you Peter, how would you say it?" Peter said, "I am sorry,
but I
really need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back."
"That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom
at the
dinner table.
And you, little Johnny, can you use your brain for once and show Us
your
good manners?"
I would say: "Darling, may I please be excused for a moment? I have to
shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I hope you'll get to
meet
after dinner."
The teacher fainted.
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What should I post???
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Posted:Oct 23, 2006 3:45 pm
Last Updated:Oct 27, 2006 9:29 am 12199 Views
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Should I post stupid, boring and mundane things, such as "I bought a swimsuit today and its sunny and it fits well!!"? or meaningful thought provoking things such as scripture or pointed truths. Ummmmm....
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I guess it depends if I'm feeble minded and naive or Intellectually challenging and complicated......
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Who about you?
Are you Feeble or Complicated?
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Caught in Sin
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Posted:Oct 23, 2006 3:26 pm
Last Updated:May 21, 2024 4:12 am 11782 Views
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Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load.
Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportuity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
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Treading on Thin Ice!!!!
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Posted:Oct 23, 2006 3:21 pm
Last Updated:May 21, 2024 4:12 am 11752 Views
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I've noticed that even in cyber space some people are full of fear. Afraid to stand up for what is right, afraid to side with truth, afraid to defend the oppressed. If these people are fearful to make a stand, even in cyberspace, what does it say to the character of that person in real life? This world is heading straight to hell in a handbasket!!! It is time to turn around and stand up for what is right. It is better to die defending the truth than to live cowering away from it!!
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