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 Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 03:50 PM
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That's so very sad.  What will happen to the kids? |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 06:28 PM
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| Tina wrote: | | That's so very sad. What will happen to the kids? |
They are going to grandpa! |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 06:33 PM
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| I hope those can learn from her death, and not go through what she did. People can recover once they finally see the first step and admit that they are powerless over Alcohol and(or) drugs. It's just not affecting "one" person, it affects a whole of what makes your family as it is. |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 06:59 PM
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| What a very sad situation...so glad the children have Grandpa...My prayers go out to all this family...I pray they all will get the help that is needed. |
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 07:07 PM
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I'm Sorry, Carl...Despair is our greatest Killer...
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 07:55 PM
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Yellow Tulips by Hugh Leichtman
"I often introduce my speeches about children whose development is at risk by comparing them to a single yellow tulip standing out against a field of those perfectly harmonious in shape and color. I'll explain..."
Several years ago I went for a quick walk to Boston's Trinity Church to catch a peek of the early spring flower beds. As expected, the tulips were up in all their glory, row upon row. The pure sunlight of the early afternoon transformed their petals into translucent bells. Then out of the corner of my eye I noticed something wrong. Something most definitely was wrong. Something was askance in one of the extended beds. Sitting among the whiter than white tulips that were elegantly framed by a ribbon of radiantly pink ones was a single yellow tulip. It was awkwardly hanging out with its peers. It was a bit taller with a slightly smaller bell composed of slightly irregular petals. It was so different that it caused me a flashing instant of discomfort.
I immediatly understood that recording the yellow tulip's situation was a necessity. I double timed it back to my office, grabbed my ever-present camera, returned to Trinity and shot an entire roll of my best film. The yellow tulip was photographed from every angle, close-up, far-away, I couldn't bear missing a detail. "Why was I doing this with such a passion?" I whispered to myself. "Because such a beautiful sight does not often come around." I answered back.
"Because the yellow tulip won't be around for that long is really the truth of the matter." I confessed. Right then I vowed to return to the yellow tulip daily to follow its destiny. This didn't prove much of a task. The following morning it was gone. Snapped off close to the ground and thrown aside. I had not expected this inevitable scenario to play out so quickly. I had thought its quirky beauty might be tolerated longer. As I mulled this scene over, I realized that the yellow tulip was a metaphor for children whose constitutions and life experiences have turned their lives into something different than most. And just as the yellow tulip had been broken, so would the development of these children if they weren't protected and nurtured.
It didn't take much of a leap to view Wediko's high-risk children as children with yellow tulip brains, different types of brains, capable of wonderful things if facilitated and kept out of harm's way. |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2007 - 03:20 AM
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How are you, and your friend, holding up, Capt. Logan ?  |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2007 - 11:03 AM
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All is well, and I hope to see him Tuesday if I get out of work on time... 
Everything is going a ok One day at a time |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2007 - 12:09 PM
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I just had a friend call me up to tell me that she was leaving her boyfriend who is the father of her 2 year old son because he wouldn't stop drinking and drugging.
That's the insanity of the disease for you there, you can't stop for the ones you love and love you back. Now if he has to stop, he has to do it for himself, if he wants to.
If you need help with substance abuse, please, talk to someone about it, don't do it alone, get some help, go to a meeting, those who are there, can help, and put you on the right track... |
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Posted: Jul 22, 2007 - 05:09 PM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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| My prayers are with the children and those who will be caring for them. |
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Let's do it as a memorial to Joyce Mason
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Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 08:24 PM
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| Any word? |
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Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 09:03 PM
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| littlestar wrote: | | Any word? |
Didnt have a chance to talk to him, I'm sure they're doing all right. They'll get plenty of love from this bunch. |
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