Dear Children,
We know the pain you are in. It’s really been unfair of what’s being done onto you by having you removed your mum/dad. All we want to say is both your parents cares and loves you just as much as you love them. It may not be easy for them due to the process of separation and their indifferences but one thing for sure – you mean the world to them..
Feel welcome to use this site to express your feelings…
December 18, 2008 at 11:02 am |
Ada sesiapa yg boleh baca ni?
(Mgnieukt kjiaan Cmabrigde Uinervtisy sseaipa upn bleoh mmbcanaya waalu hruufyna brterbaur kraena oatk ktia tiadk mngjea hruuf stau-prestau tpai mmebcaa preaktaan sceara mnyeulruh asalakn hruuf peratma jgua ynag trakehir bareda diteamptyna) :-
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Tkans for tyrnig
December 31, 2008 at 2:13 pm |
Dear Papsi,
I enjoyed when you were around. It was all Mum’s big idea to have it this way. She planned it with Pastor’s advise and took us away from our old place which we miss very much. We followed her and are now feeling very sad becos this. We had no choice. I say the happy ones are Grandma, mums cousins, aunties and uncles. Mum talks a lot on the phone. She has lots of friends. I hate this guy from the floor above. He comes over to spend time especially on weekends with us when Grandma is not around. This idiot is married and has a family of his own but prefers to be here. Mum has got every excuse for him, except the real reason. I know that she loves him cause I have secretly watch em cuddling and holding hands. At times, mum leaves us locked and goes to spend time with him at his place.
I am longing for the time we can be together again. Four years have gone-by. We are just too confused to do anything. We need a lot of help, sometimes, I feel bored staying here, looking out the window.
Grandma comes to stay with us on weekdays. She is fond to talk badly of you, your, sibings and parents. I know it’s not true but I do not argue. I hate it when mum slaps and beats for every small reason. It’s getting too frequent now. Nobody can advise or talk to mum. She does not listen to Grandma even. I have been warned not to talk to you about what is happening in the condo and that is the reason why I have kept myself away from you Papsi.
One day, when I grow-up I will share all these and many more with you. Please be there and do not forget us, Papsi.
We love you and pray that we will be happy once again.
Jack&Jill
February 26, 2009 at 3:13 pm |
BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying groceries. I wasn’t hungry. The pain of losing my husband of 57 years was still too raw. And this grocery store held so many sweet memories.
He often came with me and almost every time he’d pretend to go off and look for something special. I knew what he was up to. I’d always spot him walking down the aisle with the three yellow roses in his hands.
He knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart filled with grief, I only wanted to buy my few items and leave, but even grocery shopping was different since he had passed on.
Shopping for one took time, a little more thought than it had for two.
Standing by the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak and remembered how he had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was blonde, slim and lovely in a soft green pantsuit. I watched as she picked up a large package of T-bones, dropped them in her basket.. hesitated, and then put them back. She turned to go and once again reached for the pack of steaks.
She saw me watching her and she smiled. ‘My husband loves T-bones, but honestly, at these prices, I don’t know.’
I swallowed the emotion down my throat and met her pale blue eyes.
‘My husband passed away eight days ago,’ I told her. Glancing at the package in her hands, I fought to control the tremble in my voice. ‘Buy him the steaks. And cherish every moment you have together.’
She shook her head and I saw the emotion in her eyes as she placed the package in her basket and wheeled away.
I turned and pushed my cart across the length of the store to the dairy products. There I stood, trying to decide which size milk I shoul d buy. A Quart, I finally decid ed and moved on to the ice cream. If nothing else, I could always fix myself an ice cream cone.
I placed the ice cream in my cart and looked down the aisle toward the front. I saw first the green suit, then recognized the pretty lady coming towards me. In her arms she carried a package. On her face was the brightest smile! I had ever seen. I would swear a soft halo encircled her blonde hair as she kept walking toward me, her eyes holding mine.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and tears began misting in my eyes. ‘These are for you,’ she said and placed three beautiful long stemmed yellow roses in my arms. ‘When you go through the line, they will know these are paid for.’ She leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what she’d done, what the roses meant, but still unable to speak, I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my vision.
I looked down at the beautiful roses nestled in the green tissue wra pping and found it almost unreal. How did she know? Suddenly the answer seem ed so clear. I wasn’t alone.
Oh, you haven’t forgotten me, have you? I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
Every day be thankful for what you have and who you are.
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings. Thanks, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as possible. Thanks, Lord , that I can see. Many are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising. Thanks, Lord, that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks ar e lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, and my children are so loud. Thanks, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the picture in magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced. Thanks, Lord, for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job often is monotonous. Thanks, Lord, for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest. Thanks, Lord, for life.
It might help a bit to make this world a better place to live, right? A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift.. A friend is someone to treasure.
For friendship is a gift. A friend is someone who fills our lives with Beauty, Joy and Grace and makes the world we live in a better and happier place.
February 26, 2009 at 5:39 pm |
1. Married life is full of excitement and frustration:
* In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.
* In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
* In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.
2. It is true that love is blind but marriage is definitely an eye-opener.
3. Getting married is very much like going to the restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.
4. It’s all in the punctuation: English professor wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.
Men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”
Women wrote: “Woman: Without her, man is nothing.”
5. There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and found himself divorced.
6. Love is like fire. It is beautiful and warm when you are near it. But the moment you get to close it burns you.
7. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don’t know son, I’m still paying for it.
8. Son: Is it true? Dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn’t know his wife until he marries.
Father: That happens everywhere, son, everywhere!
9. Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence – a life sentence.
10. Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are attached.
11. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind.
12. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor’s Degree and the woman gets her Masters.
13. Marriage is a thing which puts a ring on a woman’s finger and two under the man’s eyes.
14. Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit.
15. Marriage is not just a having a wife, but also worries inherited forever.
16. Marriage requires a man to prepare 4 types of “rings”:
* The Engagement Ring * The Wedding Ring
* The Suffe-Ring * The Endu-Ring
17. There was a man who said, “I never knew what happiness was until I got married… then it was too late!”
18. Love is one long sweet dream, marriage is the alarm clock.
19. They say when a man holds a woman’s hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage, it is self-defense.
20. When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.
21. There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through hell.
22. A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend’s girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she’s really attractive. – Bruce Friedman
23. A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, & mortgage. — Marvin Kitman
24. A gentleman is one who never swears at his wife while ladies are present.
25. A husband is living proof that a wife can take a joke.
26. A husband is what’s left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. — Helen Rowland
27. A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands. — Guitry
28. Always talk to your wife while you’re making love. if there’s a phone handy.
29. An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. — Agatha Christie
30. And I shall love thee still my dear, Until my wife is wise.
31. Bachelor: the only man who has never told his wife a lie.
32. Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
33. Ever since we got married, my wife has tried to change me. She got me to exercise daily, have a much better diet stop drinking, smoking. She taught me how to dress well, enjoy the fine arts, gourmet cooking, classical music and how to invest in the stock market.Now I want a divorce, because I’m so improved, she just isn’t good enough or me. – Lois Misiewicz
34. Don’t marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.
35. English Law prohibits a man from marrying his mother-in-law. This is our idea of useless legislation.
36. Marriage is the only war which you sleep with the enemy. – Submitted by Lois Misiewicz
37. He who knows nothing, knows nothing. But he who knows he knows nothing knows something. And he who knows someone whose friend’s wife’s brother knows nothing, he knows something. Or something like that.
38. Honolulu has got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife’s mother. — Ken Dodd
39. I am in total control, but don’t tell my wife.
40. I tried a mail order bride, once, but she was damaged in the mail, and I had to return the unused part for my full refund.
41. An ex-spouse is like an inflamed appendix,. they cause a lot of pain and suffering, but after it’s removed you find you didn’t need it anyway! – anonymous
42. The definition of alimony: The screwing you get for the screwing you got! – Submitted by “G” Petersen
43. If you never want to see a man again, say, “I love you, I want to marry you, I want to have children…” – they leave skid marks. — Rita Rudner
44. If your wife wants to learn how to drive, don’t stand in her way.
45. In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.
46. I never married because there was no need. I have 3 pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night. – Marie Corelli
47. Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which is never advisable. — Oscar Wilde
48. Losing a wife can be hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.
49. Love thy neighbor, but make sure her husband is away first.
50. Love: An obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.
51. Many a wife thinks her husband is the world’s greatest lover. But she can never catch him at it.
52. Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven’t been able to find anybody who’ll take what I have to give. — Cass Daley
53. Marriage is a mutual relationship if both parties know when to be mute.
54. Marriage is a rest period between romances.
55. Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo…
56. Marriage is like a mousetrap. Those on the outside are trying to get in. Those on the inside are trying to get out.
57. Marriage is low on downpayment but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
58. Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.
59. Marriage is the sole cause of divorce.
60. Marriage still confers one very special privilege – only a married person can get divorced.
61. Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man.
62. Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license.
63. Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. — John Lyly
64. Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. –H.L. Mencken
65. Definition of a bachelor; a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable. – Unknown
66. No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. — Honore de Balzac
67. Nun: Women who marry God. If they divorce Him, do they get half the universe?
68. The days just before marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.
69. To heck with marrying a girl who makes biscuits like her mother–I want to marry one who makes dough like her father.
70. Marriage is great, but I wouldn’t recommend it to single people. – Paul Brigante
71. The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. — Groucho Marx
72. The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. — S. T. Coleridge
73. When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her – David Bissonette
74. After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can’t face each other, but still they stay together – Sacha Guitry
75. By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher – Socrates
76. Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them -Anonymous
77. The great question. Which I have not been able to answer is, ‘What does a woman want? – Dumas
78. I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me – Sigmund Freud
79. ‘Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays’ – Anonymous
80. ‘There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It’s called marriage’ – Sam Kinison
81. ‘I’ve had bad luck with both my wives. 1st one left me, and the 2nd one didn’t’ – James Holt McGavra
82. Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1- Whenever you’re wrong, admit it
2-Whenever you’re right, shut up – Patrick Murra
83. The most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once Nash
84. Why is divorce so expensive? Because it’s worth it. – Unknown
85. My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met – Henny Youngman
86. A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong – Rodney Dangerfield
87. 1st Guy: ‘My wife’s an angel!’ 2nd Guy: ‘You’re lucky, mine’s still alive’ – Anonymous
88. A woman was telling her friend, “It is I who made my husband a millionaire.” “And what was he before you married him?” asked the friend. The woman replied “A billionaire.” – Ree Larkin
89. Then there was a man who said, “I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and then it was too late.” – Ree Larkin
90. Just think, if it weren’t for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all. – Ree Larkin
91. I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. – anonymous
92. A woman sits down next to an attractive man on a bus. She says “you look just like my 4th husband”. The man replies, “Your FOURTH husband, how many times have you been married?” “Three” the woman replies.- Jeff Poirier
93. Man is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished. – Ree Larkin
94. The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret – Henny Youngman
95. I think – therefore I’m single – Lizz Winstead
96. Alimony, a Latin term for removing a man’s wallet through his genitals. – Robin Williams
97. Marriage is grand and divorce is about 10 grand. – Unknown
98. Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink. –Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it. – A conversation between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill
99. Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. – Albert Einstein
100. A man was driving home one evening n realized that it was his daughter’s birthday n he hadn’t bought her a present. He drove to the mall n ran to the toy store n he asked the store manager “How much is that new Barbie in the window?” The Manager replied, “Which one? We hv ‘Barbie goes to the gym’ for: $19.95 ‘Barbie goes to the Ball’ for: $19.95 ‘Barbie goes shopping’ for: $19.95 ‘Barbie goes to the beach’ for: $19.95 ‘Barbie goes to the Nightclub’ for: $19.95 and ‘Divorced Barbie’ for: $375.00″. “Why is Divorced Barbie that expensive, when all the others are $19.95″? “Divorced Barbie comes with Ken’s car, Ken’s House, Ken’s boat, Ken’s dog, Ken’s cat n Ken’s furniture.” – Unknown
May 14, 2009 at 9:40 am |
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an Angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with Angels.
My Angel Guide stopped in front of the First Section and said, ‘This Is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to GOD said in prayer are Received.’
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many Angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the Second Section.
The Angel then said to me, ‘This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them.’
I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the Door of a very small station To my great surprise, only an Angel seated there, idly doing nothing. ‘This is the Acknowledgment Section,’ My Angel Guide quietly admitted to me. This Angel seemed so embarrassed ‘How is it that there is no work going on here?’ I asked.
‘So sad,’ the Angel sighed. ‘After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments .’
‘How does one acknowledge GOD’s blessings?’ I asked.
‘Simple,’ the angel answered. Just say, ‘Thank you, GOD.’ ‘What blessings should they acknowledge?’ I asked.
‘If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.’
‘And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.’
‘If you woke up this morning with more health than illness. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.’
‘If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation. You are ahead of 700 million people in the world.’
‘If you can go to Church, Mosque, Temple or any place of worship without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world.’
‘If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you’re unique to all those in doubt and despair.’
‘If your parents are still alive and still married.. you are very rare and belong to the lucky minority’
OK! Now what? How can I start?
You just received a double blessing. You are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all. Have a good day.
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13th May 2009
To : The Acknowledge Dept.
Dear GOD,
‘Thanks for giving us the ability to share this message with so many people.
Earthlings
June 3, 2009 at 11:46 am |
Ken asked his wife Barbie what she’d like for her birthday.
“I’d love to be eight again.” Barbie replied.
So on the morning of Barbie’s birthday, Ken arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Coco Pops, and then took her off to the local theme park.
What a day! Ken said and put Barbie on every ride in the park: the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster Roller Coaster, every thing there was. Five hours later Barbie staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down.
Right away, Barbie and Ken journeyed to McDonald’s where Ken ordered themselves Happy Meals with extra fries and a refreshing chocolate shake. Then it was off to the movies: the latest Star Wars epic, a hot dog, popcorn, all the Coke Barbie could drink, and got Barbie’s favorite lolly and M&M’s.
What a fabulous adventure it was! Finally Barbie wobbled home with Ken and collapsed into bed exhausted. Ken leaned over his precious wife Barbie with a big smile and lovingly asked, Well, Dear, what was it like being eight again?”
Barbie’s eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. “I meant my dress size! The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he’s bound to get it wrong.
June 8, 2009 at 2:08 pm |
1. My father used to play with my brother n me in the yard. Mother wud come out n say, “You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys.” -Harmon Killebrew
2. He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, n let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budington Kelland
3. A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. -Unknown
4. Father! to God himself we cannot give a holier name. -William Wordsworth
5. Love n fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. -Joseph Joubert
6. One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters. -George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
7. Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! -Lydia M. Child, Philothea: Romance 1836
8. A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. -Enid Bagnold
9. Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. -Ruth E. Renkel
10. A father carries pictures where his money used to be. -Unknown
11. The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey n begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road. -Angelo Patri
12. My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of a half a century. -Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
13. It is much easier to become a father than to be one. -Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man
14. The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering-galleries, they are clearly heard at the end n by posterity. -Jean Paul Richter
15. Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. -Unknown
16. The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad! -Unknown
17. I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example n a happy twinkling in my heart. -Adabella Radici
18. Two little girls, on their way home from Sunday school, were solemnly discussing the lesson. “Do you believe there is a devil?” asked one. “No,” said the other promptly. “It’s like Santa Claus: it’s your father.” -Ladies’ Home Journal, quoted in 2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers n Raconteurs by Edward F. Murphy
19. Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. -Unknown
20. Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later… that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.
-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
21. Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. -Gloria Naylor
22. Sons are for fathers the twice-told tale. -Victoria Secunda, Women n Their Fathers, 1992
23. Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren’t through being children -Cindy Garner
24. Fathers represent another way of looking at life – the possibility of an alternative dialogue. -Louise J. Kaplan, Oneness n Separateness: Fm Infant to Individual, 1978
25. There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, n gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. -John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery
26. There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus. -Unknown
27. Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. -Bill Cosby
28. When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. -Mark Twain, “Old Times on the Mississippi” Atlantic Monthly, 1874
29. “He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.” – Richard Steele: 17th-18th century English playwrighter
30. A butcher saw a LAWYER passin his shop one day, n asked him: Sir, what wud you do if a dog came in and stole your meat? LAWYER replied: why? of course, I’ll make the owner pay for it! The butcher said: If that is so, you owe me $15 becos it is your dog. LAWYER replied: very well, just deduct $15 from the $25 u owe me for this advice, I’ll collect the remaining $10 the next time I pass by.
31. A young boy walks into a Post Office n sees a baldman standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle n sprays scent all over them. Boy goes up to the man n asks; what he is doing. The man says, “I’m sending out Valentine cards signed, “Guess who?” “But why?” Asked the young guy. “I’m a divorce lawyer,” said the baldman.
32. “Character cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision be cleared, ambition insured and success achieved.” – Helen Keller
33. “Education is the Manifestation of the Perfection that is already in Man” – Swami Vivekananda
34. “If the legal system is unjust and when laws are not fairly enforced, Government officials will be complacent and Evil doing will abound” – Old Chinese saying
35. An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind. – Mohandas K Gandhi
36. Conscience is the chamber of justice. – Origen
37. In the faces of men and women I see God. – Walt Whitman
38. All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. THEY CAN’T. – George /Benard Shaw
39. What passes for woman’s intuition is often nothing more than man’s transparency. – George Jean Nathan
40. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. – Winston Churchill
June 8, 2009 at 2:39 pm |
1. Alice Walker: And so our mothers n grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see — or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read
2. Amy Tan: Whenever I’m with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines
3. Annie Sullivan: Children require guidance n sympathy far more than instruction
4. Ariel n Will Durant: The family is the nucleus of civilization
5. Aristotle: Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own
6. Chinese proverb: One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade
7. Colette: Life is nothing but a series of crosses for us mothers
8. Elaine Heffner: Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women’s opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering
9. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Women know the way to rear up children (to be just) they know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes n stringing pretty words that make no sense
10. Elizabeth Kenny: My mother used to say, “He who angers you, conquers you!” But my mother was a saint
11. Florida Scott-Maxwell: No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement
12. Golda Meir: At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent
13. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much
14. Jane Welsh Carlyle: Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother
15. Jill Bensley: The most effective form of birth control I know is spending the day with my kids
16. Margaret Sanger: When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race
17. Margaret Sanger: A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.
18. Marilyn French: To nourish children n raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons
19. Maureen Hawkins: Before you were conceived I wanted you before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life
20. Michael Levine: Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist
21. Nancy Friday: Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still
22. Pamela Glenconner:
Bitter are the tears of a child: Sweeten them
Deep are the thoughts of a child: Quiet them
Sharp is the grief of a child: Take it from him
Soft is the heart of a child: Do not harden it
23. Tenneva Jordan: A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie
24. Theodore Hesburgh: The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
By Walt Haskins from Lahaina, Hawaii
25. Walt Haskins: Our tolerance for those that are different is a stepping-stone to realizing that there is nothing to tolerate. Mankind’s differences should be welcomed as greatest strengths
26. Albert Einstein: Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted..
27. Confucius: If you always DO what you always DID then you will always GET what you always GOT
28. Mahatma Ghandi: The true function of a lawyer is to unite parties riven asunder
29. Woodrow Wilson: A dispute is a problem to be solved, together, rather than a combat to be won
30. A couple is reading the paper, the wife says: This article on overpopulation of the world says that somewhere in the world there is a woman having a baby every four seconds! Her husband not to appear uninterested said; I think they ought to find that woman and stop her!
31. Harold MacMillan – Most elderly people know what it is to be young n ignorant; but not one young person knows what it is to be old n wise
32. Make your VOW today, Pay Later – To many, the marriage vows are a series of trick questions needing to be figured out later, may be
33. Walt Haskins – When money talks, no translator is needed regardless of where you are.
34. Robert A. Heinlein – Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
35. Robert Frost – A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
36. W. L. George – Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with intuition, with a capacity to correlate cause and effect much as a dog connects its collar with a walk.
37. Helen M. Winslow: Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive nervous systems.
38. PJ O’Rourke: People like pets to possess the same qualities as they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are meant for the fun of it.
39. Harold Nicolson: We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
40. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
August 17, 2009 at 3:40 pm |
I was testing children in my church Sunday school to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.
I asked them, ‘If I sold my house n my car, had a big jumble sale n gave all my money to this Church, would that get me into heaven? ”NO!’ the children answered.
‘If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden n kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?’
Again, the answer was ‘No!’ By now I was starting to smile. ‘Well, then, if I was kind to animals n gave sweeties to all the children n loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?’
Again, they all answered ‘No!’. I was just bursting with pride for them. I continued, ‘ Then how can I get into heaven? ‘A six year-old boy shouted out” YUV GOTTA BE DEAD..
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT !
August 25, 2009 at 5:32 pm |
Flirting is something that everyone does and it seems to be a natural human thing to do. But when you are married and flirting, then it is an entirely different ball game.
You need to learn to recognize when you’re feeling seriously tempted by another person.
Remember that you are now doing something that would hurt your partner if he knew about it.
Be careful with people who are married or attached.
Most people in long-term relationships can cope with some admiration, and may even benefit from knowing that others find them or their partners attractive. Some, however, are less tolerant of flirtatious behavior, and it is important to be alert to signs of discomfort or distress.
Men have a tendency to mistake friendly behavior for sexual flirting because they tend to see the world in more sexual terms than women.
Women are naturally more socially skilled than men, better at interpreting people’s behavior and responding appropriately.
You keep your mobile to hand day and night just in case your boyfriend answers it or tries to read your texts.
You click off your e-mail account when he enters the room.
If you can’t imagine calling a halt to what you’re doing, then you’re in serious trouble.