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[BamaProud]

Danz,I'm so sorry to hear about your Mother. I know everything so hard to deal with at this and everything seems to make it that much worse.We are all praying for you and your family and keeping you in our prayers.Things are hard now but your mom has a wonderful daughter that really loves her and I know that you will do what is best for her.

 

[BamaProud]

A very touching story:

Kyle's Story


As told by his best friend:

One day, when I was a freshman in high school,
I saw a kid from my class was walking home from
school. His name was Kyle.

It looked like he was carrying all of his
books.

I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home
all his books on a Friday?

He must really be a nerd."

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a
football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon),
so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running
toward him.

They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his
arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His
glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the
grass about ten feet from him

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in
his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged
over to him and as he crawled around looking for his
glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.

As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys
are jerks. They really should get lives.?

He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was
a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles
that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his
books, and asked him where he lived.

As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him
why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone
to private school before now. I would have never
hung out with a private school kid before.

We talked all the way home, and I carried some of
his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I
asked him if he wanted to play a little football
with my friends. He said yes.

We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know
Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends
thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the
huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said,
"Boy, you are gonna really build some serious
muscles with this pile of books everyday!

" He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best
friends. When we were seniors, we began to think
about college.

Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to
Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that
the miles would never be a problem.

He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for
business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him
all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a
speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me
having to get up there and speak

Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great.

He was one of those guys that really found himself
during high school. He filled out and actually
looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had
and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was
jealous! Today was one of those days.

I could see that he was nervous about his speech.
So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big
guy, you'll be great!"

He looked at me with one of those looks (the
really grateful one) and smiled.

" Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he
cleared his throat, and began

"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped
you make it through those tough years.

Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe
a coach...but mostly your friends...

I am here to tell all of you that being a
friend to someone is the best gift you can give
them.

I am going to tell you a story."

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he
told the story of the first day we met.

He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.

He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so
his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was
carrying his stuff home.

He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.

"Thankfully, I was saved.

My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this
handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest
moment.

I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling
that same grateful smile.

Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions.

With one small gesture you can change a person's
life.

For better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other's lives to impact
one another in some way.

Look for God in others.

You now have two choices, you can:

1) Pass this on to your friends or

2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your
heart.

As you can see, I took choice number 1.
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when
our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is
history.

Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.

 

[BamaProud]

Welcome to all the new members!Glad you found us here!

 

[MarcAustin]

Okay, got the Pinless Peepers on the 4 meanies-- the 2 barred rocks and the 2 SL Wyandottes. They tried to scratch them off and failed. "

WHat is this ??

 

[MarcAustin]

Hey guys,

Sorry I disappeared into the ether but I'm having some weird computer problem. Haven't been able to post all morning -- haven't even been able to type something in reply, so now that I've gotten this far I have high hopes for success.

The other day when the boards were acting up i found myself unable to type quickly and I assumed it was this site. Later discovered the batteries in my keyboard had drained down. I had forgotten it was wireless and never changed them in 4+ yrs (more of a mouse man). Probably not what's wrong with yours, but just thought I'd share as I felt like such an idiot when i figured it out . . .

 

[sapphireblu76]

Danz- I'm sorry your parents and family are going through this.

My grandparents had/have the same problem. My grandpa worked hard all of his life...for the government, even. First in the Navy, then many, many years at the NIH and even became the director. When grandpa retired, the whole family moved out here, back to my grandparents home state to stay close with them.

Then, several years later, my grandma had a stroke that left her mostly paralyzed on the right side of her body and unable to speak. So my aunt moved in with them. Eventually my grandpa's dementia was to much for my aunt to deal with. The whole family did what they could to help, but eventually my grandparents had to go to a nursing home.

The VA did what little they could, but then their house and most of their belongings, that they worked so hard all of their lives for, had to be sold off just to pay the exorbitant expenses of the nursing home. My family had to BUY the things my grandparents had intended to leave us in their wills, and the items of great sentimental value. We still lost several heirlooms, since their estate had to be sold at auction. My grandfather was furious about that! The system is definitely broken and our elderly are NOT being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

I really do hope things can work out for you all.

 

[Hawkeye95]

WHat is this ??

Chicken Sunglasses??? hehe, I'm kidding. They are "blinders" for chickens (or game birds) that go around picking feathers off others. They are for feather eaters and pickers. My meanies are just pickers, they don't eat the feathers. BUT, they keep on plucking so that the tail feathers can't grow back on my Polish and I'm just tired of it. The Pinless Peepers are not supposed to allow them to see straight in front of them so they can target a feather and pick it. They can still eat and drink and jump on the roosts just fine. My birds all got up on the roosts last night and when I let them out this morning, they were still wearing their Peepers. You just pull them open a bit and they snap into the nostrils. They are pinless because there is a different kind that uses a pin that runs straight through the nostrils to secure them on. But I read these are just as effective at staying on. So far so good-- and the hen that got hers off yesterday, I don't think I got it on very well anyway. They handled it very well and didn't seem bothered by the Peepers.

 

[HEChicken]

Do you need to leave them on permanently or is the idea to break the habit and then try them without again?

 

[Ivywoods]

Hawkeye-Glad you got yor peepers on your pickers. I could go a lot farther with that statement, but I'll spare ya'all.

Terrible night at work. Sometimes I wish people who are unhappy with where they are would do something about it rather than expect everyone else to solve their problems for them. Then my DH come home few hours later and tells me about MORE people being totally out of line and then I couldn't get back to sleep. 2 1/2 hours of sleep so I'm going to be tired tonight. Okay, enough of my ranting and raving.

I have some chicks for sale if anyone is interested. Black copper marans, Lavender and wheaten ameraucanas, seramas and golden lakenvelders. PM me if you are interested.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Do you need to leave them on permanently or is the idea to break the habit and then try them without again?

Yeah, you can leave them on indefinitely. I'll leave them on as long as they stay on. I think it's so ingrained in these girls to pick feathers, that I'll leave them on for good. I suppose if they fell off in 6 months-- I'd see if they are still attacking the others. If not, then I'd leave them alone. You just pull back on them a bit to take them off. They can be reused. But they are cheap if they break, so I'm not too worried about it.

Hawkeye-Glad you got yor peepers on your pickers. I could go a lot farther with that statement, but I'll spare ya'all.

Terrible night at work. Sometimes I wish people who are unhappy with where they are would do something about it rather than expect everyone else to solve their problems for them. Then my DH come home few hours later and tells me about MORE people being totally out of line and then I couldn't get back to sleep. 2 1/2 hours of sleep so I'm going to be tired tonight. Okay, enough of my ranting and raving.

I have some chicks for sale if anyone is interested. Black copper marans, Lavender and wheaten ameraucanas, seramas and golden lakenvelders. PM me if you are interested.

Punch drunk funny this morning?? hehe!! Sounds like you are operating on next to nothing of sleep. I'd love to have the BCM, but I think I'll not give my DH a heart attack by getting any more birds. ha! I bet you won't have any problems selling any of those-- people are always looking for them. I hope your work situation gets worked out. And yeah, I never understood the coworkers that had to make life miserable for everyone else just because they were unhappy. You know that song-- "Ain't nothing going to break my stride, Nobody's gonna slow me down, Oh No, I got to keep on movin'!" It's kind of my summer anthem when the sun is out and I feel unstoppable and happy.

More people need to get on that bandwagon and quit bothering others and not let other's bother them. I used to have this best friend for years and years and if you were happy, she'd find a reason to stir up trouble. It took me a long time to realize what she was doing, don't even know if she realized it either. Maybe, though. I finally quit doing things with her and realized I was a lot happier without her. Even though I was sad about losing my best friend, it was worth not having drama in my life.