Hi joyce, thanks for the continued updates.
Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]>; "Duffy Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:14 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Update on Frank > > I just talked to Marilyn. Frank had another surgery this morning. He > came > through it fine. She said he actually drank a little bit of water this > afternoon. We'll all just pray for his continuing healing. I'll let you > all know as I hear anything else. > Joyce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Roann > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:05 PM > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Subject: handygirl A baby's hug > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cathy byatt > To: Roann > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 3:33 PM > Subject: FW: A baby's hug > > -------Original Message------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: A baby's hug > > We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a > high chair and noticed everyone was quietly sitting and talking. Suddenly, > Erik squealed with glee and said, 'Hi.' He pounded his fat baby hands on > the > high chair tray. His eyes were crinkled in laughter and his mouth was > bared > in a toothless grin, as he wriggled and giggled with merriment. > > I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man whose > pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of > would-be shoes. His shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and > unwashed. > His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so > varicose it looked like a road map. > > We were too far from him to smell, but I was sure he smelled. His hands > waved and flapped on loose wrists. 'Hi there, baby; hi there, big boy. I > see > ya, buster,' the man said to Erik. > > My husband and I exchanged looks, 'What do we do?' > > Erik continued to laugh and answer, 'Hi.' > > Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. > The > old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby. Our meal came > and > the man began shouting from across the room, 'Do ya patty cake? Do you > know > peek-a-boo? Hey, look, he knows peek- a-boo.' > > Nobody thought the old man was cute. He was obviously drunk. > > My husband and I were embarrassed. We ate in silence; all except for Erik, > who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skid-row bum, who > in > turn, reciprocated with his cute comments. > > We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went > to > pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat > poised between me and the door. 'Lord, just let me out of here before he > speaks to me or Erik,' I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my > back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I > did, Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's > 'pick-me-up' position. Before I could stop him, Erik had propelled himself > from my arms to the man. > > Suddenly a very old smelly man and a very young baby consummated their > love > and kinship. Erik in an act of total trust, love, and submission laid his > tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw > tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands full of grime, pain, and > hard > labor, cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back. No two beings have > ever loved so deeply for so short a time. > > I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Erik in his arms and his > eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, > 'You take care of this baby.' > > Somehow I managed, 'I will,' from a throat that contained a stone. > > He pried Erik from his chest, lovingly and longingly, as though he were in > pain. I received my baby, and the man said, 'God bless you, ma'am, you've > given me my Christmas gift.' > > I said nothing more than a muttered thanks. With Erik in my arms, I ran > for > the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Erik so > tightly, and why I was saying, 'My God, my God, forgive me.' > > I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny > child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a child who saw a soul, and a > mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding > a > child who was not. I felt it was God asking, 'Are you willing to share > your > son for a moment?' when He shared His for all eternity. > > The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me, 'To enter the Kingdom of > God , we must become as little children.' > > If this has blessed you, please bless others by sending it on. Sometimes, > it > takes a child to remind us of what is really important. We must always > remember who we are, where we came from and, most importantly, how we feel > about others. The clothes on your back or the car that you drive or the > house that you live in does not define you at all; it is how you treat > your > fellow man that identifies who you are. > > 'It is better to be liked for the true you, than to be loved for who > people > think you are......' > > ---------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1265 - Release Date: > 07/02/2008 > 11:17 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/message/16754;_ylc=X3oDMTM3ZG0 > wOGNwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARtc2dJZAM > xNjc1NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDcEdHBjSWQDMTY3NTQ-> (1) > Reply (via web post) > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyM3NvZzVsBF9T > Azk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARtc2dJZAMxNjc1NARz > ZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDc-?act=reply&messageNum=16754> | > Start a new topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaDFra2thBF9T > Azk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNu > dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDc-> > Messages > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZnZtYmdy > BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNs > awNtc2dzBHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDc-> | Files > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYzQycWFwBF9 > TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN > maWxlcwRzdGltZQMxMjAyNjg4MzA3> | Photos > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/photos;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNTg2MGFuBF > 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw > NwaG90BHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDc-> | Links > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYXU0b29tBF9 > TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN > saW5rcwRzdGltZQMxMjAyNjg4MzA3> | Database > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/database;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZWNkNXFx > BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNs > awNkYgRzdGltZQMxMjAyNjg4MzA3> | Polls > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJnNXQ0Mms5BF9 > TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN > wb2xscwRzdGltZQMxMjAyNjg4MzA3> | Members > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbGhtb280B > F9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNsa > wNtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzEyMDI2ODgzMDc-> | Calendar > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandygirl/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMmliajRo > BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5MDgxMjkwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA0MjAwMARzZWMDZnRyBHNs > awNjYWwEc3RpbWUDMTIwMjY4ODMwNw--> > Yahoo! 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