Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sgt Damon's Art: Hello Everyone
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
US national swimmer dies in overseas race
By RON TODT Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Fran Crippen, a medal-winning open-water swimmer on the U.S. national team, told his coach he wasn’t feeling well late in a race before he died in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.
The 26-year-old from a family of prominent swimmers in suburban Philadelphia was competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah, south of Dubai, but failed to finish and was found in the water two hours later, according to Swimming World.
The magazine said the water temperature was in the mid- to high-80s, and several swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion after the race.
Swimmers were the first to respond when Crippen failed to arrive at the finish. Several returned to the water to search for him and were soon followed by a dive team. Crippen’s body was found just before the last buoy on the 2-kilometer triangular course, race organizers said.
He was rushed to shore and transported to Fujairah Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
FINA President Julio Maglione of Uruguay said he was told that after eight kilometers Crippen told his coach that he wasn’t feeling well.
“He continued and he was found in the deep of the water,” Maglione said from Acapulco, Mexico, where he was attending Olympic meetings.
Crippen’s family is well-known in the swimming world. Maddy Crippen swam for Villanova and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Claire Crippen was an NCAA All-American at Virginia, and Teresa Crippen currently swims for the University of Florida and is a member of the U.S. national team
“He was our hero,” said Maddy Crippen, reached at her parents’ home in Conshohocken. “We loved him very much, and we’ll all miss him.”
Maglione said it was the first death in any FINA event.
“It’s like (what) happens sometimes in soccer, in basketball, in other sports. In one moment, one athlete dies,” he said.
Maglione said FINA has opened an investigation.
“All was under strict rules that exist in our competition. All was absolutely correct,” he said. “It was an accident, a terrible accident.”
In addition to Crippen, Maglione said three other swimmers - two U.S. women and one Brazilian - were taken to a hospital.
“They are not in any kind of problem,” he said.
Eva Fabian of Keene, N.H., Christine Jennings of Longmont, Colo., and Alex Meyer of Ithaca, N.Y., also competed in the meet.
Competitors all described the conditions as unusually hot, but would not comment about Crippen’s death.
“These are very hot conditions for swimming,” said Thomas Lurz of Germany, who won the men’s race.
Evgeny Drattsev of Russia, who came in second, admitted he had never competed in such warm conditions before.
“The water was really hot and it was a kind of new experience for me here,” he said.
Crippen’s death has raised the possibility that a 15-kilometer open-water grand prix that is supposed to be held at the same venue Wednesday could be canceled.
Ahmed al-Falasi, president of the UAE Swimming Federation, said the organizing committee will meet Sunday to decide how to proceed.
USA Swimming said coaches, athletes, members and employees were “deeply saddened” by Crippen’s death.
“Fran was a champion swimmer but more importantly, a tremendous person, and he will be remembered for so many extraordinary qualities,” the organization said in a statement. “We will continue to work with FINA, the meet host and others to determine how this tragedy occurred.”
The U.S. Olympic Committee said, “We send our condolences and deepest sympathies to the Crippen family as well as to our entire swimming community. While details of this tragedy are still forthcoming, we shall keep this outstanding young athlete and his family in our thoughts and prayers.”
Crippen attended Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa., and swam for the University of Virginia.
He was the silver medalist in the 10k at the Pan Pacific championships in August, earned a bronze medal in the 10k at the 2009 world championships, was national champion in the 5k in 2009, and won a gold medal in the 10K at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Germantown Academy swimming coach Richard Shoulberg recalled how Crippen sacrificed his own time at this year’s Pan Pacific meet by turning around during the race and swimming toward a teammate, Alex Myers, who had fallen behind and appeared to be in trouble.
“He went back to help him until the Jet Ski with the first-aid guys got there,” Shoulberg said. “He just missed winning by a hand.”
Shoulberg said Crippen called him from Dubai recently, and talked about the Philadelphia Phillies’ playoff run and his plans to visit Italy with his girlfriend. Crippen also told him the water was 87 degrees and the air temperature was around 100 degrees, Shoulberg said.
But he also said Crippen had swum in water as cool as 62 degrees. “That’s the nature of the sport, and he knew that,” Shoulberg said.
Crippen finished fourth in the 10k and fifth in the 5k at this year’s world championships. He competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials.
On his Facebook page, he posted Thursday that he was “in Dubai for the final World Cup of the season and then off to Italy for vacation!”
The page now has many messages of condolence from friends and fellow swimmers.
“Fran you will be missed you were the best of the best,” said 2000 Olympic silver medalist Kristy Kowal.
AP Sports Writers Stephen Wilson in Acapulco and Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Fran Crippen swims in the Men's 400m Freestyle B-Final at the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships at the Indiana State University Natatorium.
Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images
Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images
The 26-year-old from a family of prominent swimmers in suburban Philadelphia was competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah, south of Dubai, but failed to finish and was found in the water two hours later, according to Swimming World.
The magazine said the water temperature was in the mid- to high-80s, and several swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion after the race.
Swimmers were the first to respond when Crippen failed to arrive at the finish. Several returned to the water to search for him and were soon followed by a dive team. Crippen’s body was found just before the last buoy on the 2-kilometer triangular course, race organizers said.
He was rushed to shore and transported to Fujairah Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
FINA President Julio Maglione of Uruguay said he was told that after eight kilometers Crippen told his coach that he wasn’t feeling well.
“He continued and he was found in the deep of the water,” Maglione said from Acapulco, Mexico, where he was attending Olympic meetings.
Crippen’s family is well-known in the swimming world. Maddy Crippen swam for Villanova and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Claire Crippen was an NCAA All-American at Virginia, and Teresa Crippen currently swims for the University of Florida and is a member of the U.S. national team
“He was our hero,” said Maddy Crippen, reached at her parents’ home in Conshohocken. “We loved him very much, and we’ll all miss him.”
Maglione said it was the first death in any FINA event.
“It’s like (what) happens sometimes in soccer, in basketball, in other sports. In one moment, one athlete dies,” he said.
Maglione said FINA has opened an investigation.
“All was under strict rules that exist in our competition. All was absolutely correct,” he said. “It was an accident, a terrible accident.”
In addition to Crippen, Maglione said three other swimmers - two U.S. women and one Brazilian - were taken to a hospital.
“They are not in any kind of problem,” he said.
Eva Fabian of Keene, N.H., Christine Jennings of Longmont, Colo., and Alex Meyer of Ithaca, N.Y., also competed in the meet.
Competitors all described the conditions as unusually hot, but would not comment about Crippen’s death.
“These are very hot conditions for swimming,” said Thomas Lurz of Germany, who won the men’s race.
Evgeny Drattsev of Russia, who came in second, admitted he had never competed in such warm conditions before.
“The water was really hot and it was a kind of new experience for me here,” he said.
Crippen’s death has raised the possibility that a 15-kilometer open-water grand prix that is supposed to be held at the same venue Wednesday could be canceled.
Ahmed al-Falasi, president of the UAE Swimming Federation, said the organizing committee will meet Sunday to decide how to proceed.
USA Swimming said coaches, athletes, members and employees were “deeply saddened” by Crippen’s death.
“Fran was a champion swimmer but more importantly, a tremendous person, and he will be remembered for so many extraordinary qualities,” the organization said in a statement. “We will continue to work with FINA, the meet host and others to determine how this tragedy occurred.”
The U.S. Olympic Committee said, “We send our condolences and deepest sympathies to the Crippen family as well as to our entire swimming community. While details of this tragedy are still forthcoming, we shall keep this outstanding young athlete and his family in our thoughts and prayers.”
Crippen attended Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa., and swam for the University of Virginia.
He was the silver medalist in the 10k at the Pan Pacific championships in August, earned a bronze medal in the 10k at the 2009 world championships, was national champion in the 5k in 2009, and won a gold medal in the 10K at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Germantown Academy swimming coach Richard Shoulberg recalled how Crippen sacrificed his own time at this year’s Pan Pacific meet by turning around during the race and swimming toward a teammate, Alex Myers, who had fallen behind and appeared to be in trouble.
“He went back to help him until the Jet Ski with the first-aid guys got there,” Shoulberg said. “He just missed winning by a hand.”
Shoulberg said Crippen called him from Dubai recently, and talked about the Philadelphia Phillies’ playoff run and his plans to visit Italy with his girlfriend. Crippen also told him the water was 87 degrees and the air temperature was around 100 degrees, Shoulberg said.
But he also said Crippen had swum in water as cool as 62 degrees. “That’s the nature of the sport, and he knew that,” Shoulberg said.
Crippen finished fourth in the 10k and fifth in the 5k at this year’s world championships. He competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials.
On his Facebook page, he posted Thursday that he was “in Dubai for the final World Cup of the season and then off to Italy for vacation!”
The page now has many messages of condolence from friends and fellow swimmers.
“Fran you will be missed you were the best of the best,” said 2000 Olympic silver medalist Kristy Kowal.
AP Sports Writers Stephen Wilson in Acapulco and Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Friday, November 5th "Homes For Our Troop/HBCA" Go...
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Friday, November 5th "Homes For Our Troop/HBCA" Go...: "Friday, November 5th 'Homes For Our Troop/HBCA' Golf TournamentTurtleCreek Golf Club in Rockledge, Florida, Registration 7:30 'Homes for Ou..."
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Sunday, November 14th 'Homes For Our Troops' Poker...
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Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Third Annual AUSA Space Coast Chapter Veterans Day...
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Third Annual AUSA Space Coast Chapter Veterans Day...: " Saturday, November 6th at Baytree National Golf Links in Suntree, Florida"
Two way mirrors - "No space, leave the place"
Can you tell when you are in a hotel room, restroom, motel, fitting room, dance club etc. with a mirror whether it is in fact a mirror or 2-way glass?
Here's how:
Here's how:
I thought it was quite interesting! And I know in about 30 seconds you're going do what I did and find the nearest mirror...
Do you know how to determine if a mirror is 2-way or not? This is not to scare you, but to make you aware. A policewoman who travels all over the U.S. and gives seminars and techniques for businesswomen passed this on. When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror (i.e., they can see you, but you can't see them)? There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at? Just conduct this simple test:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, FOR IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR!
"No Space, Leave the Place" So remember, every time you see a Mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you anything.
Remember: "No Space, Leave the Place"
Ladies: Share this with your girlfriends, sisters, daughters, etc.
Men: Share this with your wives, daughters, daughters-in-law, mothers, girlfriends and friends
Author John Walker's review of 'Serranto's Redemption'
Thank you so much, Mr. John Walker, for your insightful and detailed review of my latest novel:
(Please check out John's website a http://www.sanctuaryinthedarkness.com)
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Serranto's Redemption (Breaking Out Series, Book Two)
by Carol Gambill
This powerful sequel to Once Wild has Nick Serranto attending his beloved wife’s funeral under heavy police guard. Two years later, Nick is an emotionally burned-out, chain-smoking, hard-drinking shell of a man, working as an enforcer and hit-man for his vicious older brother, Cal.
The uneasy balance and fragile structure in the top echelons of this crime family are a time-bomb waiting to explode.
This story has a sharp narrative and biting dialogue between the amoral characters. Gangster crime thrillers are thick on the ground, but Carol Gambill’s Breaking Out Series are among the best of the new wave, a compelling study of how crime can become a way of life and the corrosive effect it has on loyalty, even loyalty to family, breeding paranoia.
Being exploited as little more that hired muscle and an exterminator, Nick Serranto leads a shadowy existence of rage, violence, intimidation, self-loathing and regret, evident in his dealings with criminals, corrupt cops and women he uses and discards.
How do you break from a particular way of life if it’s all that you know, especially when the peer pressure comes from your own family?
It’s easy to imagine Nick in his twilight years, much like the embittered character Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino in The Godfather Part 3, as he says: “Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in!”
However, as Nick discovers, no matter how dark the present, the future always holds hope of love and redemption. Life is full of surprises, twists and turns, and our saviors can come from the mostly unlikely places.
(Please check out John's website a http://www.sanctuaryinthedarkness.com)
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Serranto's Redemption (Breaking Out Series, Book Two)
by Carol Gambill
This powerful sequel to Once Wild has Nick Serranto attending his beloved wife’s funeral under heavy police guard. Two years later, Nick is an emotionally burned-out, chain-smoking, hard-drinking shell of a man, working as an enforcer and hit-man for his vicious older brother, Cal.
The uneasy balance and fragile structure in the top echelons of this crime family are a time-bomb waiting to explode.
This story has a sharp narrative and biting dialogue between the amoral characters. Gangster crime thrillers are thick on the ground, but Carol Gambill’s Breaking Out Series are among the best of the new wave, a compelling study of how crime can become a way of life and the corrosive effect it has on loyalty, even loyalty to family, breeding paranoia.
Being exploited as little more that hired muscle and an exterminator, Nick Serranto leads a shadowy existence of rage, violence, intimidation, self-loathing and regret, evident in his dealings with criminals, corrupt cops and women he uses and discards.
How do you break from a particular way of life if it’s all that you know, especially when the peer pressure comes from your own family?
It’s easy to imagine Nick in his twilight years, much like the embittered character Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino in The Godfather Part 3, as he says: “Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in!”
However, as Nick discovers, no matter how dark the present, the future always holds hope of love and redemption. Life is full of surprises, twists and turns, and our saviors can come from the mostly unlikely places.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Scammed into believing "sea-turtles going extinct" were poachers
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/seaturtles.asp
Yes, I was scammed into believing the most recent post of "sea-turtles going extinct" was poachers stealing eggs from a Costa Rica Beach. This goes to show you how people can be so blinded, mislead to the truth with the presumed evidence right before their eyes. Damn it, that is the way wars start just by assumption and propaganda!
Yes, I was scammed into believing the most recent post of "sea-turtles going extinct" was poachers stealing eggs from a Costa Rica Beach. This goes to show you how people can be so blinded, mislead to the truth with the presumed evidence right before their eyes. Damn it, that is the way wars start just by assumption and propaganda!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Manasota Operation Troop Support
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Manasota Operation Troop Support: "A thank you and call for help from the Manasota Operation Troop Support in Manasota Florida. They have been working diligently to help get..."
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): 'Welcome Home' party, Oct 16th at 2:00 pm, for thr...
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): 'Welcome Home' party, Oct 16th at 2:00 pm, for thr...: " Mark your calendars! 'Welcome Home' party, Oct 16th at 2:00 pm, for three of our recently returned local soldiers who have been deployed t..."
Monday, October 11, 2010
PERFECT PEACE by Matthew Maher, September 24, 2010
September 24, 2010
PERFECT PEACE
I'm content and I'm right where I need to be. I honestly cannot complain about a single thing since I have been incarcerated and I am thankful daily for God's abundant grace, peace, mercy, and love. Incarcerated, but still purpose driven; I refuse to let my mind and spirit to be confined like my body.
We are blessed to have such developed minds that we are able to think for ourselves. We are comforted with the gift of the Helper (John 14:16) the Spirit of the Lord, who is always with us in every circumstance. How we use the former, depends on if we receive the latter.
I once heard someone say, "You have to have a plan! If you don't know where you're going, how can you expect to get there?" Well, in response to that, I have no clue where I'm going and I am not worried one bit how I'm gonna get there. I know that I'm right where I need to be (my body), and if I continue to trust in the Lord and lean not on my own understanding (by my mind), He will direct my steps (by the Spirit).
My plan is to "Remain Still" and to be led by the Helper; and when I get there, I'll be right where I need to be. I would be foolish if I were not planning for the future, but I would be an even bigger fool if my planning was not involving God at the center. I am incarcerated and I will be so for a good while, but I am content because I'm right where I need to be.
~His purpose for my life, my assignment, is bigger than my confinement~
Sunday, October 10, 2010
GOT FEAR? by Mathew Maher
September 22, 2010
GOT FEAR?
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7). Fear of anything can have a distressing and anguished affect on our lives when we allow it to overcome us. It will influence our decision making, alter our outlook, and cause undue stress and anxiety. But the fear spoken of in this verse is talking about having a reverence and utmost respect to God; for He is all knowing, and powerful, and is all-present.
The "fear of the Lord" is submitting to His will and trusting Him for the unknown. Yet we still fear what lies ahead, having apprehension in uncertainty. Essentially, we fear what our God already knows. Coming to a place like prison, or any unfamiliar situation, brings about this fear caused by uncertainty, this fear of the unknown. The unknown in life keeps us either trusting or stressing. When we fully trust, we do so because we know God is in complete control; and vice versa; when we stress, we have an uneasy anticipation and dread of the future.
The latter of these two is more common. Had we known certain things in our lives would happen before they did, there would be no point in having faith. We don't know the future so that faith can bring us to and through the humanly unknown; believing entirely that God already knows and has us in His Heavenly plan. Easier said than done? Well, had I come into prison with fear as my guidance instead of faith, I would have succumbed to the unknown by giving up or giving in to my environment. Likewise, had I come into this situation already knowing what was ahead, I would have relied completely on myself, and self always lets us down.
When we think we know what is next in our life or what we are supposed to do, we are edging God out (EGO), trying to figure things out on our own. We have this unknown so that we can place all faith in God; fearing Him and submitting to Him, not to the unknown.
I am humbled to not know what lies ahead, (nor do I want to know), because it is in that awareness that fearing the Lord brings understanding; all understanding depends on knowledge of God. I know He is in control, so I would rather have the "fear of the Lord" then to dread what lies ahead.
My clarification: Combine what I know about the Lord (His sovereignty and strength), with not fearing the ledge of the unknown and here in begins true knowledge. "Fear not, for I am with you...." Isaiah 41:10
Saturday, October 9, 2010
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Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Welcome home for local soldiers
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Welcome home for local soldiers: "Mark your calendars! There will be a Welcome Home party for 3 of our local soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Next S..."
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): JC Penny helping returning vets transition
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Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Homes for Our Troops/ HBCA Golf Tournament - Nov 5...
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Homes for Our Troops/ HBCA Golf Tournament - Nov 5...: "Well it is set, we are on again for the Homes for Our Troops/ HBCA Golf Tournament. Nothing has changed except the date which is now Novembe..."
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Florida Veteran's Network (FL Vet-Net): Sentinel's of Freedom Poker Run
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Wrath and Remembrance by John Walker
"Love It"
This book distinguishes an author who is ingeniously creative with character development and storytelling, taking the reader to another facet completely. Jack Parrish comes to life, bringing a character that one can completely relate to. One will easily associate the ups and downs of Jack’s life.
It is best put from another reviewer that mentions the storyline as “being like a fly on the wall”.
You’ll come to love Jack and discern him as though he were a brother--a pal. You’ll become intimate with his friends and even know how Jack thinks. His likes and dislikes keep him close to your bosom while an ever-changing tale unfolds before your eyes. The complex level of Jack’s personality also sucks one into another realm while embodying the reader with Jack’s inner soul. You’ll begin to live as Jack. That’s true writing.
The author eloquently writes with a soft, calming voice that tells of Jack, his good friends and everyone that touches Jack’s life in someway or another, and for very good reason. It makes Jack who he is and who he inevitably becomes.
I have to admit that I was mortified when Jack had lost everything near and dear to him, especially after overcoming so much up to that point. But through it all, I witnessed Jack find truth, contentment and love.
If you wish to take a lifetime journey with a good friend, however narrow and twisting that path traveled becomes, I recommend ‘Wrath and Remembrance’…but then again, I believe that journey will only be the beginning…
This book distinguishes an author who is ingeniously creative with character development and storytelling, taking the reader to another facet completely. Jack Parrish comes to life, bringing a character that one can completely relate to. One will easily associate the ups and downs of Jack’s life.
It is best put from another reviewer that mentions the storyline as “being like a fly on the wall”.
You’ll come to love Jack and discern him as though he were a brother--a pal. You’ll become intimate with his friends and even know how Jack thinks. His likes and dislikes keep him close to your bosom while an ever-changing tale unfolds before your eyes. The complex level of Jack’s personality also sucks one into another realm while embodying the reader with Jack’s inner soul. You’ll begin to live as Jack. That’s true writing.
The author eloquently writes with a soft, calming voice that tells of Jack, his good friends and everyone that touches Jack’s life in someway or another, and for very good reason. It makes Jack who he is and who he inevitably becomes.
I have to admit that I was mortified when Jack had lost everything near and dear to him, especially after overcoming so much up to that point. But through it all, I witnessed Jack find truth, contentment and love.
If you wish to take a lifetime journey with a good friend, however narrow and twisting that path traveled becomes, I recommend ‘Wrath and Remembrance’…but then again, I believe that journey will only be the beginning…
Friday, October 1, 2010
YOUR JOB IS A SELF PORTRAIT - Matthew Maher
September 8, 2010
YOUR JOB IS A SELF PORTRAIT
I'm thinking about putting in for a job change here in prison. This morning may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. I would be sacrificing a good job as a teacher's assistant to become a tier sanitation worker. There are about 7 tier sanitation guys, and maybe 2 of them clean every morning. By cleaning, I mean sweeping the floor for about 3 minutes and then mopping the dust and dirt for about 5 minutes, making their actual work time a total of 8 minutes-- compared to my 6 hour-a-day job up in the classroom.
Now, I spend close to 18 hours a day on the tier, which is my home-- temporarily yes-but, it's my home nonetheless. I guess I refuse to allow the place where I lay my head to only be cleaned up for 10 minutes a day. I'm no custodian, but my mother taught me the importance of keeping your house in order, and I know how to take pride in a job, whether it is assisting in the classroom or cleaning toilets. In prison, jobs give you responsibility in hopes that you will learn the importance of hard work and dutiful living.
Unfortunately, the "piece of prison mentality" is that most guys don't look at work as a building block upon release, but rather view it as a burden while incarcerated. Trust me, I'm not doing it for the $1.45 a day pay, but I want to lead by example. Many aren't gonna like this, because hygiene is the last thing they think about, but every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
Sunday is my deceased brother's birthday....he passed at age 28, and would have been 33. The next 4 days are his...I miss him earthly, but thankful for him Heavenly.
Matt Maher Story TEAM recorded Webinar meeting
Here is our first Matt Maher Story TEAM recorded Webinar meeting---with a little added "bling" for your listening enjoyment. As you can see----the "bling" wears off partway through the video (sheer exhaustion?) but then resumes again for a strong finish!
We are so excited that you are joining with us to help spread this story! This Webinar explains the different teams in place and the various opportunities available to get involved! If you have any questions at all, please e-mail Kristie or Jesse at iamthatguy11@gmail.com
God bless!
Kristie and Jesse
We are so excited that you are joining with us to help spread this story! This Webinar explains the different teams in place and the various opportunities available to get involved! If you have any questions at all, please e-mail Kristie or Jesse at iamthatguy11@gmail.com
God bless!
Kristie and Jesse
Matt Maher Story TEAM Webinar from Kristie on Vimeo.
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About Me
- Author Carol Gambill
- I like to think my novels are overpowered by one thing that we all need to survive, let alone breathe; and that is love -- a touch, an emotion that makes life seemingly bearable and worthwhile. For we all know, in life there is both pleasure and pain but it is in the hurting where we finally acknowledge and appreciate the life given. Every element of who we are is stripped away, exposing what we are truly made of. In the end, we're finally able to find happiness, love, and most importantly, ourselves. It is so basic, so simple, we choose not to see it, or simply can’t.
Accept both pleasure and pain and embrace them.... be mindful however of the one embraced tightly. Make the best of both.
Remember if you veer from that road less traveled, take your dreams, hold tight and press on... no matter how treacherous or tormenting the path may be.
