----- Original Message -----
From: Tom and Carolyn Lynch
OK, there are only few times that I have ever forwarded anything, thisis cool, ... please slow down for three minutes to read this. It is soworth it Touching words from the mouth of babes. What Love means to a 4-8 year old A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?'The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could haveimagined . See what you think: 'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and painther toenails nymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands gotarthritis too. That's love.' Rebecca- age 8'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. Youjust know that your name is safe in their mouth.' Billy - age 4'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologneand they go out and smell each other.' Karl - age 5 'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your Frenchfries without making them give you any of theirs.' Chrissy - age 6'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.' Terri - age 4 'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sipbefore giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.' Danny - age 7 'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop openingpresents and listen.' Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) 'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend whoyou hate,' Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet) 'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears iteveryday.' Noelle - age 7 'My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissingme to sleep at night.' Clare - age 6 'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' Elaine-age 5'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he ishandsomer than Robert Redford.' Chris - age 7'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him aloneall day.' Mary Ann - age 4 'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her oldclothes and has to go out and buy new ones.' Lauren - age 4 'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little starscome out of you.' (what an image) Karen - age 7 'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. Butif youmean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.' Jessica - age 8 nd the final one The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was anelderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the mancry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climb ed ontohis lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said tothe neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry' When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that Godis all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do issimply say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this.Heavenly Father, please bless all my friends in whatever it is thatYou know they may be needing this day! And may their life be full ofYour peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a closerrelationship with You. Amen.Then send it on to five o ther people, including the one who sent it toyou. Within hours you caused a multitude of people to pray for otherpeople. Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life. P.S. Five is good, but more is better .
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Welcome from our house- Pat Richards Whitehead
Thanks Pat (PHS 1950)!
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia Whitehead
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: 2009-01-06 03:34
Subject: Welcome from Pat Whiteheads House
We are thinking about you today and hoping that things will change in 2009. We all need to put God back into our lives. Our country was founded on "trusting in God".
Am I welcome at your house?
I am leaving the Kegley's house,
now am I welcome at yours?
Receive me with love and
send me to other houses so I can bless them.
Have a blessed day!
I am at the door, I knock. If someone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them
at their table.
Now He is walking to your house. Let Him bless
you and send Him to someone else's house.
Replace my name with your name to show where
He is coming from...
The Lord is my light and my salvation of
whom shall I fear?
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia Whitehead
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: 2009-01-06 03:34
Subject: Welcome from Pat Whiteheads House
We are thinking about you today and hoping that things will change in 2009. We all need to put God back into our lives. Our country was founded on "trusting in God".
Am I welcome at your house?
I am leaving the Kegley's house,
now am I welcome at yours?
Receive me with love and
send me to other houses so I can bless them.
Have a blessed day!
I am at the door, I knock. If someone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them
at their table.
Now He is walking to your house. Let Him bless
you and send Him to someone else's house.
Replace my name with your name to show where
He is coming from...
The Lord is my light and my salvation of
whom shall I fear?
Soon to be Gone- Leswiner
Thanks Les!
Many of our younger citizens remember those who gave so much for us, but relatively few stop to think about it.
God, please continue to bless America.
Sam
SOON TO BE GONE
By A MILITARY DOCTOR
This should be required reading in every
school and college in our country. This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a
medal himself for putting this together. If you choose not to pass it on,
fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.
I am a doctor specializing in the Emergency
Departments of the only two military Level One-Trauma Centers, both in? San
Antonio , TX and they care for civilian Emergencies as well as military
personnel. San Antoniohas the largest military retiree population in the
world living here. As a military doctor, I work long hours and the pay is
less than glamorous. One tends to become jaded by the long hours, lack of
sleep, food, family contact and the endless parade of human suffering
passing before you. The arrival of another ambulance does not mean more pay,
only more work.
Most often, it is a victim from a motor
vehicle crash.
Often it is a person of dubious character
who has been shot or stabbed. With our large military retiree population, it
is often a nursing home patient. Even with my enlisted service and minimal
combat experience in Panama , I have caught myself groaning when the
ambulance brought in yet another sick, elderly person from one of the local
retirement centers that cater to military retirees. I had not stopped to
think of what citizens of this age group represented.
I saw 'Saving Private Ryan.' I was touched
deeply. Not so much by the carnage, but by the sacrifices of so many. I was
touched most by the scene of the elderly survivor at the graveside, asking
his wife if he'd been a good man. I realized that I had seen these same men
and women coming through my Emergency Dept. and had not realized what
magnificent sacrifices they had made. The things they did for me and
everyone else that has lived on this planet since the end of that conflict
are priceless.
Situation permitting, I now try to ask my
patients about their experiences. They would never bring up the subject
without the inquiry. I have been privileged to an amazing array of
experiences, recounted in the brief minutes allowed in an Emergency Dept.
encounter. These experiences have revealed the incredible individuals I have
had the honor of serving in a medical capacity, many on their last admission
to the hospital.
There was a frail, elderly woman who
reassured my young enlisted medic, trying to start an IV line in her arm.
She remained calm and poised, despite her illness and the multiple
needle-sticks into her fragile veins. She was what we call a 'hard stick.'
As the medic made another attempt, I noticed a number tattooed across her
forearm. I touched it with one finger and looked into her eyes. She simply
said, ' Auschwitz .' Many of later generations would have loudly and openly
berated the young medic in his many attempts. How different was the response
from this person who'd seen unspeakable suffering.
Also, there was this long retired Colonel,
who as a young officer had parachuted from his burning plane over a Pacific
island held by the Japanese. Now an octogenarian, he had a minor cut on his
head from a fall at his home where he lived alone. His CT scan and suturing
had been delayed until after midnight by the usual parade of high priority
ambulance patients. Still spry for his age, he asked to use the phone to
call a taxi, to take him home, then he realized his ambulance had brought
him without his wallet. He asked if he could use the phone to make a long
distance call to his daughter who lived 7 miles away. With great pride we
told him that he could not, as he'd done enough for his country and the
least we could do was get him a taxi home, even if we had to pay for it
ourselves. My only regret was that my shift wouldn't end for several hours,
and I couldn't drive him myself.
I was there the night M/Sgt. Roy Benavidez
came through the Emergency Dept. for the last time. He was very sick. I was
not the doctor taking care of him, but I walked to his bedside and took his
hand. I said nothing. He was so sick, he didn't know I was there. I'd read
his Congressional Medal of Honor citation and wanted to shake his hand. He
died a few days later.
The gentleman who served with Merrill's
Marauders,
the survivor of the Bataan Death March,
the survivor of Omaha Beach ,
the 101 year old World War I veteran.
The former POW held in frozen North Korea ,
The former Special Forces medic - now with
non-operable liver cancer,
the former Viet Nam Corps Commander.
I remember these citizens.
??
I may still groan when yet another ambulance
comes in, but now I am much more aware of what an honor it is to serve these
particular men and women.
I have seen a Congress who would turn their
back on these individuals who've sacrificed so much to protect our liberty.
I see later generations that seem to be totally engrossed in abusing these
same liberties, won with such sacrifice.
It has become my personal endeavor to make
the nurses and young enlisted medics aware of these amazing individuals when
I encounter them in our Emergency Dept. Their response to these particular
citizens has made me think that perhaps all is not lost in the next
generation.
My experiences have solidified my belief
that we are losing an incredible generation, and this nation knows not what
it is losing. Our uncaring government and ungrateful civilian populace
should all take note. We should all remember that we must 'Earn this.'
Written By CPT.Stephen R. Ellison, M.D. US
Army
If it weren't for the United States
military,
there'd be NO United States of America
Many of our younger citizens remember those who gave so much for us, but relatively few stop to think about it.
God, please continue to bless America.
Sam
SOON TO BE GONE
By A MILITARY DOCTOR
This should be required reading in every
school and college in our country. This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a
medal himself for putting this together. If you choose not to pass it on,
fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.
I am a doctor specializing in the Emergency
Departments of the only two military Level One-Trauma Centers, both in? San
Antonio , TX and they care for civilian Emergencies as well as military
personnel. San Antoniohas the largest military retiree population in the
world living here. As a military doctor, I work long hours and the pay is
less than glamorous. One tends to become jaded by the long hours, lack of
sleep, food, family contact and the endless parade of human suffering
passing before you. The arrival of another ambulance does not mean more pay,
only more work.
Most often, it is a victim from a motor
vehicle crash.
Often it is a person of dubious character
who has been shot or stabbed. With our large military retiree population, it
is often a nursing home patient. Even with my enlisted service and minimal
combat experience in Panama , I have caught myself groaning when the
ambulance brought in yet another sick, elderly person from one of the local
retirement centers that cater to military retirees. I had not stopped to
think of what citizens of this age group represented.
I saw 'Saving Private Ryan.' I was touched
deeply. Not so much by the carnage, but by the sacrifices of so many. I was
touched most by the scene of the elderly survivor at the graveside, asking
his wife if he'd been a good man. I realized that I had seen these same men
and women coming through my Emergency Dept. and had not realized what
magnificent sacrifices they had made. The things they did for me and
everyone else that has lived on this planet since the end of that conflict
are priceless.
Situation permitting, I now try to ask my
patients about their experiences. They would never bring up the subject
without the inquiry. I have been privileged to an amazing array of
experiences, recounted in the brief minutes allowed in an Emergency Dept.
encounter. These experiences have revealed the incredible individuals I have
had the honor of serving in a medical capacity, many on their last admission
to the hospital.
There was a frail, elderly woman who
reassured my young enlisted medic, trying to start an IV line in her arm.
She remained calm and poised, despite her illness and the multiple
needle-sticks into her fragile veins. She was what we call a 'hard stick.'
As the medic made another attempt, I noticed a number tattooed across her
forearm. I touched it with one finger and looked into her eyes. She simply
said, ' Auschwitz .' Many of later generations would have loudly and openly
berated the young medic in his many attempts. How different was the response
from this person who'd seen unspeakable suffering.
Also, there was this long retired Colonel,
who as a young officer had parachuted from his burning plane over a Pacific
island held by the Japanese. Now an octogenarian, he had a minor cut on his
head from a fall at his home where he lived alone. His CT scan and suturing
had been delayed until after midnight by the usual parade of high priority
ambulance patients. Still spry for his age, he asked to use the phone to
call a taxi, to take him home, then he realized his ambulance had brought
him without his wallet. He asked if he could use the phone to make a long
distance call to his daughter who lived 7 miles away. With great pride we
told him that he could not, as he'd done enough for his country and the
least we could do was get him a taxi home, even if we had to pay for it
ourselves. My only regret was that my shift wouldn't end for several hours,
and I couldn't drive him myself.
I was there the night M/Sgt. Roy Benavidez
came through the Emergency Dept. for the last time. He was very sick. I was
not the doctor taking care of him, but I walked to his bedside and took his
hand. I said nothing. He was so sick, he didn't know I was there. I'd read
his Congressional Medal of Honor citation and wanted to shake his hand. He
died a few days later.
The gentleman who served with Merrill's
Marauders,
the survivor of the Bataan Death March,
the survivor of Omaha Beach ,
the 101 year old World War I veteran.
The former POW held in frozen North Korea ,
The former Special Forces medic - now with
non-operable liver cancer,
the former Viet Nam Corps Commander.
I remember these citizens.
??
I may still groan when yet another ambulance
comes in, but now I am much more aware of what an honor it is to serve these
particular men and women.
I have seen a Congress who would turn their
back on these individuals who've sacrificed so much to protect our liberty.
I see later generations that seem to be totally engrossed in abusing these
same liberties, won with such sacrifice.
It has become my personal endeavor to make
the nurses and young enlisted medics aware of these amazing individuals when
I encounter them in our Emergency Dept. Their response to these particular
citizens has made me think that perhaps all is not lost in the next
generation.
My experiences have solidified my belief
that we are losing an incredible generation, and this nation knows not what
it is losing. Our uncaring government and ungrateful civilian populace
should all take note. We should all remember that we must 'Earn this.'
Written By CPT.Stephen R. Ellison, M.D. US
Army
If it weren't for the United States
military,
there'd be NO United States of America
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