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Love come softly, brush against my heart
Yearning for its closeness, not ever to depart
In God’s Infinite Wisdom, I place my life,
And trust for tomorrow, what be, what might
Whatever path this love may go
It carries with it the willingness,
to let it go
And hope that one day, it will again, brush against my heart ....
To stay forever.
Karen A. 05/30/06 
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MY TRIP TO OREGON
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Apr 9, 2007 8:33 pm
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My trip to Oregon was a short, bittersweet one. The memorial services for my Uncle Don was very nice. Being a Veteran of the Korean War, and receiving a Bronze medal, four men from the American Legion presented a three-gun salute to him, and ceremoniously presented the American Flag to my cousin. The man who handed her the flag could hardly speak, his lips trembling with emotion as he spoke of my uncle and his bravery.
My cousin had a picture album for us to look through which had pictures from his childhood on up. Along with the pictures were some of his writings. I knew my uncle wanted to write a book about the family history, but unfortunately he wasn't able to complete it. In fact, I don't even know if he really got started on it. In reading some of his writings, I was amazed at how well he expressed himself. A skill that he didn't do so well with verbally. I think it was because his mind was just racing all the time. He never spoke in complete sentences. I thought as I read that you, my friends here at SFF, would have liked his writings. He had a real dry sense of humor ~ I think its a family trait because my Dad had it too.
I have another uncle who is not doing well, and we stopped on our way home to see him. I don't think he recognized me. I know its life, and we all go through it, but it is difficult sometimes to see my aunts and uncles aging, knowing that their life here is at the shorter end.
Time is moving on, and I watch as my Mom gets older and signs of age are creeping in. I don't even want to think about her being gone. She is my friend as well as my Mother. We've had some shaky times through the years and we use to argue often, but now we have a very easy, comfortable relationship and enjoy spending time together.
The services for my uncle were held in an area of town that I use to live in and I wondered how I would feel going back. Surprisingly, I didn't feel any pangs of regret for leaving Portland ~ a nice place to visit, but I'm happy to be here in Redding. Although this town is pretty large, it is a much slower pace, and I like that.
It was so good to see my brother, and very difficult when it came time to say good-bye. I felt like bawling when we drove away, but knew that it wouldn't make my Mom feel any better than she was feeling, so I managed to get control of my emotions and wipe the tears away.
In all of this, as sad as some of my time was, I have so much to be thankful for. Love surrounds me, how great is that? 
Love, Karen
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A JOKE
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Apr 9, 2007 5:13 pm
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I received this in an email. Although it does state at the end that it is a true story, I didn't check it out. If it is a true story, it is funny, but not. Fortunately, the guy can look back and laugh now. ~Karen
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NOW THIS IS DRUNK:
A man goes to a party and has too much to drink. His friends plead with him to let them take him home. He says NO -- he only lives a mile away.
About five blocks from the party, the police pull him over. They check his license and ask him to get out of the car and walk the line. Just as he starts, the police radio blares out a notice of a robbery aking place in a house around the block. The police tell the party animal to stay put, they'll be right back and they run around the corner to the robbery.
The guy waits and waits and finally decides to drive home. When he gets there, he tells his wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone who might come looking for him that he has the flu and has been in bed all day.
A few hours later the police knock on the door. They ask if Mr. Smith is there and his wife says yes. They ask to see him and she replies that he
is in bed with the flu and has been there all day.
The police still have his driver's license. They ask to see his car and she asks why. They insist on seeing his car, so she takes them to the
garage.
She opens the door.
There sitting in the garage is the police car, with all its lights still flashing.
True story; told by the driver at his first AA meeting.
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TO WOLFPACGIRL
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Apr 8, 2007 11:57 am
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Linda,
I just read your comment on Hap2Day's blog. I, for one, would miss you if you left. One of your "gifts" is the gift of encouragement. We need you here.
Love and hugs,
Karen
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AM I A SUPPORTER OF ALL THE FIGHTING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON?
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Apr 7, 2007 9:38 pm
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"ola...you're one of the biggest supporters of all the fights..if you don't like it..iggy them and me...doesn't matter...but stop..you've been adding to it as well as many have...just a thought"
I returned today from Oregon and came into SFF to catch up on the blogs. The above comment was left on someone else's blog apparently in response to my own comment.
I want to make it perfectly clear to the person who made the comment that I have never, and will never, support the fights that have taken place. It's caused nothing but bitterness, and hatefulness, and hurt feelings. Not something I want to support. I am greatly offended by your accusation. It may appear to you that I lean towards one view point than the other, but so what. Am I excluded from stating my opinion?
I have never been rude to you, nor anyone else in chat. If I feel I need to stand up for myself, I will do that. However, I do try to do it in a civil way.
BTW, there use to be a time when I would come into chat and acknowledge you, but never received an acknowledgment back from you. Now I know why ... apparently you think I'm the enemy.
Sorry everyone .... this is not what I wanted to blog on my first day back ... but my hair is up on my backside and I couldn't be silent.
I'll be back with a little lighter attitude later.
Karen
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EASTER BLESSINGS
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Apr 3, 2007 12:13 pm
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I'm heading up to Oregon tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, it is not for visiting, but to attend the memorial services for my Uncle Don who passed away last Thursday. He and my Dad were brothers. Although I am sad of his passing, he was ill for some time, and I am at peace knowing he is no longer suffering.
One memory I have of him is whenever he would come to visit, he and my Dad would get into this debate about how much water could flow through a certain size pipe in a certain amount of time (I don't remember the specifics, but it was always the same). It became an obsession with them, much to the dread of the rest of us within earshot. They could debate for hours. I don't think they ever came to an agreement. I imagine when my Dad stood to greet my Uncle Don at Heaven's gate, they probably started in again! 
I'm only going to be gone a couple of days. Its a quick trip up and back. However, I may not have time when I get back to do an Easter blog, so I wanted to take a little time to do that now.
I was pleasantly surprised a few days ago to receive an email from another SFF blogger who wanted to present me with a gift of a bling. She wanted to create something special for me and wanted to know if I had anything in mind that I would like for her to do. I suggested a combination of the cross and a rose. It turned out beautiful, and I am very touched by her gift.
For me, the cross represents the gift of salvation that has been given to me. One day I may blog about my spiritual rebirth back when I was 24 years old. It was a time of new beginnings.
The rose is representive of Jesus my Savior. He is my Beloved, and I am His.
May you all have a very blessed Easter.
~Karen
Song of Solomon 2:1
[ Beloved ] I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
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Apr 2, 2007 3:25 pm
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Today I am working diligently to complete this lessons mail-in reports. There are six in all, and fortunately all but one were fairly easy to do and understand. However, this last one is driving me absolutely crazy. The doctor has a heavy accent. She not only pronounces the words different, she has difficulty even getting them out of her mouth, stumbling all over the place, and I am trying desperately to catch even one syllable of the word so that I can do a "sounds like" search thru my medical resources.
Oh woe is me! How can it be
to figure out, from A to Z
is the doctor saying sigmatroplacity?
(that is a made up word....I think.
Maybe I should go look it up and see)
So, here I am taking a little break to share with you my SFF friends that I am FRUSTRATED!!!
Ahhh, I feel much better!
Hugs,
Karen
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ARE YOU MY FRIEND?
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Apr 1, 2007 4:26 pm
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Most of you are aware of this glitch by now, but I want to make it PERFECTLY CLEAR.
If you visit my blog, and you see that at the bottom of the page it says that only friends of Ola can leave comments .... IT IS A LIE!
SFF apparently has been doing some work on the system, and because of that, there is a glitch, and many are seeing that message and feel slighted because they are supposedly "not a friend" of the blogger and therefore can not leave a message.
I will never stipulate on my blogs that only those in my friends network can leave comments. So, if you see that message at the bottom of my blog, please ignore it. If you want to leave a comment, and you can't ... just go down to the bottom of the blog and click on the title. Somehow, by doing that, it will allow you to then leave a comment.
Hopefully SFF will have this problem taken care of soon.
Karen
p.s. the picture is me sending a "kiss on the cheek"
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ANOTHER BUG?
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Mar 29, 2007 1:50 pm
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I just noticed, when going back to a few blogs I left comments on that the comment at the bottom of the specific blog reads "only friends of XXXX can make comments" These are bloggers that I am sure did not purposely select that option on their blog, although I have been known to be wrong once in a while.
The three that I saw so far were:
atrueheart
mrniceguy
shirl
I checked my settings, and have selected to receive all comments and hopefully that is what is showing up at your end when you read my blogs.
A lot of snafoo's taking place.
I just noticed that they put a new option on who can view our posts. Looks like we can select "anyone" which would mean people who don't sign in, but read our blogs from outside SFF, and then "Only SFF members" and "Only my network friends" I have a feeling they just made the change and that might explain the problem? So, be sure and check your settings.
~Karen
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CAN'T GET TO MY BLOG PAGE
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Mar 29, 2007 12:34 pm
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I am not able to get to my personal blog home page? Things are getting a little trippy around here.
People are angry and spitting at each other. Kind of a negative place right now. Makes me want to take a vacation!  No fun when "family" is fighting.
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JUST SOME CHATTER
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Mar 28, 2007 1:00 pm
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Good afternoon
The afternoon has barely started and I am feeling refreshed and complete for the day. I got up early this morning and put in a couple of hours of study. I then decided to take myself out to breakfast.
There is this place about seven miles up the road that serves the best chicken fried steak breakfast, along with the best hash browns I've ever had. Nice and golden brown. I don't do this often, and today seemed like a nice day to go.
It's a little on the cool side, but the sun is out and the sky clear blue. I could see the beautiful snow covered Mt. Shasta on my drive.
Since I was alone, I brought along a book to read and when I finished breakfast, I still wanted to do a little more reading. So, I took off up the road probably about another six miles or so, towards Lake Shasta Dam. I found a turn around that gave me a spectacular view of the dam and Mt. Shasta. I pulled off and parked right up to the edge of the stone wall, turned my car off, put my pillow in back of me, rolled my window down to get the breeze of wonderful fresh air coming through and then started reading. After a little bit my eyes got a little droopy so I put my book down and took a little nap. I didn't quite fall asleep, but I was so relaxed. If it weren't for the fact that nature called after a bit, I'd probably still be up there right now.
I feel so mellow. It was a good thing to do, a nice break and a peaceful place to just relax. There was hardly any traffic, and only a couple of cars pulled in to enjoy the view a little while I was there. It was so quiet. I'm fortunate that it isn't that far of a drive, and will most definitely make more frequent trips there in the future.
Well, now that I am back, I'm going to go over the practice reports I did this morning. I see a light at the end of the tunnel, and it is getting brighter! Yea!!
Peace and blessings to all,
Karen
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