no! i'm cinderella (that's how i likened myself as a child)....do not go sit in a corner!!

I think we all got damaged somewhere. That's what's made us into the unique people we are today. Of course we accept you! I said when we started this round of talk that I felt very vulnerable talking about things. I still do. But in the climate we have created here it's OK. Hope you feel that too. I think it should be hugs all round!

*HUGS*

Please! Let's have a hug all around...I am sitting here with tears running down my cheeks and I do not let that happen to me very often. *Big Hugs* All Round...boy, I really need that!!!

*sniff* Thanks... now you really made me cry, but with much different feelings this time...gonna go regroup and make some lunch...

See my email. I think we're all bawling. (I hope no-one else's reading this!)

Nah! They'd never think to look here *smile*

ladies, i'm feeling much better now that the day has got on and the kids are home...thanks!

*Hugs* Wolfie!

*Hugs* Maggie Group hug!!!

forgot that end tag? *grin*

uh oh, now i did something and the type looks weird *eek* how do i undo it?

lemme try putting the tag back

that didn't work!!

Sweetie, it looks great here !!!

i don't know what happened but the type got all weird and now it's better! *hugs*

*hugs* right back atcha. I have had that happen at times and was told by a smarter mind than mine *grin* to dump my cache and reload. It got to be so common an answer that I burst out laughting when I saw the comment aimed at me. Who knows....a Yapp thingy, probably! Like that crazy wallpaper with the purple eyeballs and notes...!

found this poem - thought you'd like it! My guardian angel My guardian angel came to me All in gold as i could see. With lovely big wings and a halo over her head She talked to my subconscious and thsi is what she said. let go your love it will be alright It's not too difficult it can be done tonight. The room appeared all in gold shining bright She was so beautiful and made me feel so safe I felt that i was in heaven in god's wonderful garden of peace. I sensed this film over my face My darkest shadows and sadness appeared to lift. Oh its really hard to explain my guardian angel had a lovely smile Letting me know mine had not been there for a while. The evil spirit lifting from inside my soul, slowly Moving away from me and disappearing into the distance. This expereince was wonderful and lasted forty seconds no more. Have my prayers been answered and blessed by my Lord. Is this the start of my healing My new beginning and fulfilment of my life. At last a light is glowing down on my face and now My inner child is beginning to feel safe. (Jo Ellis)

thanks for this!

That was the feeling! My thanks, also.

ok, have a true story: a friend of a friend (we'll call her S.), collapsed early this morning due to a blood clot in her lung. while she was laying on the floor waiting for the paramedics, her son heard her say (with her eyes wide open) "you're sooo beautiful, you're so beautiful." and then she went back out. please pray for her. she went into cardiac arrest while they were getting her in the ambulance and is currently in a coma. they have her full of blood thinning agents to dissolve the clots. my friend says she saw the Lord, and i kept thinking she saw an angel. not that that matters. but when S. recovers, i hope she remembers.

I will, Wolfie and will email this to Maggie in case she does not see it...I think your friend saw and Angel, as well...from what you have told me. How old is the son? I did something almost as radical to my son when he was in kindergarden...but that is not for here.

her son is grown (20's) but she does have a daughter who's around 8. and thanks in advance for your support and love.

You have had it with you all day and night and will continue as long as you need or want it (and probably longer than that) *hugs*

That goes for me too Wolfie! *hugs*

thanks you guys, they turned off the life support. please pray for her family and friends who truly feel her loss deeply. her organs, those that aren't damaged, will be donated to those who need them. the eeg (or whatever) surmised only 10% brain activity and that she has been gone since she collapsed. perhaps the beautiful being she saw was there to take her. *sad smile* i'm still hoping for a miracle, that her heart will keep beating strong and her brain activity will increase, but the doctors are doubtful.

Wolfie, you have my heart wrapped around you and my prayers and Maggie's as well. How old is she? (Far too young, I know!) My outgoing email is not working this afternoon (evening for you) so I cannot console you properly. Just know I am sending whatever beams I possibly can to you and to S and to her poor family. Her daughter needs her! So does the rest of her family...

she's 47. they're already talking about her memorial. i didn't know this, but with organ donors, they pull the plug and wait for the heart to stop and then plug back up to keep the organs fresh. as far as i know, they don't restart the heart. someone at work heard a story (or watched it on tv) about a little boy who had an enormous tumor in his head. the family decided that his organs should be donated to any child who might need them and signed the papers. they took him off the machine and sent him to doctors who would harvest his organs. they did some precautionary tests to determine if he had any reflexes. the boy responded to their prodding. the organ doctors said because he was responding, they would not do anything else. so, yet another surgeon was called in and he said he would try to remove the tumor. he got out 75%. he decided he had to go back in and give this boy a real chance at survival but there would be a danger that the boy wouldn't be able to smile because of the proximity of a facial nerve/muscle to the tumor being removed. the parents gave the ok, the man took out the rest of the tumor, as he was removing it, his scaple came against that muscle but never cut it. the boy survived and recovered. he has no trouble with his mot r skills as far as my co-worker knew. this story is why i'm hoping S. comes back, but part of me has serious doubt.

Prayer and the human spirit and will to live have done miracles when all else failed. I am fervently in her corner this evening - with you.

i'll know more tonight, i think....

I'm there with you.

this picture is large but i think it's worth it. whomever was in the crashed lived.

Good grief, Wolfie...Incredible! (I posted something you might like in Geo 8 just now)

That's an amazing photo.

I've just been sitting here re-reading our old posts from March ...that really was a special time of sharing .... I just remembered another angel encounter ... and as each time it seems familiar I believe it's the same one. I was in Switzerland on a walking holiday when I was 15. We were up in the mountains near Zermatt. We found a small chapel. Te others were milling around outside, I went in by myself. I just knelt quietly, and sensed a presence there. There was an extraordinary feeling of peace and warmth, and love. I went outside and felt as if my face was glowing.