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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/19/2008 9:02:15 PM
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zoebob
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Yay. And it's useful and helpful too
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 7:39:57 AM
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zoebob
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I was wondering the same thing
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 8:48:57 AM
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I think that when the opening posts of any thread come up in the box - boy things have changed...
ETA: I don't believe the picture, I think Brian should come to my house and DEMONSTRATE that the photo isn't staged.
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 10:01:36 AM
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Okay, someone needs to describe this pic for those of us that work in offices that block photobucket!!!
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 10:04:55 AM
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zoebob
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Brian is sitting in his wheelchair pushing around the vaccum clenaer
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 10:10:59 AM
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zoebob
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How about "Wheely Clean"
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 10:12:15 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: zoebob
How about "Wheely Clean"
LOL!!!
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/20/2008 12:00:49 PM
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/21/2008 10:37:18 PM
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A milestone I was not prepared for...
Brian got a phone call tonight. A friend from church lost a tire on their truck and another friend was trying to fix it for her on the side of the road, but having trouble. Brian was called, but couldn't tell them what to do well enough over the phone. He asked me if I minded if he went to help, even if helping means he sits in the van and gives directions. With my stomach in my throat and a smile in my face, I told him to go and take Noah. Then I also asked him to call the neighbor who goes to our church and take him with him too. And he went. He's been gone an hour now, and it's really snowy out tonight.
Deep breaths...he's not any less "safe" right now than he has been the hundreds of times he has gone to these kind of "Brian, can you help?" calls. This is who he is. He is a helper, a servant. I can't take that from him no matter how much I would like to hide him away so he never gets hurt again. But man, it's hard to sit here and wait for him. 
God, I trust you with my boys. But I still feel like puking.
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/21/2008 11:11:03 PM
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Oh my, I didn't even know he was driving, Donna!
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/22/2008 10:00:35 AM
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God never gives us more than we can handle, Donna. Sometimes it sure seems like it, huh?
That's awesome that Brian is able to go out and help others again!
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/22/2008 11:13:13 AM
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This is who he is. He is a helper, a servant. I can't take that from him no matter how much I would like to hide him away so he never gets hurt again.
I commend you for recognizing that. 
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/22/2008 11:27:13 AM
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This is who he is. He is a helper, a servant. I can't take that from him no matter how much I would like to hide him away so he never gets hurt again.
I commend you for recognizing that.
Ditto!
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And with all due respect, truly . . . I don't see Brian going out to help people last night as something that "Our Lord gave" to Donna (as in He doesn't give us more than what we can hande). I don't see it as a some type of a test neither. I actually see it as a Gift that Our Lord gave to Brian.
I see it as Brian getting on with his life . . . and THAT is such a Praise!!! 
Donna, I absolutely am not belittling what you were feeling last night. And, I can certainly understand those feelings.
However, I truly see last night as a Brian-thing . . . a very wonderful, marvelous, Brian-thing. I think Our Lord did some wonderful healing things last night with Brian . . . for him to be able to go out, on his own, and give aid to a neighbor . . . I can imagine how empowering that was for him to do that.
My prayers last night for you were specifically for Our Lord's Peace and Comfort. My prayers were that you would remember then (last night), and always, that Our Lord covers Brian whether you are with him or not.
I don't say this at all lightly or frivously.
I say it out of my love for you.
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RE: PrincessDonna's encouragement thread - 11/22/2008 11:44:12 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: WhiteRoseBlessings
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ORIGINAL: rayofson
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This is who he is. He is a helper, a servant. I can't take that from him no matter how much I would like to hide him away so he never gets hurt again.
I commend you for recognizing that.
Ditto!
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And with all due respect, truly . . . I don't see Brian going out to help people last night as something that "Our Lord gave" to Donna (as in He doesn't give us more than what we can hande). I don't see it as a some type of a test neither. I actually see it as a Gift that Our Lord gave to Brian.
I see it as Brian getting on with his life . . . and THAT is such a Praise!!!
Donna, I absolutely am not belittling what you were feeling last night. And, I can certainly understand those feelings.
However, I truly see last night as a Brian-thing . . . a very wonderful, marvelous, Brian-thing. I think Our Lord did some wonderful healing things last night with Brian . . . for him to be able to go out, on his own, and give aid to a neighbor . . . I can imagine how empowering that was for him to do that.
My prayers last night for you were specifically for Our Lord's Peace and Comfort. My prayers were that you would remember then (last night), and always, that Our Lord covers Brian whether you are with him or not.
I don't say this at all lightly or frivously.
I say it out of my love for you.
I agree with that, except that I think that God might be starting off slow with a small thing so Donna doesn't freak out and can work into it at a pace that she can handle. BTW Russ is hoping to put the chimney through the roof tomorrow and... Oh, you don't think that God wants him on our roof in the snow yet? Never mind then. 
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