Soggy Bottom Ranch
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OMG!Kara. She is the sweetest and her parents tried to burn her alive.
OMG!Kara. She is the sweetest and her parents tried to burn her alive.
Anyone in pain....physical or emotional. ~anyone unhappy~
I feel that aging is a reality but aslo a thing that we don't really see until we approach it. I think it is a fear that we must face as we get older.
Many older people lose their loved ones, friends, and family, and feel so alone. Some are so interesting and some are not, just as in other age groups; people are people. It is nice when others reach out to those who are alone and include them in a part of their lives...even if only for a few minutes...it can brighten up their whole day!
Absolutely Geri. The most valuable thing we can give to others is our time. Even a couple of minutes can give a bit of happiness that someone cared enough to acknowlege them. The elderly are my soft spot too and animals of course. Nothing breaks my heart more than to see the results of cruelty and neglect of any living thing. But the lowest form of life on the planet are not those who do these horrible things but those who stand by and witness, condone it, even defend it. Not worth the breath they take to keep them alive. IMO :no:...
I challenge all of you..........and even myself.......to just take that few extra seconds to smile at the elderly, or the lonely, and just say hello. You just don't know what that does for them to know that someone maybe understands just a little.
This is another one of those terribly sad things for me, I so agree with you, but mine is from a funeral. My grandparents were more like my parents than my mom, can't help it, they were just always there for me when I needed it. When grandpa passed away from cancer, my uncle Jeff played Amazing Grace on his harmonica, and then placed it in grandpas pocket before they closed the casket. At grandmas funeral, Amazing Grace was placed right before they closed the casket as well. To this day, and it's been about 8 years already almost, it's just instant tears for me when that song is played!However there is something that always gives me goose bumps and chokes me up (since I was very young) that is taps being played, it doesn't even have to be for a funeral. I almost sob. I don't know why either. Sometimes The Star Spangled Banner will also choke me up.
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