PRETTY WOMEN WONDER WHERE MY SECRET LIES.....I'M NOT
CUTE OR BUILT TO SUIT A MODEL'S FASHION SIZE...BUT
WHEN I START TO TELL THEM
THIS STORY HAPPENED IN 1994........TOLD BY LLOYD
GLEN ON JULY 22nd I WAS IN ROUTE
TO
WASHINGTON DC FOR A BUSINESS TRIP. IT WAS ALL
SO VERY ORDINARY, UNTIL WE LANDED IN DENVER FOR A
PLANE CHANGE. AS I COLLECTED MY BELONGINGS
FROM THE OVERHEAD BIN, AN ANNOUCEMENT WAS MADE FOR
MR. LLOYD GLENN TO SEE THE UNITED CUSTOMER
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IMMEDIATLEY. I THOUGHT
NOTHING OF IT UNTIL I REACHED THE DOOR TO LEAVE THE
PLANE AND I HEARD A GENTLEMAN ASKING EVERY MALE IF
THEY WERE MR. GLENN. AT THIS POINT I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND MY HEART SUNK. WHEN I
GOT OFF THE PLANE A SOLEMN-FACED YOUNG MAN CAME
TOWARD ME AND SAID "MR. GLENN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY
AT YOUR HOME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EMERGENY
IS, OR WHO IS INVOLVED, BUT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
PHONE SO YOU CAN CALL THE HOSPITAL. A WOMAN WAS SHOPPING AT THE TUTTLE MALL IN
COLUMBUS. SHE CAME OUT TO HER CAR AND SAW SHE
HAD A FLAT TIRE. SHE GOT HER JACK AND SPARE
TIRE OUT OF THE TRUNK. A MAN IN A BUSINESS
SUIT CAME UP AND STARTED TO HELP HER. WHEN
THE TIRE HAD BEEN REPLACED, HE ASKED FOR A RIDE
TOHIS CAR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MALL.
FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT DOING THIS, SHE STALLED
FOR AWHILE, BUT HE KEPT PRESSING HER. SHE
FINALLY ASKED WHY HE WAS ON THIS SIDE OF THE MALL IF
HIS CAR WAS ON THE OTHER. HE HAD BEEN TALKING
TO FRIENDS, HE CLAIMED. STILL UNCOMFORTABLE,
SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING
SHE HAD FORGOT TO PICK UP IN THE MALL AND SHE LEFT
HIM AND WENT BACK INSIDE THE MALL. SHE
REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE MALL SECURITY AND THEY
WENT OUT TO HER CAR. THE MAN WAS NOWHERE IN
SIGHT. OPENING HER TRUNK, SHE DISCOVERED A
BRIEFCASE THE MAN SET INSIDE HER TRUNK WHILE HELPING
HER WITH THE TIRE. INSIDE THE CASE WAS A ROPE
AND A BUTCHER KNIFE!!! WHEN SHE TOOK THE TIRE
TO BE FIXED, THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HER TIRE, THAT IT WAS FLAT
BECAUSE THE AIR HAD BEEN LET OUT OF IT!
I GOT
A
LITTLE CLOSER THE DOOR IT
CAME
OPEN WIDE, AND WHEN I CAME TO MYSELF I WAS STANDING
INSIDE.
I SAW A HOST OF ANGELS.THEY
WERE
STANDING EVERYWHERE.
ONE HANDED ME A
BASKET
AND SAID, "MY CHILD SHOP WITH CARE".
EVERYTHING A CHRISTIAN NEEDS IS IN THAT GROCERY
STORE.
AND ALL THAT YOU COULDN'T CARRY, YOU COULD
COME BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR MORE.
FIRST I GOT
SOME PATIENCE:
LOVE
WAS IN THE
SAME
ROW. FURTHER DOWN WAS UNDERSTANDING: YOU NEED THAT
THEN I STARTED UP TO THE
COUNTER TO PAY MY GROCERY BILL, FOR I THOUGHT I HAD
EVERYTHING TO DO THE
MASTER'S WILL.
AS I WENT UP THE AISLE, I SAW PRAYER: AND I
JUST HAD TO PUT THAT IN, FOR I KNEW WHEN
This notice originated in the Netherlands and
has been around the world 9 times when I received
it. July 30,1998
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'TIS THE GREATEST GIFT FROM HEAVEN, ...
LITTLE ARMS THAT HOLD YOU TIGHT, ... AND A KISS SO
SOFT AND GENTLE...WHEN YOU TUCK THEM IN AT
NIGHT.... A MILLION PRECIOUS QUESTIONS...AND EACH
STORY OFTEN READ, ... TWO EYES SO BRIGHT AND
SMILING, ... AND A DARLING TOUSLED HEAD.
GOD CAN NEVER MATCH THE GOODNESS...OF A TRUSTING
LITTLE FACE, ...OR A HEART SO FULL OF LAUGHTER
SPREADING SUNSHINE EVERY PLACE...A CHILD TO HOLD AND
CUDDLE, ...'TIS A GIFT FROM GOD ABOVE, ...AND THE
WORLD IS SO MUCH BRIGHTER WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD TO
LOVE.
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THE SMILE
SEEMED TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER. HE REMEMBERED
PAST KINDNESSES OF A FRIEND, AND WROTE HIM A
THANK YOU LETTER.
THE FRIEND WAS SO PLEASED WITH
THE THANK YOU, THAT HE LEFT A LARGE TIP AFTER
LUNCH.
THE WAITRESS, SURPIRSED BY THE SIZE OF THE
TIP, BET THE WHOLE THING ON A HUNCH.
THE
NEXT DAY SHE PICKED UP HER WINNINGS, AND GAVE
PART TO A MAN ON THE STREET.
THE MAN ON THE
STREET WAS GRATEFUL,
FOR TWO DAY HE'D HAD NOTHING
TO EAT.
AFTER HE FINISHED HIS DINNER,
HE LEFT
FOR HIS SMALL DINGY ROOM.
HE DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT
MOMENT THAT HE MIGHT BE FACING HIS DOOM. ON
THE WAY HE PICKED UP A SHIVERING PUPPY,
AND TOOK
HIM HOME TO GET WARM.
THE PUPPY WAS VERY
GRATEFUL.
TO BE OUT OF THE STORM.
THAT NIGHT
THE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE.
THE PUPPY BARKED THE
ALARM.
HE BARKED TILL HE WOKE THE WHOLE
HOUSEHOLD, AND SAVED EVERYBODY FROM HARM.
ONE OF
THE BOYS THAT HE RESCUED,
GREW UP TO BE
PRESIDENT.
ALL THIS BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE
SMILE,
THAT HADN'T COST A CENT.
REWARDS:
1
person...you will be moderately happy for 1
week.
5 people...you will bi in a good mood for 1
month
10 people...you will be happy for the rest
of the year with no problems
15 people...you will
live a happy life for the most part and meet few
problems
25 people...you will be happy for the
rest of your life and will never encounter any major
problems
40+ people...life will never be bad for
you
If you keep this poem going and going
people all over the world will be happy.
----------author unknown-----------
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THEY THINK I'M TELLING
LIES.
I SAY
IT'S IN THE REACH OF MY
ARMS
THE SPAN OF MY HIPS
THE STRIDE OF MY
STEPS
THE CURL OF MY LIPS.
I'M A
WOMAN
PHENOMENALLY
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
THAT'S
ME
I WALK INTO A ROOM
JUST AS COOL AS
YOU PLEASE
AND TO A MAN
THE FELLOWS STAND
OR
FALL DOWN TO THEIR KNEES
THEN THEY SWARM
AROUND ME
A HIVE OF HONEY BEES.
I SAY
IT'S
THE FIRE IN MY EYES
AND THE FLASH OF MY
TEETH
THE SWING OF MY WAIST
AND THE JOY IN MY
FEET.
I'M A WOMAN
PHENOMENALLY
PHENOMENAL
WOMAN
THAT'S ME
MEN THEMSELVES HAVE
WONDERED
WHAT THEY SEE IN ME
THEY TRY SO
MUCH
BUT THEY CAN'T TOUCH
MY INNER
MYSTERY.
WHEN I TRY TO SHOW THEM
THEY SAY THEY
STILL CAN'T SEE.
I SAY
IT'S IN THE ARCH OF MY
BACK
THE SUN OF MY SMILE
THE RIDE OF MY
BREASTS
THE GRACE OF MY STYLE.
I'M A
WOMAN
PHENOMENALLY
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
THAT'S
ME
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND
JUST WHY MY HEAD'S
NOT BOWED
I DON'T SHOUT OR JUMP ABOUT
OR HAVE
TO TALK REAL LOUD
WHEN YOU SEE ME PASSING
IT
OUGHT TO MAKE YOU PROUD.
I SAY
IT'S IN THE
CLICK OF MY HEELS
THE BEND OF MY HAIR
THE PALM
OF MY HAND
THE NEED FOR MY CARE.
'CAUSE I'M A
WOMAN
PHENOMENALLY
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
THAT'S
ME
send this poem to 10 phenomenal
women today. thank you
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unknown----------
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THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES WE ARE BLESSED WITH SPIRITUAL
EXPERIENCES, SOME OF WHCH ARE VERY SACRED AND
CONFIDENTIAL, AND OTHERS, ALTHOUGH SACRED, ARE MEANT
TO BE SHARED. LAST SUMMER MY FAMILY HAD A
SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE THAT HAD A LASTING AND PROFOUN
IMPACT ON US, ONE WE FEEL MUST BE SHARED.
IT'S A MESSAGE OF LOVE, REGAINING PERSPECTIVE, AND
RESTORING PROPER BALANCE AND RENEWING PRIORITIES.
IN HUMILITY, I PRAY THAT I MIGHT, IN RELATING
THIS STORY, GIVE YOU A GIFT MY LITTLE SON
BRIAN GAVE OUR FAMILY ONE SUMMER DAY.
MY HEART WAS NOW POUNDING, BUT THE WILL TO BE CALM
TOOK OVER. WOODENLY, I FOLLOWED THIS STRANGER
TO THE DISTANT TELEPHONE WHERE I CALLED THE NUMBER
HE GAVE ME FOR THE MISSION HOSPITAL.
MY CALL WAS PUT THROUGH TO THE TRAUMA CENTER WHERE I
LEARNED THAT MY THREE-YEAR-OLD SON HAD BEEN TRAPPED
UNDERNEATH THE AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES, AND THAT WHEN MY WIFE HAD FOUND HIM HE WAS
DEAD. CPR HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY A
NEIGHBOR, WHO WAS A DOCTOR, AN THE PARAMEDICS HAD
CONTINUED THE TREATMENT AS BRIAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO
THE HOSPITAL. BY THE TIME OF MY CALL, BRIAN
WAS REVIVED AND THEY BELIEVED HE WOULD LIVE, BUT
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO
HIS BRAIN, NOR HIS HEART. HE HAD BEEN
SEVERELY CRUSHED.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE
MEDICAL STAFF, MY WIFE SOUNDED WORRIED BUT NOT
HYSTERICAL, AND I TOOK COMFORT IN HER CALMNESS.
THE RETURN FLIGHT SEEMED TO LAST FOREVER, BUT
FINALLY I ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL SIX HOURS AFTER
THE GARAGE DOOR HAD COME DOWN. WHEN I WALKED
INTO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, NOTHING COULD HAVE
PREPARED ME TO SEE MY LITTLE SON LAYING SO STILL ON
A GREAT BIG BED WITH TUBES AND MONITORS
EVERYWHERE.
HE WAS ON A RESPIRATOR.
I GLANCED AT MY WIFE WHO STOOD AND TRIED TO GIVE ME
A REASSURING SMILE. IT ALL SEEMED LIKE A
TERRIBLE DREAM. I WAS FILLED IN WITH THE
DETAILS AND GIVEN A GUARDED PROGNOSIS. BRIAN
WAS GOING TO LIVE, AND THE PRELIMINARY TESTS
INDICATED THAT HIS HEART WAS OK---TWO MIRACLES, IN
AND OF THEMSELVES. BUT ONLY TIME WOULD TELL
IF HIS BRAIN RECEIVED ANY DAMAGE.
THROUGHOUT THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS HOURS, MY WIFE WAS
CALM. SHE FELT THAT BRIAN WOULD EVENTUALLY BE
ALL RIGHT. I HUNG ON TO HER WORDS AND THE
FAITH LIKE A LIFELINE. ALL THAT NIGHT AND THE
NEXT DAY BRIAN REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS. IT
SEEMED LIKE FOREVER SINCE I HAD LEFT FOR MY BUSINESS
TRIP THE DAY BEFORE. FINALLY AT TWO 0'CLOCK
THAT AFTERNOON, OUR SON REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND
SAT UP UTTERING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS I HAVE EVER
HEARD SPOKEN, HE SAID, "DADDY HOLD ME," AND
HE REACHED FOR ME WITH HIS LITTLE ARMS.
((TEAR
BREAK...SMILE))
BY THE NEXT DAY HE WAS
PRONOUNCED AS HAVING NO NEUROLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL
DEFICITS, AND THE STORY OF HIS MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL. YOU CAN'T
IMAGINE OUR GRATITUDE AND JOY.
AS WE TOOK
BRIAN HOME WE FELT A UNIQUE REVERENCE FOR THE LIFE
AND LOVE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER THAT COMES TO THOSE
WHO BRUSH DEATH SO CLOSELY. IN THE DAYS THAT
FOLLOWED THERE WAS A SPECIAL SPIRIT ABOUT OUR
HOME.
OUR TWO OLDER CHILDREN WERE MUCH
CLOSER TO THEIR LITTLE BROTHER. MY WIFE AND I
WERE MUCH CLOSER TO EACH OTHER, AND ALL OF US WERE
VERY CLOSE AS A WHOLE FAMILY, LIFE TOOK ON A
LESS STRESSFUL PACE.
PERSPECTIVE SEEMED TO
MORE FOCUSED, AND BALANCE MUCH EASIER TO GAIN AND
MAINTAIN. WE FELT DEEPLY BLESSED. OUR
GRATITUDE WAS TRULY PROFOUND.
ALMOST A
MONTH LATER TO THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, BRIAN AWOKE
FROM HIS AFTERNOON NAP AND SAID. "SIT DOWN MOMMY.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU." AT THIS
TIME IN HIS LIFE, BRIAN USUALLY SPOKE IN SMALL
PHRASES, SO TO SAY A LARGE SENTENCE SURPRISED MY
WIFE. SHE SAT DOWN WITH HIM ON HIS BED AND HE
BEGAN HIS SACRED AND REMARKABLE STORY.
"DO
YOU REMEMBER WHEN I GOT STUCK UNDER THE GARAGE DOOR?
WELL IT WAS SO HEAVY AND IT HURT REALLY BAD.
I CALLED TO YOU, BUT YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME.
I STARTED TO CRY, BUT THEN IT HURT TOO BAD.
AND THEN THE "BIRDIES" CAME.
"THE BIRDIES?" MY WIFE ASKED PUZZLED. "YES,"
HE REPLIED. "THE BIRDIES" MADE A WHOOSHING
SOUND AND FLEW INTO THE GARAGE.
"THEY TOOK
CARE OF ME." MY WIFE SAID "THEY DID?"
"YES", HE SAID. "ONE OF THE BIRDIES, CAME AND
GOT YOU TO TELL YOU I GOT STUCK UNDER THE DOOR."
A SWEET REVERENT FEELING FILLED THE ROOM.
THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG AND YET LIGHTER THAN
AIR. MY WIFE REALIZED THAT A THREE-YEAR=OLD
HAD NO CONCEPT OF DEATH AND SPIRITS, SO HE WAS
REFERRING TO THE BEINGS WHO CAME TO HIM FROM BEYOND
AS "BIRDIES" BECAUSE THEY WERE UP IN THE AIR LIKE
BIRDS THAT FLY. "WHAT DID THE BIRDIES LOOK
LIKE?" SHE ASKED.
BRIAN ANSWERED.
"THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL. THEY WERE ALL
DRESSED IN WHITE, ALL WHITE. SOME OF THEM
HAD
GREEN AND WHITE. BUT SOME OF THEM HAD ON JUST
WHITE."
"DID THEY SAY ANYTHING?"
"YES" HE ANSWERED. THEY TOLD ME THE BABY
WOULD BE ALRIGHT." "THE BABY?" MY WIFE ASKED
CONFUSED. AND BRIAN ANSWERED. "THE BABY
LAYING ON THE GARAGE FLOOR." HE WENT ON, "YOU CAME
OUT AND OPENED THE GARAGE DOOR AND RAN TO THE BABY.
YOU TOLD THE BABY TO STAY AND NOT LEAVE."
MY WIFE NEARLY COLLAPSED UPON HEARING THIS,
FOR SHE HAD INDEED GONE AND KNELT BESIDE BRIAN'S
BODY AND SEEING HIS CRUSHED CHEST AND UNRECOGNIZABLE
FEATURES, KNOWING HE WAS ALREADY DEAD, SHE LOOKED UP
AROUND HER AND WHISPERED, "DON'T LEAVE US BRIAN,
PLEASE STAY IF YOU CAN."
AS SHE LISTENED
TO BRIAN TELLING HER THE WORDS SHE HAD SPOKEN, SHE
REALIZED THAT THE SPIRIT HAD LEFT HIS BODY AND WAS
LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE ON THIS LITTLE LIFELESS
FORM. "THEN WHAT HAPPENED?" SHE ASKED.
"WE WENT ON A TRIP." HE SAID, "FAR, FAR AWAY.." HE
GREW AGITATED TRYING TO SAY THE THINGS HE DIDN'T
SEEM TO HAVE THE WORDS FOR. MY WIFE TRIED TO
CALM AND COMFORT HIM, AND LET HIM KNOW IT WOULD BE
OKAY. HE STRUGGLED WITH WANTING TO TELL
SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM,
BUT FINDING THE WORDS WAS DIFFICULT.
"WE
FLEW SO FAST UP IN THE AIR. THEY'RE SO PRETTY
MOMMY." HE ADDED. "AND THERE IS LOTS AND LOTS
OF "BIRDIES". MY WIFE WAS STUNNED.
INTO HER MIND THE SWEET COMFORTING SPIRIT ENVELOPED
HER MORE SOUNDLY, BUT WITH AN URGENCY SHE HAD NEVER
KNOWN.
BRIAN WENT ON TO TELL HER THAT THE
"BIRDIES" HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO COME BACK AND
TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE "BIRDIES". HE SAID
THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THAT A BIG
FIRE TRUCK, AND AN AMBULANCE WERE THERE. A
MAN WAS BRINGING THE BABY OUT ON A WHITE BED AND HE
TRIED TO TELL THE MAN THE BABY WOULD BE OKAY, BUT
THE MAN COULDN'T HEAR HIM. HE SAID, "BIRDIES
TOLD
HIM TO GO WITH THE AMBULANCE, BUT THEY WOULD BE NEAR
HIM. HE SAID, THEY WERE SO PRETTY AND
PEACEFUL, AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK.
AND THEN THE BRIGHT LIGHT CAME. HE SAID THAT
THE LIGHT WAS SO BRIGHT AND SO WARM, AND HE LOVED
THE BRIGHT LIGHT SO MUCH. SOMEONE WAS IN THE
BRIGHT LIGHT AND PUT THEIR ARMS AROUND HIM, AND TOLD
HIM, "I LOVE YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK."
YOU HAVE TO PLAY BASEBALL, AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT
THE "BIRDIES". "THEN THE PERSON IN THE BRIGHT
LIGHT KISSED HIM AND WAVED BYE-BYE. THEN
WHOOSH, THE BIG SOUND CAME AND THEY WENT INTO THE
CLOUDS."
THE STORY WENT ON FOR AN HOUR
HE TAUGHT US THAT "BIRDIES" WERE ALWAYS WITH
US, BUT WE DON'T SEE THEM BECAUSE WE LOOK WITH OUR
EYES AND WE DON'T HEAR THEM BECAUSE WE LISTEN WITH
OUR EARS. BUT, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE, YOU CAN
ONLY SEE THEM IN HERE (HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS
HEART). THEY WHISPER THE THINGS TO HELP US TO
DO WHAT IS RIGHT BECAUSE THEY LOVE US SO MUCH.
BRIAN CONTINUED, STATING, "I HAVE A PLAN,
MOMMY. YOU HAVE A PLAN. DADDY HAS A
PLAN. EVERYONE HAS A PLAN. WE MUST ALL
LIVE OUR PLAN AND KEEP OUR PROMISES".
THE
"BIRDIES HELP US TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY LOVE US SO
MUCH." IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, HE OFTEN
CAME TO US AND TOLD ALL, OR PART OF IT AGAIN AND
AGAIN. ALWAYS THE STORY REMAINED THE SAME.
THE DETAILS WERE NEVER CHANGED OR OUT OF
ORDER. A FEW TIMES HE ADDED FURTHER BITS OF
INFORMATION AND CLARIFIED THE MESSAGE HE HAD ALREADY
DELIVERED. IT NEVER CEASED TO AMAZE US HOW HE
COULD TELL SUCH DETAIL AND SPEAK BEYOND HIS ABILITY
WHEN HE SPOKE OF HIS "BIRDIES".
EVERYWHERE
HE WENT, HE TOLD STRANGERS ABOUT THE "BIRDIES".
SURPRISINGLY, NO ONE EVER LOOKED AT HIM
STRANGLEY WHEN HE DID THIS. RATHER, THEY
ALWAYS GET A SOFTENED LOOK ON THEIR FACE AND SMILED.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME
EVER SINCE THAT DAY, AND I PRAY WE NEVER WILL BE.
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I'M JUST REALLY
HAPPY THAT SHE READS ARTICLES LIKE THIS...IT MAY
JUST SAVE HER LIFE ON DAY....ALL FOR JUST 5 MINUTES
OF READING.
THANK YOU EMILY
A story is told about a soldier who was finally
coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He
called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad,
I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a
friend I'd like to bring home with me." "Sure," they
replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something
you should know the son continued, "he was hurt
pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land
mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else
to go, and I want him to come live with us." "I'm
sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find
somewhere to live," said
his
dad. "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with
us," continued the son. "Son," said the father, "you
don't know what you're asking. Someone with
such
a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have
our own lives to
live,
and we can't let something like this interfere with
our lives. I think
you
should just come home and
forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on
his own." At that point, the son hung up the
phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A
few days later, however, they received a call from
the San Francisco police. Their son had died after
falling from a building, they were told. The police
believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents
flew to San Francisco
and
were taken to the city morgue to identify the body
of their son. They recognized him, but to their
horror they also discovered something they didn't
know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We
find it easy to love those who are good-looking or
fun to have around, but we don't like people who
inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We
would rather stay away from people who aren't as
healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are.
Thankfully,
there's someone who doesn't treat us that way.
Someone who loves us with
an
unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever
family, regardless of
how
messed up we are.
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