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30 Jun 2009 07:28 PM  
...since being on this board.  It's good to be back.  Actually, I was gone from all the forums I frequent for awhile but have been posting on some others lately.  Things are still the same.  I don't know anymore than before LOL.

It's nice to see some ol' friends posting. 

Julie's thread about helping people hit a spot with me.  Things are tough for alot of folks out there. 

A dear friend of mine, from far away, her brother has heart trouble, I mean REAL heart trouble, and they aren't sure how long he will live.  Knowing this, and seeing threads like the one Julie started...it reminded me of something my grandmother (rest her soul) used to tell me...

At the age of 31 she had a stroke and was paralyzed permanently on her right side. This after giving birth to a son with one leg and no hands/only half arms with stubs, who went on to operate heavy equipment for 17 years in the union and later had to fight for disability after falling from a dozer (and proving to the GOV he could work), breaking his abnormal bones...surgery would've paralized him permanently.  I believe her stroke helped her to raise him to be the man he was.

...she'd say to me:   ..."Son, no matter how bad things get in your life remember, there's always someone worse off than you".

Yep, there's alot of trouble out there, and a close friend of mine, her brother is going to die from a REAL broken heart.  That is if God doesn't perform a miracle soon.

If there's someone you know that's in trouble in any way, lend an ear, lend a hand...the next person you know that may need help may just be YOU.

Happy Training everyone!



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08 Jul 2009 04:46 PM  
Nice post Bill. You are a gentleman and a scholar of many things. I miss seeing your posts, usually thought provoking and sometimes controversial. But you are the kind of person you talk about and I wish for your friend the right kind of ending for their problems and it's nice to see people care. More important than titles and fancy dogs....

Have a good summer my friend!

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13 Jul 2009 07:59 AM  
Bill,
Great thoughts from a good guy.

Hang in there and keep up the positive thoughts. Better times are ahead.
I hope the right job opportunity presents itself to you soon my friend.
Give Becky, Levi and Saige our best from your friends in Oregon.
Pat
Lord may I be half the man that my dogs think that I am!
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