| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 1:27:24 AM | Um no, I don't have anyone like that.
whitetigress, i got a little teary reading your post. Ive been around my brother's kids a lot, and what you say is true.
When they climb on my lap and start to fall asleep, sometimes I feel like I don't deserve those moments. I'm no angel, but they don't care.
I want to go back and relive my life, but this time live up to the image they have of me in their minds. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 2:56:49 AM | | My 5 year old daughter..no more so than when I was in the emergency room 2 years ago, listening to the doctors tell me they thought there was an 80% chance she would die during surgery and to prepare myself for the possibility and start calling family in, I remember sitting there, alone, numb and hurting and watching the world spin around - then looking at that little girl, knowing that God blessed me with her, and if it was his choice to take her back home, I had to acknowledge it...and realizing after surgery, the first time she opened her eyes and looked at me that I knew what true love was. We faced a lot of residual medical issues for a long time after her operation, but got through them together. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 5:04:03 AM | | This is an easy one - my father. If all men could be the wonderful husband, brother, son, or father I see him as - the world would be full of great men. Plus, when I'm stressed or shooting off ideas about business, life or politics - he's a great communicator and a great person to call when I have no one else to help me out... | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 5:11:23 AM | its great to have one person you can go to,,for advice and to confide in..trust that one person...i have been that one confident to a few people and have helped..i value them as people,i respect them as friends...and it gives me a good feeling to help others...so if you or any body is lucky to find that one person to confide in..it helps..have a grand day... | |
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Posted: 10/24/2006 5:16:44 AM | Thank you for your responses..Its so nice to know people still care in life and have not forgotten the value of others...after all we are all human and on the net sometimes its easy to forget we all have feelings etc...and for most of us we have a wonderful circle of freinds and family that mean the world to us.  | |
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Joined: 9/4/2005
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 5:39:19 AM | I agree with you whitetigress...I'd have to say my two sons also...
Its amazing what you can learn from them everytime they talk to you. Even though they are only in their teen years, they can sometimes be wiser with their words, then somebody thats much older. There was a time when they solely depended on me, but as they grow, I now know I can also depend on them to keep me going through the good and the bad.
When they do things that makes you proud, you know that you've done your job well..I am truly blessed with 2 wonderful kids.... | |
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Posted: 10/24/2006 6:23:24 AM | | I only "look up to" one person in my life and that just happens to be my boss. She is also one of my best friends. 8 years ago when 2 of my 3 children were diagnosed with a disability, my marriage started to roll downhill quickly and I had to leave my job, I came to the Centre where I am now employed, for support, education and just to vent. OMG, I met someone who understood, did not judge and offered support, caring, and friendship. She also saw within me, what I could not see myself: strength. She is there for me everyday now, but I know if anything ever happened and we lost touch, she'd still be there for myself and my children. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 6:35:13 AM | I have had so many wonderful people come into my life...and lend me their strength, love and encouragement when I needed it most...
My auntie Liz was someone who took care of me alot in my childhood. She provided the care,consistency and discipline I needed as a child...and I appreciate that so much. My Mom was always leaving...going in and out of the hospital and that is really hard on a little kid...
I always sought out my girlfriends' Moms as a teen growing up. I would talk to them for hours and gleen their knowlege and outlook on life...I needed that and I think they needed me too! Mrs Beckett (passed away now) and Mrs Booth especially...To this day, I still seek out the women I feel are strong of character...
My brother is my rock though....he has always stood by me during the tough times...and he is one of my best friends! I love that guy!!
I'm looking for my very best male friend in the world...  | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 10:49:54 AM |
Um no, I don't have anyone like that.
whitetigress, i got a little teary reading your post. Ive been around my brother's kids a lot, and what you say is true.
When they climb on my lap and start to fall asleep, sometimes I feel like I don't deserve those moments. I'm no angel, but they don't care.
I want to go back and relive my life, but this time live up to the image they have of me in their minds.
yes you do... your nephews!
and its never too late to do what you want, why look back? Look forward and start now. The simple fact you let them fall asleep on your lap means the world to them. You gave them a piece of peace and security. That's awesome.. youre a good uncle!Keep it up | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 12:02:48 PM |
No offense but your beliefs and religion are not mine...
Then I understand when you say no one has been there for you.
But just because you don't recognize Him doesn't mean He hasn't been there for you. I'll keep you in my prayers anyway. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 12:19:55 PM | | The person who has touched my heart was my dad. My dad taught me alot and I miss him alot he past away 9 years ago and he taught me how to treat women right and taught me how to give speeches that are effective and taught me how to play sports from lifting weights and how to cook. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 2:02:49 PM | | My father was my strength,My teacher,My mentor,My world,Then one day he decided to leave to higher ground as God needed him there,Now my kids are my strengths,My old fashioned ways and values keep me going,My friends always give me a push in the right direction,sometimes i do not listen as i can be stubborn,but i must say most og the strengths we need are right inside our hearts we just need to search deeper and understand that we can do anything if we put our heart into it,life is way to short to keep searching and searching so chin up and make the best of everything and continue to take care of yourselves. | |
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Joined: 6/16/2006
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 2:47:38 PM | It is amazing to read these stories and to see how much love we all have in our lives. Even for those that say they have none, you need look no further than right here in the forums. Yes, we are virtually strangers but you can post pretty much anything here and you will feel belonging, acceptance and understanding.
I have had many people touch my life through the years in many different ways. I've had negative and positive experiences. My daughter is the most obvious positive influence and I have spoken of her from time to time. But it's a negative experience that touched me more than any other life experience.
When I was 16, my 21 year old brother was tragically killed in a car accident. He was in the passenger seat while his friend drove and their girls in the back. They were drinking through the night and the next day on their way to white water rafting, they drove the car around a sharp turn, lost control and smacked into a telephone pole.
My brother was the only one killed.
They all had blood-alcohol levels and neither of them had any business driving. After the shock had worn off, I became really angry. If this guy was my brother's friend and he cared, he wouldn't have driven and my brother would be alive. I wanted my mom and dad to put the guy away. He took my brother and my parents only biological child through an act of pure stupidity.
It was mom and dad that taught me the power of forgiveness. They chose not to press charges. They chose to allow my brothers friend to live his life. They chose to forgive him. In that single act, they had shown me that anger and revenge is not the answer. It never makes us feel better. In fact, it was this act of forgiveness that allowed me to let the anger go. I was able then to properly grieve my brother without the bitterness toward his friend.
It was just as much my brother's choice to get in the car as it was his friends. There was no sense in taking a second life in payment for the first.
This occured in 1986 and since then I have been able to take each and every life experience, especially the negative ones and find the positive in them. It's why I state in my profile that I will never regret as I believe we are a culmination of our experiences.
I'm sorry, this has been longer than I intended so for those of you that read this, thanks. I just felt it necessary to explain why my parents have been one of the most positive and loving influences in my life. | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 4:03:18 PM | wow Xena...what a story and I am so sorry about your loss. I am happy however that you did take away a positive and learned one of lifes valuable lessons. Thank you for sharing it. I can totally relate to it. Only for me, it was not my Parents who taught me the art of forgiveness but rather the Parents of my dearest friend who was killed by a drunk driver. I was only 16 at the time and looking forward to prom night. My girlfriend was on her way to my house and waiting for the bus when a drunk driver jumped the curb and killed her. Like you I was very devastated. I wanted that "Man" to pay for what he had done. It was my friends Parents who told me that "hurting" the man would not bring Her back. It was through their actions, words and comfort that I first truly learned how to forgive. I admired them then, and still do to this day.
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/24/2006 7:46:11 PM | Someone who has touched my life profoundly is my daughter. She makes me see my faults and weak spots and helps me to make them stronger. She has brought about a maturity and sense of responsibilty in me, 2 things in life I was lacking.
There is someone else who has touch my heart profoundly. Someone who will remain nameless. But the pain and the hurt that this person has had to endure in this life and the strength that he shows by living his life regardless of the life he was given, is enough to inspire anyone. I look at my life and I look at his and I see that regardless of the life you were given the choice is yours to make it more or less then what it was. He has done that. He decided that he can do it on his own he can make a better life on his own..everyone needs a good push every now and then and he's only human but he still tries. He'll put a smile on your face when you feeling garbage regardless of how shitty his day was. He's always laughing and striving to make the best out life and every moment. He's always wanting something more something greater then what he had before. To me that shows the amount of strength and self respect that this person has. My daughter and I look up to him in so many ways. I wish in his heart he truely could understand the strong influence he has in my life and my daughters. I wish he knew how much I love him and admire him for the person he has become and the better person I know in time he will be... | |
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Posted: 10/25/2006 3:46:40 AM | | my bestest friend in the entire world! she is absolutely amazing and i am so proud of her. she is my inspiration for everything i do. she got pregnant at 17 had a beautiful baby boy at 18- sat her a levels 3 wks after his birth and is now at our local university studying for her degree. she has her own house, a part time job and a beautiful two yr old. she struggled a hell of a lot during the first few yrs but now she is finally at a place where everythin is starting to go as planned. throughout all this she has managed to be an absolute god send to me- she drove 90 miles to come stay with me at uni when i split up from my boyfriend and without her help i don't think i could have got through it. she has been with me through all lifes ups and downs and she is more like a sister to me. there is no one in this world who understands me half as well as she does and i can honestly say she is my soulmate. no man will EVER be as important to me as she is. she is proof that no matter what life throws at u u can always pick urself up dust urself off and make something beautiful out of it. | |
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Joined: 8/1/2006
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/25/2006 3:59:24 AM | My late Dad is still the biggest influence in my life and helped shape me into the person I am today.
My best friend is also my soulmate and he's has been there for me through quite a bit of rough stuff even though we've only known each other a couple of years. He's my confidante, my best buddy, my shoulder to cry on and my protector and I love him dearly. | |
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Posted: 10/25/2006 4:15:29 AM | When I was in University I had to stop after 2nd year as I couldn't afford to go on. At the beginning of should have been my 4th year I was invited to supper by my good friends parents. They told me that they felt it was a sin that someone as smart as I was shouldn't beunable to go back for a reason like money. They invited me to live with them rent free so I could finish ~ and they also raised my tuition from amongst various groups like Ploghshares that they belonged to. In 2 days I was enrolled in classes and I stayed with them for the next 2 years. Wally was my spiritual father and his wife Jackie was the woman who should've been my mother.
Sadly, neither of them is here anymore, but I bless them everyday and talk to them all the time. They aacted like I was doing them a favor as they were used to having young people in the house. They introduced mo to independent/foreign films and they gave me Goddess Remembered for Christmas ~ the film that began my spiritual Pagan path. To Wally, the truest Christian I've ever known it was more important that everybody have a spiritual path as opposed to following his path.
I miss them both terribly. | |
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Posted: 10/25/2006 2:07:17 PM | My sister and best friend who is the most intelligent witty woman I know but who will turn around and will be playin with the kids in a mud puddle because she can. She never hesitates to help anyone out and remains a very possitive influence in my life. I look up to her a lot (even though I'm older go figure the woman is very wise). Her honesty and support has gotten me through some very tough times and I don't know what I'd do without her. Hopefully I'll never find out. Besides she gets my quirky sense of humor  Love ya Sis | |
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 10/25/2006 7:11:11 PM | @ OP
I have had the opportunity and privilege to participate in many of the threads of POF, and many have been quite meaningful and significant to me. Many points of view were powerful and well stated, and many dragged from me long-tabled, unresolved, feelings of angst, turmoil, and sorrow held deep within, and I think I have benefited by allowing my fingers to roam the keyboard, commenting my innermost concerns and thoughts. Humorous aspects have engaged me as well. I always enjoy a chuckle, especially self-generated. I take great pleasure in reading and participating in certain threads β most certainly THIS ONE β which elicit emotions deeply affecting me and others. Sometimes we know not what we truly feel until we reduce our thoughts βto online paper.β
You and your thread, THIS thread, deserve our deepest gratitude. I extend my heartfelt THANKS.
With Regard and Respect,
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| Someone who has touched your heart and is beautiful to you
Posted: 11/1/2006 4:46:31 AM | | Someone else who has touch my heart is my Pastor, I mean he took me in when I needed encouragement and my pastor has taught me how to focus on what I am call to do. He has also taken me out to eat and also taught me how to handle money the right way. | |
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