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"I Believe in You!" A message of Hope, stories from the road. By Bob Perks ************************************************* Hello, my friend!? ? To all my Christian "friends I've never met"...Merry Christmas!? I needed to say it.? It appears
to be politically incorrect this year. ? I wrote a different story for you today.? A story, not about a place, but about a place in my heart. ? ************************************************* ? Perks Pearl of Wisdom ? "You hold a place in my heart.? Take care of it for me." Bob Perks ? ************************************************* "Wishes" Gift Store Last chance to help! ? THE BIG EVENT ENDS IN JUST? ? 4 days! 4? days and it is all over! ? December 15th ? It is our way of covering costs for sending free stories to my "friends I never met." ? Can you make a donation?? ? ? If you can't, ? then say a prayer for us that we continue to reach out to the world with hope. ? Make a purchase and save 10 % by putting my name, Bob, in the coupon at checkout. ? Send a hug in a mug and T-shirt or...? Tapes, Books, Greeting Cards, Wall prints, Mugs, T-shirts ? Buying? products helps? keep these messages F R E E ? Thank you in advance for your kindness! **************************************************** All stories copyright 2005 Bob Perks Today's Message: "It isn't gone" By Bob Perks ? The news reporter said, "It's
gone, a total loss!"? My heart hurt, my spirit slid into despair.? ? "I can't believe it!" I said loudly. ? "What?" Marianne shouted.? "What happened?" ? "It's the Shore Plaza!? There was a fire...it's gone!? The man said it's gone!" ? "What?? Oh, no!? It can't be!" she replied. ? I only saw a glimpse of it on television but recognized? the famous blue and white building located right on the Boardwalk in Wildwood New Jersey immediately. ? "All of the memories...we were just there last summer." ? I sighed so deeply my chest? moaned in sadness. ? There is no coincidence in my life.? None at all.? Everything that happens now has a reason, a purpose much greater than I can ever understand. ? When we stayed at the Shore Plaza in Wildwood, New Jersey last summer I happened to see maintenance men working on the boardwalk out front.? We were getting ready to? leave and I ran downstairs to get a piece of the old boards they were removing.? I gave the man $5.00 for his trouble. ? When I got home I made up three framed picture boxes and included a piece of the boardwalk and a picture of the Shore Plaza.? Along with it I placed several cut out pictures of my family at play in the sand at different stages in our lives. ? My children grew up over the years...I didn't. ? We have spent some wonderful summers there at the Shore Plaza. ? In recent? years we have introduced my brother and his family to the motel, too. ? My son Keith and his wife are regulars there, too.? ? The reporter said "it's gone!" ? But he's wrong.? How could it be?? I still have incredible memories of it all.? I can smell the boardwalk
foods, like Sam's Pizza located just below the motel.? I can hear the boardwalk sounds of laughter, games and rides. ? It's not gone.? It never will be.? You see the Shore Plaza Motel was just a building of brick, furniture, and bedding.? We didn't go there for that.? ? The Shore Plaza was the people.? ? Like a house is not a home, it's just a building.? Home is made of people, love, family, moments and memories made within the walls of it.? Every time you move you take "home"
with you. ? Like Sam Spera, the? owner.? Whatever he builds there again, it will become the Shore Plaza and with it new memories.? ? "He came here from Italy in 1957 with nothing and built all of this." said Dante Spera his grandson said. ? Everyday when we came downstairs the? Sam would? be seated in the lobby watching? television with his family? at work behind the check in counter. ? The Shore Plaza? wasn't a building.? ? ? It was the Spera? family.? It was the staff that
cleaned the rooms and the people in the? tour buses? who came to stay. ? ? It was the small restaurant located on the top floor just outside the? rooftop pool where we ate each morning.? ? ? Shore? Plaza, the building is gone.? But my heart, my soul, my children, my wife,? my fondest memories of Wildwood are alive and well. ? I went to a website to read more about the fire.? ? The pictures? I saw broke my heart. ? We spent the last two summers in a room looking over the boardwalk.? I love watching people.? ? The rooms are gone. But the people will return. ? One person in the interview said..."Let's? pray to? God we get over this.? Maybe some miracle will come out of this." ? Funny, I believe in miracles! ? Sam, please tell me you'll be back? there sitting in the lobby soon.? ? ? We'll be waiting at the check in counter.? ? But hurry.? The winter here? takes so long and Wildwood? will never be the same without you.? ? ? "I
believe in You!" Bob Perks ? I encourage you to share my stories with your friends but, when copying I ask that you keep my name and contact information attached so that new readers can find their way here. Use of this story for commercial use is prohibited without direct permission from the author. ? *********************************************** ? May I Suggest... ? Visit my photo album: ? Read recent messages: ************************************************* ? Your Comments...? If
you would like to share brief comment about today's message, please write to Bob@BobPerks.com? I will use only first names and no email addresses. ? Bob, You are like a highlighter on the roadmap of life!? It's been a very tough couple of weeks with end of year deadlines to get things done at work, having a co-worker terminated and having to pick up the extra work until a replacement can be found. ? But TODAY - the new girl on our team treated me to a bowl of fresh fruit! - because she thinks I'm the 'bomb-diggity.'? I've been training her, and she says the way I train is just the way she needs to receive
the information. ? TODAY - a client thanked me twice for taking the extra time at the end of the day (6:15 p.m.) to edit a benefit bulletin for her company - which is having their open enrollment meeting Monday morning. ? TODAY - my husband took me shopping for a pre-lit Christmas tree; and stopped in the jewelry store to purchase the wedding band he'd found for me.? I can no longer wear the original - I'm allergic to the metal.? He even took it out of the box and placed it on my finger with the words "with this ring I thee re-wed." ? I almost missed it all for being so tired.? ALMOST. ? I hope your message reaches those who are so deep in work, despair, self-centeredness that they have forgotten to come
up for air, smell the flowers and NOTICE the daisies of life - the people who care about them. ? Great message - again. ? God's peace, Toby Jo ? Bob, I just want to thank you so much for the enjoyment I get from your stories and the web sites.? ? I have spent this afternoon on the web just reading and enjoying all.? This is a book I just can't put down.? I subscribe to Beliefnet that is where I found you.? Thanks again Connie ************************************************** ? "I wish you enough!"
Bob ? Bob Perks is a professional speaker, author and vocalist.? Member National Speakers Association. Visit http://www.BobPerks.com ? Visit Bob's story site: http://www.IWishYouEnough.com Sign up to receive Bob's free stories sent three times weekly. ? "I wish you enough!" written by Bob Perks (c) 2001 ? "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye." |
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