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STORYTIME TAPESTRY The Newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness throughout the world ? ? ? We welcome Tania Puma writer #236 to Storytime Tapestry.? I am so pleased with all the writer talent going on here lately.? Please take the time to email her and tell her exactly what you think of her poem. ? ? Now on to the good stuff.......... ? ? <p>Animal awareness series endorsed by ? ? ? Today's Queue Stories ? ~ Peace Makers ~ Joyce C. Lock ? ? ? ? ? Some of the most beautiful people, in the world, are known as ???peacemakers??™.? They're often labeled as lazy because they don't match the energy and drive of a doer.? Instead, they are more likely to rise to the occasion out of care, compassion, and concern. ? ? ? ? ? The peacemaker is tender hearted and generous, with a heart of gold.? They're the personality we're most drawn to when we need a listening ear, or some sort of help.? There's a sense of serenity in their presence because we're most likely to be received unconditionally. ? ? ? ? ? "Near to the heart of God" can often be said of a peacemaker, as their relationship with Him is often quite intense. ? ? ? ? ? The peacemaker is just that, a PEACE MAKER.? Though they're often quite successful in their profession, their personal life is far from beautiful.? They have a tendency to get crapped on, manipulated, taken advantage of, and used; to back down from most any stand, reject a higher calling, to do whatever it takes for the sake of peace. ? ? ? ? ? Being emotionally bound, the peacemaker may have great difficulty in making or keeping a commitment, as their emotions change at least daily.? And, whatever commitment is made may be overruled by the objections of another. ? ? ? ? ? It seems sad that the peace maker has so much more to offer, yet lets fear of adversity rule; that others get to call the shots for their life, while they ache inside for what might have been. ? ? ? ? ? Perhaps we could be more sensitive in considering the plight of a peacemaker, to not push our will on them and not to hold them back.? We might, gradually, teach and guide them toward becoming stronger in taking stands; drawing on their faith in God to see them through. ? ? ? ? ? Otherwise, when they stand before their Maker, there will be no one standing by their side; no one else to blame.? When God asks why they didn't follow His callings, their only answer might be, "Well, I thought about it." ? ? ? ? ? Then, God just might turn to us and ask where we were when the peacemaker needed us. ? ? ?© by Joyce C. Lock ? ? ? ~**~**~? ? Going Down For The Last Time ? A True story
Soon I entered a small dressing room where I prepared for my baptism. There was a? girl helping us that day who wore noisy shoes on the tile floor and I vowed and did find what kind of shoes they were As my turn came, I stepped gingerly down the three steps that led me into the waters of baptism. When I came up out of the waters, I felt renewed alive and so clean. Oh not water clean for that was only surface but cleansed forever in that crimson fountain that still flows so freely from Calvary's hill for one and all even today. ? ? STORYTIME TAPESTRY The Newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness throughout the world ? ? ? Today we are welcoming Tammy Clark, writer # 235, for Storytime Tapestry.? Please email her and wish success in her writing and of course encourage her to continue writing for us. ? ? Now on to the good stuff..........? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Today's Queue Stories The Movies
, which was bustling with activity and safe years ago. Today you don??™t venture there if you value your life. The Shawmut was more than a movie house. It was a community center, a second home, a retreat, a social gathering place, and of course, an entertainment facility. It allowed thankful parents to get a few hours away from their children as long as they had someone responsible to take their kids to the Saturday matinee. ? Tickets were either five or ten cents each. There was no food or drink sold in the neighborhood theaters when I was five years old, but there usually was a confectionery store nearby where you could purchase a generous amount of candy for a nickel. What could be more satisfying than your sweet-tooth treat as you sat patiently through the news, laughed aloud at the cartoons, and intently watched the main attraction and the important cliffhanger that made you want to return the following week? ? I walked along with my two older brothers, who were threatened with horrible punishment if they neglected to take good care of their little sister. It wasn??™t my fault that on the way I managed, God only knows how, to swallow a fairly large buzzing fly. I screamed as it tickled my throat, its wings beating in protest. Finally it slid down. I wanted to go home to tell my mother what had happened but my brothers didn??™t want to do that. They were thoughtful enough to assure me that flies were not bad and actually were good for you as long as you didn??™t consume too many. Little Bernice swallowed that bull along with the fly. We entered the large, imposing building of our weekend retreat and found seats. I sat between Arnold and Howard as always. Mom said that was the safest way. But what happened if I needed to visit the bathroom? They couldn??™t take me. My mother told me I could go if it was an emergency and we would have to ask a lady or older girl whom we knew to take me. I realize now that on Saturdays I was given very few fluids until I got home. Then I was urged to drink a lot to help the dehydration I??™d been subjected to. ? We were surrounded by familiar, friendly faces. I waved to my neighbors. We were all in a jovial mood, anticipating a wonderful afternoon. There was chatter and laughter. Occasionally an usher would come around to shush people and to warn us we??™d have to leave if we couldn??™t behave. To me, an usher was like a policeman. I didn??™t dare misbehave.? ? I loved that time. We had one bag of candy, which we shared. I was happy and engrossed in a funny Charlie Chaplain film. Suddenly something hard hit my chest. I was frightened. I poked ? He whispered, ???Are you crazy? What are you talking about???? ? I felt around: no blood. Then my shaky fingers fished out an object. Even in the dark, from the size and shape I could tell it was a 50-cent piece. It probably had fallen from the balcony above us, and to me it was a real windfall. I did feel sorry for the person who lost it, though. ? I asked my brothers if I should call out, ???Did anyone lose fifty cents???? ? They told me ???Don??™t you dare; everyone will say they did.??? ? We just had to keep it and without guilt. ? After hours of being entertained, we headed for home, but first we stopped at the little store. My brothers had convinced me that I should share my fortune with them. After all, they brought me each week. ? We were able to get three large bags of our favorite penny candy. We walked along, partaking of the goodies. I chewed a couple of the chocolate covered caramels that I favored, which was probably one of the reasons I had trouble with my gums years later. ? I left a generous portion for my parents. My brothers ate all of theirs. My parents became angry with them because they had very little appetite for the tasty meal my mom had prepared, and they were properly punished, but my mother and father praised their little darling for being kind and willing to share. ? Bernice Becker is an 84 years young author? of her new book "Feel Good Stories". Indeed her tales prove that feeling good knows no age. Reading the stories narrate foibles and adventures of growing up, marriage, teaching, and retirement, you'll find yourself laughing, crying, and delighting in the adventures of being alive. Visit her website at http://www.storiestofeelgood.com? to buy? the book and? get started on your own journey to feeling good! ? God is our mighty counselor Tammy Clark ?
? ? ? ? ~**~**~? ? ? The Ball A True Story Gwen Tweedy ? I'm not sure what age it started this love of sports but I do know
I was young. I had always wanted to meet just one of my athletes. For that's how I thought of them and this I did also One day later on quite some time later, I received an? autographed
basketball in the mail with the current team at that time. Who all had handled this ball? Countless untold numbers I was sure, and the athletes who wrote their names upon Awe, as the sweet flow of wonderfulness coursed through my body. I fondled the rough round ball in the palms of my hands, and memorized every ridge and sighed with ecstasy. ? The End. In Loving prayer for someone special *YOU* ? ? My name is Gwen Tweedy. I live in I have been married for over 26 years. And? Bob and I have a grown daughter Melissa. I am totally blind and work as a power sewing machine operator at Envision. My hobbies include writing, encouraging people on my Email lists reading, singing in the? choir, and playing for my small Sunday school church. My Email address is ? ? ~**~**~ ? Who knows what goodness lives in the hearts of men? ? THE SHADOW KNOWS ? ? By Ron Gold ? ? ???Come on, Ron, you can do better than that,??? Dick yelled as he burst through the door and snapped the lights on in our off-campus? apartment. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? This same scene played out almost every Sunday at five.? I??™d listen to ???The Shadow??? on the radio with the room lights turned off so I could watch my Shadow? ring glow through the darkness.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???You know how it??™s going to end.? There??™s a criminal loose.? and Lamont Cranston chase him.? But he corners them.? Lamont becomes the Shadow, hypnotizes the crook so the bad guy can??™t see him.? The good guys win and it??™s tune in next week for another same story with different villains. ? The weed of crime bears bitter fruit.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???But you don??™t understand, Richard,??? I said.? ???This is not another joke.. There??™s more to it.? It??™s more profound.??? ? Dick laughed. ? Dick Handler never let up on his ???you can do better??? or ???you can get more??? attitude, which made him a superb editor at our college newspaper and, newspaper in ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Because Dick had a good eye for byline names, he changed mine.? He hated ???Ronnie???.? ???Not virile enough. Sounds like a sissy show-tune singer???.? So he dubbed me ???Ron???, the name I??™ve chosen to use ever since. ? ? A year or two after my graduation from the received a phone call from Dick.? ???Lamont,??? he said, ???I??™m getting ready to tie the knot. You??™ll be my best man! We??™re being married up in Carole??™s home town, ? ???You could have picked a better time,??? I told him, commenting on the heavy Summer humidity in the fishing town.? And you could have picked a much more fragrant city.? But you couldn??™t pick a better wife than Carole.? ? She??™s? a charmer and she??™s got a good head on her shoulders.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dick said ???thank you??”but you could have said it better--without the cliche. Carole deserves more than hackneyed imagery from you???. ? ? One of my best man??™s assignments was to buy milk shakes for the bridal party.? New Englanders believe milk shakes ward off hangovers. ? ? I ambled up to the drug store??™s soda fountain in my formal white dinner jacket.? Sweaty men and women stared as I ordered. ? ? ???You must be going? to? a wedding,??? one? female customer said. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Yes.? At the Jewish temple.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???I??™ve never been to a Jewish wedding,??? a second girl said. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Then come on over.? I??™ll see you there.??? ? ? After saying their vows, Carole and Dick walked up the aisle. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Who are those two girls in t-shirts,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???I don??™t know, ???Dick responded.? ???Probably some girls Ron picked up in town.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Life went on.? We wrote and telephoned each other often.? And Dick and Carole visited me in ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Six years ago I called Dick from my hospital room. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dick sounded cheerful. ???How ???ya doin??™, Lamont???? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???To tell you the truth, Dick, I just lost my leg.? Went through a below the knee amputation. Nothin??™ to laugh about.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Lost your leg?? That??™s tough.? But I can do better than that.? I??™ve got cancer: Stomach.? Liver.? And Esophagus.? I start Chemo? Monday.? They gave me six months.? I??™ll do well.? I??™ve got Carole and my boys.? I just want a good quality of life. ? He got his wish.? He retired from The Courant, became a gardening freak.? And he and Carole followed the UConn Huskies basketball team.? They also developed a fondness for Scottish Highland Games and local Indian Pow- wows. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Less than a year later, Carole phoned.? ???Lamont,??? she said, ???he has very little time left.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Knowing I couldn??™t drive to ? ???Dear Dick, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???You have been up front in my mind and in the forefront of my meditations and prayers. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???For more than forty years, we have gone our separate ways. And we always managed to keep in touch.? We knew what we both were doing.? We care about each other.? ? ???I remember the image of Lamont Cranston I gave you.? The Shadow is still my hero.? And now, with your cancer, you are Lamont Cranston.? ? You won??™t have to be seen to remain effective.? What you have done in your life??”and with your life -- will be seen and felt and treasured by? ? ? ? our future generations.? You have been wonderful??” and wonderfully blessed.? I love you and I will miss you.? God bless you. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Ron???. ? Ron Gold outthinkresumes@aol.com ? ? Poetry Section ~**~**~ Scatter the Joy Tania Puma ? I will one day embrace the shadow That lurks and menaces from afar Always wondering maybe tomorrow One last breath, I touch my heart. ? Will they lay me with flowers? Will they sing words of love? As they look, one wonders Will she smile from above? ? Do not shed tears when I fly Speak your truth, don??™t be coy I will be dancing with the most high Just remember: Scatter joy. ? Tania Puma pumatania@yahoo.com ? ? ~**~**~ GOODBYE DEAR DAD? Sue Walsh ? I never ever believed this day would comeAfter beating the odds so many times I thought he would surely live to one hundred and ninety one ? For a man who loved change, challenge laughter and life He was a constant, always there for his children and his wife ? He loved people and to make them laugh and to entertain ??“ that was dad And whatever the story he told it always began ???Well the funniest one we ever had??? ? No matter whether it be Phil and Glen and the tailing of the lambs Or one of the boys and their many scams Or when the tractor was bogged for over a week And he was so mad he could scarcely speak He looked back and it was all one hell of a joke That was dad ??“ simply a delightful bloke ? He taught his children how to enjoy life and the difference between right and wrong And at the most difficult time of my life we knew how to stand together and be strong He would be proud of the legacy he left behind The most loving and supportive family you could find. ? I know in my heart that we each believe our dad is the absolute best Now I know how terrible the pain when we watch them ascend to rest. ? As I flew home at 40,000 feet a few hours too late It felt as if I helped the Angels lead him home to Heavens Gate ? He??™s on a new journey, a new challenge, I bet he can hardly wait And knowing how he loved a new audience he would want us to celebrate. ? If he were here he would thank each and every friend For taking care of Cynth and being here right to the end ? Goodbye dearest dad, Goodbye dear Joe It??™s very comforting to know That we??™ll see you in heaven when it??™s our time to go! ? Sue Walsh Adelseal @senet.com.au ? ? Bio ? My
name is Sue Walsh - I live in ? ? ? ? ? ~**~**~ WITH TEARS IN HER EYES Sharon Bryant? ? ? She stood there watching As he walked away He was leaving her again She tried to be brave ? Her heart was heavy Her face tried to hide The fear in her heart She longed for him by her side ? She turned her head As he boarded the bus She waved her hand Trying not to make a fuss ? He promised he'd write Promised he'd call She tried to smile Remembering it all ? Her son was going To a strange land To fight for freedom Please God, hold his hand ? She waved good bye With tears in her eyes Her little boy was now a man A soldier, her pride ? Sharon Bryant 2005 ? Sharon Bryant 1946 @bellsouth.net ? About Me: ? I am Sharon Bryant,? 59 years old and reside in I lost my child in 1977 when he was five and I write I
am a chocolate/candy maker and also a wood crafter and knitter. ? Writers Feedback ? Dear Carol;? I must agree with you about "beef." ? East Meets West ??“ Deepak Morris - Not fair.? Did they ever find the beast?? ? Louise ? Carol, ? I am not much of a red meat eater--maybe because I didn't grow up eating it or maybe because my first husband wanted it 7 days a week!? ? However, just reading your piece has whet my appetite and I'm going out tomorrow and purchase two rib-eye steaks to grill outside.? Add a baked potato with sour cream and some fresh tomatoes from my garden and we will feast!? ? Thanks for the mouth-watering treat! ? Love, Barb ? ? I love Bernice Becker's reflections. Sounds like my ? ? SENIOR WRITERS Chief Writer: Sharon Bryant ? ? Agee, Vance;? Apted, Violet;? Baker, Kathy;? Batt, Al;? Boda, Ginger;? ? Buhagiar, Victor; Cassady, B.J.;? Cavalera, Robyn; Crider, Mark;? Deming, Barb; Goodier, Steve;? Harris, Kathy Anne;? Hunt, Sharlette;? Jacobson, Gary;? Kiser, Roger Dean; Kerens, Claudia; Jenkins, Pamela; Liles, Norma;? Mazzella, Joe;? Ojeigbe, Georgewaters; ? Petry, Dianna Doles; Roberts, Susan;? Shiveley, Debra; Shaw, Bob; Sims, Richard; Swarner, Ken; Vaknin, Sam; Verhoeff, Jan Walker, Bill;? Walker, Joe;? Warner, Gorden K; Whirity, Kathy;? White, Robert; ? ? ? ? ? ? STORYTIME TAPESTRY STAFF Publisher: Carol Roach-founder Moderator: Thelma Hartselle-co founder Moderator: Clara Westerfer ? ? ? Send all inquires about the newsletter including submission requirements: Winterose? @videotron.ca |
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