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Aug 24,
2005
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~**~**~**~
Let??™s Change the
Law
Jan
Verhoeff
Recently an issue came up in a local court,
custody case where the parents were never married. A young girl has a baby and
is currently in a relationship with a lot of promise. Her finance has a job,
works steady, and they are raising two children together, in a nice home,
nothing fancy, but it's nice. She's working where she can take the kids with her
to work, has plenty of help with them, and makes good money. Bio father of her
child doesn't work steadily, has never held a job more than six weeks at a time,
is renowned for his drug use. His blood/hair tests showed positive for cocaine
use within the past week before the test. The judge still gave him very liberal
visitation of the child (less than two years old), three weekends a month. The
man pays no child support, and lives in a house his family provides, and spends
any money he does get doing drugs. He has no driver license, no transportation,
and no phone. During the time he has the child, the mother has NO
CONTACT.
In the valley newspaper recently, a 28 year old man was arrested
on suspicion of possession of an illegal substance and the child was taken into
custody by Social Services.
Critical information.
The custody
visitation case above has some interesting connections. The bio father is a
felon. His attorney is married to the chief of police. The judge in the case, is
the same judge who handled the felony case a couple of years ago. The probation
officer in the case is the bio-father's step-mother's ex-husband.
Is this
just a case of small town justice??? I don't think so. I think something is
wrong with a system that on one hand condemns people for having possession of
drugs, and takes away their children to foster care, and on the other hand
supports their use of drugs and gives them rights to their children. Whatever
happened to fair and impartial law? What happened to children's
rights?
Just my thoughts...
Jan
Verhoeff
You may contact Jan Verhoeff at janverhoeff@yahoo.com or by replying to this
newsletter address. Your thoughts
and comments are welcome.
My blog
sites:
http://writeurthoughts.blogspot.com and http://coffeeclatter.blogspot.com
~**~**~
Proud
Of
Bill
Walker
wildbill6807@yahoo.com
I think a man have a few things he should be
right proud of. A couple comes to my mind. One would be his wife. He should be,
she took him for better or worse. She has over time tried to make him a little
better. At times she knows it is hopeless, she still tries. Now some may
not have a wife, but has a lady friend, well he should be proud of the fact she
has hopes of getting a "I do " some day. Then there is the children he may
have.
Now if he isn't proud of his children,
he liking something between the ears, and it may not be hair. His girlie
pictures has long time ago been replaced by pictures of his children. He is
always ready to pull the kids pictures out and show them
off.
I think if a man is proud of his kids, they
will do better in many ways. You know the child will think I have to try to do
better, in school, or playing ball, or what ever. If a child don't have a
cheering section at home, when and where will there be a cheering section? A
child should have quite a cheering section. Mother, Dad, Grandmothers,
Grandfathers, and others of the family. I was thinking of one family in American
history about this. One became President. J.F.K. Makes no
difference, which one tried to do something, there was the cheering
section.
I know, I carry pictures of my kids, always
glad to show them to anyone. These are my kids, lookie here, this is
Tinker, this is Poo, and here is my latest one. Little Girl. Isn't she a
beauty?
Tinker and Poo; The Boys
Write
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-35741-5
About Me:
Well I??™m a story teller, not a writer. Never
learned the art of fancy English. I
happen to live
in Nebraska, but I??™m still
Missouri. Never
married, all the Dollies I
ever took a second look at was too smart.
Now at 74, just turned that other day, I
figure they all home safe. I love Doggies
and Dollies in that order. Lost my two
true friends this year, that be Tinker and
Poo. So I found me a new one. This
time a little girlie Peke. She is a normal
female. Got a mouth, talks all the time.
She will never be a great writers of stories
like Tinker and Poo. They have
about 50
stories on HWS. And now writing back from
Rainbow
Bridge.
I just try to write about people, places and
things best I remember. Have something
over 250 stories on HWS. under
three names.
~**~**~
~ People Do the Oddest Things
~
Joyce C.
Lock
We send our best
wishes for holidays, birthdays, get well, weddings, and such. Yet, why are
we wishing for anything when we could really bless them in
prayer?
We go into a state of panic when
our child is a few minutes late, as if our worry is going to get them home any
faster than trusting God. Satan must get a good
laugh.
We receive aggravation on every
side, as Satan is alive and well on Sundays. Thinking we do not need God??™s
help and no one will be the wiser, we go it alone; with our painted smiles,
polished attire, and frustrations neatly tucked ... then take it out on our
waitress.
When our spouse is out of town;
we receive comfort in a friend sleeping over, us staying at mom??™s, or one of the
kids climbing into bed ... as if any person present can make us safer than we
already are. God is our protection. Though, maybe we??™d rather
believe the dark will get us.
Instead of
asking the one who owns it all; we spend money we do not have on things we think
we have to have, get our finances all messed up, then cry,
???Help!???
We sleep in on Sunday morning,
thinking it will make our day brighter. Instead, it makes our week
longer.
We prefer to exhaust ourselves
with endless deeds than to slow down, spend time with God, and ask Him what He
wants us to do.
We work all the overtime
we can get, steal God??™s tithe, and then think we are going to financially get
ahead.
Believing our doubts and doubting
our beliefs; were we to consider the things we do, we might find them odd, too
... then look for more desirable
alternatives.
As someone once said, ???When we feed our
faith, our doubts will starve to death.???
?© by Joyce C. Lock
http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/
Poetry
Section
~**~**~
THE
BREAK UP
Saskia Nienna
Streidel
A clear line
A straight GOOD
BYE
You wrote it to
me
Like a poem on my
body.
You used my heart blood to do
it.
Blood on white
skin
And a red pencil on the white
paper.
IT IS OVER.
Now I have
clarity.
And my heart will heal
again.
Saskia Nienna
Streidel
saskiaofthewoods@yahoo.de
~**~**~
Laughter and love
Saskia Nienna
Streidel
A melody in the wind tells me
about love. It is the whisper of the trees in my old garden. Wise words ??“ given
to the wind, so they will be shared with everybody who is able to
wonder.
A laughter, given to the wind, is
like a prayer of hope and energy, like the wisdom of love and like an answer to
every question in this world.
Laughter and love, both given to
the wind, are presents for us, if we are able to use them wise
enough.
Saskia Nienna
Streidel
saskiaofthewoods@yahoo.de
My name is Saskia Steidel, I am born the 17.10.1981 in
Germany. I live in a small
village in the middle of the woods and love to write. Right now I study
learn therapy and music therapy and I just quit my job as a ticket manager in
the administration of an soccer club, to have more time to study and to write
and to work as a Nanny, what I really love. So far I published poems and some
other pieces in different books and published one book called "Am Ende der
Nebel". Right now I am writing on a children??™s book.
~**~**~
Led by the
Master
Norma Liles
In His arms I am happy
Like a child who has fallen
He picks me up and soothes the pain
Being led by His nail pierced hands.
Oh my, how I love to love Him
From here in this life of mine
Thank you, Jesus, for being
There for me, day and night.
My heart is so full I can barely contain
All the joy that my heart feels
Knowing I am protected by you
From here and through eternity.
How I love to share your love with others
Praying they will follow you, too
You are my Blessed Father, Redeemer
The Alpha, Omega are You!
NormaLee Liles
8-8-05
Norma Liles ?©
hoopla214
@yahoo.com
About
Me:
Norma Liles is a retired data
entry
clerk/supervisor who lives in
Ohio. Her hobbies
are: writing poetry and stories,
reading,
her family, living for Jesus
and
her use of her computer. Her ambition
is
to add pleasure to those who read
her
writings as well as sharing her
faith.
My writings have been published on
Starfish,
Driftwood, Sandollar, Morning Spirit
Lift,
www.poetry.com, PrayerofGod, Jan
Karon's
newsletter, American Poetry Writer's
league,
Lucy's Inspiration, Faithful Hope reading
room,
Poetry of Today publishing, Hope in
Him,
Bonnie's Place, America will remember
and
News Moose. Finally senior writer
for
Storytime Tapestry.
Writers
Feedback
Carol - Good writing and great
poems! I enjoy reading what you write as you describe things so
well. I am learning. Sharlett
Prayer Requests and
Updates
Prayers are needed
for our dear friend Norma Liles, who has been hospitalized for a
re-occurring medical
condition.
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