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Jan 28, 2006? 

Today's Queue Stories
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Nobody Knew

Sharon Bryant

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I had just ordered my glass of ice tea.?  So had my husband.?  We were looking at the menu's when my eye caught the open face roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy.?  "Oh yum," I said, "I'll order the roast beef."?  Hubby said, "Hey that does sound good, think I'll order it too."

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The waitress came and we ordered, sat back and looked around the room.?  Several other couples were seated in front of us and some to the left of us.?  "How am I going to pull this off," I thought.?  I looked around to see if anyone was looking our way.?  None were.?  I bent down below table level and did what I had to do.?  I hated to do it.?  They told me it was wrong to do it, but I had no choice.?  Hubby was looking at something on the wall so he never noticed what I did.

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The food came and it was delicious.?  "This is really good, the gravy tastes like your homemade gravy," hubby said.?  "And the meat is so tender, it melts in your mouth," I replied.?  We sat and ate a wonderful lunch.

Then I thought, "How am I going to pull this off now?"?  I looked around the room again, some couples were chatting drinking coffee.?  One couple was sitting against a wall looking into each others eyes.?  I figured they were newlyweds.?  "But how was I going to pull this off and no one see me?" I thought.

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An idea struck me.?  I could start coughing, yep, that's what I'd do.?  There were still a couple napkins on the table.?  I made this fake little cough that sounded good.?  I snuck a look around; no one was paying any attention to me.?  This was good.?  I started coughing a little more, took a napkin and pretended to sneeze.?  This was going very well.?  Better than I had hoped it would.

I sneezed that fake sneeze one more time,?  grabbed my napkin and bent down.?  I grabbed with my right hand and no one ever saw what I did.

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"Are you ready to go?" asked hubby.?  "I sure am," I said and I smiled at him.?  Then I started laughing and it sort of got out of control.?  "What's so funny?" hubby asking, grinning at me.?  "Oh nothing, I was just thinking of something funny," I replied.

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We got outside the front door of the restaurant and I was roaring.?  "What has got you so fired up and what's so funny?" he asked again.?  "You never saw what I did, did you?"?  I asked.?  "What did you do??  What did I miss?" he asked.?  "You mean to tell me, you never even noticed?" I asked.?  "Noticed what?" he replied with a question mark.? 

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"My new teeth.?  I popped those out so fast, you never saw, and when I was "sneezing," I wasn't really sneezing, I just bent down, grabbed them and popped them back in."

"What??  You took your teeth out to eat?" he asked.?  "Sure did," I said.

And nobody knew.

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? Sharon Bryant

1946 @bellsouth.net

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About Me:

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I am Sharon Bryant,? 59 years old and reside in Alabama. I lost my child in 1977 when he was five and I write articles on bereavement often. I am a chocolate/candy maker and also a wood crafter and knitter. I am married to a wonderful man, and have two remaining children, a daughter 26,
Amy, and a second son, Randy, age 24.

My main goal in life is to help those who
have lost a child. My website is: www.angelsremembered.tk

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Under the Oak tree
Christina Hymes

I sat under the old oak tree and remembered the day I found out that Richard died. I felt like it was I who was hanging on the back of his door. I tried to shut out the image. My life was over even if for a short while.

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I lay there under the tree, lifeless and barely breathing; looking up at the passing clouds. I thought if only I could move as graceful as the clouds and the sky could stay blue. But as I was peering up storm clouds quickly shot that thought down and tears fell down my face.

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The rain had begun to fall and I did not move. I wanted it to cleanse my soul. Maybe if I stay here in the muddy dirt that the tree would be a faded memory washed into the roots below me.

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I shut my eyes but all I could see is him, hanging on that door. I tried to open it, the weight of each push pounding my chest this time.

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My breath heaving and I thought perhaps his desk and books were in front of it. But I was wrong and I saw his limp body just hanging there; lifeless, cold, dead.

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Snapshots of the truth I had so often denied, reminded me of me just months before.

I felt the rain again and wiped my tears away. I did not want to live. I stared up at the sky, closing out the world around me. I shared my thoughts with the
birds, the leaves, and the water. That was enough release for me.

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Then when I thought the sun was bursting through the grey skyline, the dark of night fell
and the rain had seized.

Christina Hymes
CDRC Marketing Assistant
hymc0001@unf.edu

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Heavenly Son Light

Joyce C. Lock

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? ? ?  It is a most Heavenly sight to behold someone flowing through a room, with grace likened unto an angel, spreading SON LIGHT on each heart they touch.?  Even more wonderful is when we realize the gift of encouragement is available to us!

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? ? ?  Paul says we are to take it upon ourselves to minister to the saints (II Co. 8:4), not waiting for someone to hit us over the head.

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? ? ?  We can walk into any room, using the Eyes of the Lord, 'knowing' which hearts need touched; being assured that we did not just think it up because we looked first.

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? ? ?  If God shows you a need, He is calling you to do something about it (De. 30:14).?  Further assurance comes in knowing Satan would not ask you to do something good (Ps. 37:3).

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? ? ?  Once you have seen the need, follow Jesus by taking the first step (Mt. 4:20).?  He will do the rest (I Th. 5:24).

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? ? ?  It is okay if your first words are nothing more than, "I like your tie."?  Meeting us where we are; the walk of righteousness is one step at a time.?  Nothing is too small if God says, "Go", because little is always much if done for the Lord (II Co. 9:10).

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? ? ?  It is exciting to see what Jesus does with our feeble efforts.?  We soon discover we are the one most blessed!?  When faithful in little things, He empowers us to do so much more (Mt. 25:21)!

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? ? ?  One day we will look back to remember where we came from and be amazed at how much we have grown (Jn. 15:2).?  Though we will know it really happened only because Jesus began to live through us.

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? ? ?  Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift (II Co. 9:15).

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?© by Joyce C. Lock
http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/

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Writers Feedback

Carol, your special about the demanding man was sooo good. Why is it that we seem to meet those type of people in our walk through life--usually more than once? I think you handled it perfectly--your life and friends are worth millions more than that guy.

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Can you imagine having him permanently in your life? Yipes!

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Hugs,

Barb

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I've found since losing my Misty Blue in 1981 that all
professionals will recommend getting another pet as soon
as possible after losing one. The bonding and healing go
hand in hand as I've found Ms. Doogie, the lottery winner.
Thanks
Mark Crider

Prayer Requests and Updates

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Chief Writer: Sharon Bryant

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? Agee, Vance;? Apted, Violet;? Baker, Kathy; Batt, Al;?  Berry, Nell; Blaine, Pamela

Boda, Ginger;? ? Buhagiar, Victor; Cassady, B.J.;?  Cavalera, Robyn; Crider, Mark;? 

Deming, Barb; Doherty, Maria; Gilbert, Robert Jr; Goodier, Steve; Halley, Ellie Braun;

Harris, Kathy Anne;? Hunt, Sharlette;? Hymes, Christina

Jacobson, Gary;? Kiser, Roger Dean; Kerens, Claudia; Kevin, Tim Jenkins, Pamela;

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Weymouth, Barbara; Whirity, Kathy;? White, Robert;

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