tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463106108242594052024-02-18T23:14:18.679-06:00Sayings and Such at the Keeping RoomIf you have a special saying, just email them to cindy at primcyn@thewisp.net and i will add it to the I said so room!The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-25296098578673413642011-01-01T12:04:00.002-06:002011-01-01T12:04:21.993-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmvDvonHcaIX1a76xtwjt3vXvkfN6qZQwvQjUzEbF2jR9xjBVp7xPALgq2fjcWZcdzZy6Ey65BhsmjSBR86OFYRd0knGpeQzrAbP-t1TZnD-rGDxqMZtlLG9ofnRLNlLkxJVs5Mj6s0o/s1600/DSC03575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmvDvonHcaIX1a76xtwjt3vXvkfN6qZQwvQjUzEbF2jR9xjBVp7xPALgq2fjcWZcdzZy6Ey65BhsmjSBR86OFYRd0knGpeQzrAbP-t1TZnD-rGDxqMZtlLG9ofnRLNlLkxJVs5Mj6s0o/s320/DSC03575.jpg" width="315" /></a></div>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-49242517253351933722011-01-01T11:26:00.000-06:002011-01-01T11:26:13.997-06:00Sayings to stitch<strong>Some of life's treasures are the little thngs</strong><br />
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow<br />
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<strong>Good friends are like stars,</strong><br />
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<strong>you don't always see them, but you know they are there</strong><br />
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Forget the day's troubles<br />
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Remember the day's blessings<br />
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<strong>A house is made of walls and beams</strong><br />
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<strong>A home is made with love and dreams</strong><br />
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Lifes little wonders <br />
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are there for the picking ( floral) <br />
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<strong>Everywhere you go</strong><br />
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<strong>Leave some happiness behind</strong><br />
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As for me and my house <br />
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we will serve the Lord<br />
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<strong>Let your heart be glad this day</strong><br />
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It ain't easy being Queen<br />
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<strong>The road to a friend's house is never long</strong><br />
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My mother, My friend<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">'Git~Stitchin, ladies!!</span>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-86090071050462336102010-07-13T14:51:00.000-05:002010-07-13T14:51:44.339-05:00<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>from Natalie of Tins and Treasures.</strong></em></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful in life...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some talk of it in poetry,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some grow it from the soil,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some build it in a steeple,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some show it through their toil...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some breathe it into music,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some mold it into art,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some shape it into bread loaves,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some hold it in their heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For all you are, for all you do,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">May everything beautiful in life come to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday</div>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-82098708444862929102010-03-09T04:34:00.003-06:002012-08-07T07:56:00.981-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><strong>Birthday</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">new baby coming!</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I do not have a face to
see,</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Or to put inside a
frame.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I do not have soft cheeks
to kiss,</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I don't yet have a
name.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">You can't yet hold my tiny
hands,</span></em></span></div>
<br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Nor whisper in my
ear.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">It's still too soon to sing
a song,</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Or cuddle me so
near.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">But all will change come
March 1st,</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">That's when they say I'm
due.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I'm your new grandson or
granddaughter,</span></em></span></div>
<br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I can't wait till I meet
you.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">All I ask between now and
then,</span></em></span></div>
<br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Is your patience while I
grow.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I promise I'll be worth the
wait,</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Because of all the love
we'll know.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">So what I have to give you
now,</span></em></span></div>
<br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">is a wish to you from
me.</span></em></span></div>
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</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I cannot wait to be a
part</span></em></span></div>
<br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em><br />
<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Of this wonderful
family.</span></em></span></div>
<em><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></em>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 85%;"><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size: small;">~ Anonymous
~</span><br /></em></span></div>
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Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative. ”<br />
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“The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.”<br />
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~Robert Orben<br />
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“The more things change, the more they remain the same.”<br />
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~ Alphonse Karr<br />
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” When I passed forty I dropped pretense, cause men like women who got some sense. ”<br />
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“Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier.”<br />
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~Dan Bennett<br />
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“The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.”<br />
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~ Oscar Wilde<br />
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“Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened. ”<br />
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“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”<br />
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~ Lucille Ball<br />
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“Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ”<br />
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~Bob Hope<br />
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“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.”<br />
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“It takes a long time to grow young.”<br />
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~ Pablo Picasso<br />
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“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.”<br />
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“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh yourself.”<br />
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~Ethel Barrymore<br />
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“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”<br />
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“There is still no cure for the common birthday. ”<br />
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~John Glenn<br />
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“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely<br />
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“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.”<br />
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” It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.”<br />
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“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ”<br />
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“You’re not 40, you’re eighteen with 22 years experience. ”<br />
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“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”<br />
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“The more things change, the more they remain the same. ”<br />
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“How do you expect me to remember your birthday, when you never look any older? happy birthday!”<br />
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“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. “<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Roses are red, violets are blue, stop complaining, I'm older than you!</span><br />
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No one can hold a candle to you! Happy Birthday!<br />
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Happy 39th Birthday...again!<br />
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Youth is a work of nature, but age is a work of art <br />
Congratulations on your second childhood! Happy Birthday!<br />
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Don't count the years, count your many many many blesssings..Happy Birthday !<br />
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To someone who is forever young!<br />
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You're not getting older, you're getting better!<br />
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Just like a fine wine you grow better with the years!<br />
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Wishing you a year with the same joy you bring to others<br />
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First you forget names, then you forget faces, and then you forget to unzip your fly. <br />
Exactly how far along the process are you? Happy Birthday Whatsyerface!</div>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-10412224188174307312010-03-09T03:53:00.002-06:002010-03-09T04:02:17.976-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><strong>Anniversary~ Wedding</strong></span><br />
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Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. <br />
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? <br />
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Spouse: someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single. <br />
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We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. <br />
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Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.<br />
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Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock. <br />
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Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery<br />
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Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever. <br />
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Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. ~Hoosier Farmer<br />
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A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. by Paul Sweeney<br />
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Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. ~H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques, 1916<br />
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Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~Gene Perret<br />
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It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner<br />
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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ~Peter Devries<br />
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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin<br />
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Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, 1966<br />
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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries<br />
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Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway. ~Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975<br />
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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries<br />
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.Socrates<br />
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The highest happiness on earth is marriage. ~William Lyon Phelps<br />
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Love is not singular except in syllable. ~Marvin Taylor<br />
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb<br />
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A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short. ~Andre Maurois<br />
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True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach<br />
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Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald<br />
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No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ~Abraham LincolnThe Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-24904698061020965762010-03-09T03:47:00.001-06:002010-03-09T03:48:40.104-06:00<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Across the Miles</span></strong><br />
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You're great friends, going (overseas) (away)<br />
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We'll miss you very much <br />
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Our email address is ( your email ) <br />
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Please, please let's keep in touch<br />
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My (Our) friendship with you is special<br />
<br />
And I (We) hope it never ends<br />
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Even though you'll be miles and miles away<br />
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Let's stay the best of friends<br />
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You're a very special person<br />
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Always destined to go far<br />
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I hope the nice folk of ( sssstate or country to move to)<br />
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Know just how lucky they are<br />
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Although we won't be seeing you<br />
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at Christmas time this year,<br />
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Warm, loving thoughts will make<br />
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the miles between us disappear.<br />
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Merry Christmas<br />
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Between us there are many miles<br />
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But, separately, we can share our smiles<br />
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Although not physically there, it’s true<br />
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My heart has traveled to be with you<br />
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May all that’s good come your way<br />
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(Enjoy your very special day)<br />
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(Have a very special Christmas Day<br />
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and a great New Year too)<br />
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Can't be together -<br />
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Wish we could, <br />
<br />
To hug you now <br />
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Would feel so good! <br />
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We hope you have a lovely day <br />
<br />
and please give yourself a hug <br />
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Blowing you a kiss from across the miles.<br />
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Tucked inside this card is love from afar!The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-39583325017183279062010-03-09T03:40:00.000-06:002010-03-09T03:40:31.315-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><strong>Christening poems and quotes</strong></span><br />
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God grant your little one<br />
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All the blessing of His gentle love<br />
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It's young (Matthew's) Christening<br />
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This card is sent to say<br />
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Enjoy, and be filled with pride<br />
<br />
On your very special day <br />
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<br />
<br />
Today is your Christening<br />
<br />
Best wishes, this card, sends<br />
<br />
As you're baptised (Lucy Louise)<br />
<br />
Before family and friends<br />
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<br />
<br />
It's (Lucy Louise's) Christening<br />
<br />
So we send this card to say<br />
<br />
Enjoy it, and be filled with pride<br />
<br />
On this very special day<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Today.......<br />
<br />
At (Lucy Louise's) Christening<br />
<br />
The Lord will be there<br />
<br />
Watching and listeningThe Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-50519316925587095352010-02-22T13:18:00.000-06:002010-02-22T13:18:33.423-06:00Sayings to go with little giftsAll of the following are cute little sayings that go with a particular item.<br />
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Do just one item for a simple gift, OR consider putting together a basket of several items and attach their saying to each item.<br />
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1. Any sweet treat: "Wishing you a season filled with sweetness!"<br />
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2. A plate of cookies: "Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, from your "crummy" neighbors.<br />
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3. Barq's Root Beer: "Have a wonderful Christmas, it shows you're "barqing" up the right tree!"<br />
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4. Any soda: "We're "soda-lighted" to wish you a Merry Christmas!"<br />
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5. Popcorn: "We just "popped" in to wish you a Merry Christmas!"<br />
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6. Loaf of bread: "For being there when you were "kneaded", for "rising" to the occasion, large or small. For never "loafing" on the job, for helping others "heel" with TLC. No matter how you "slice" it, you do a terrific job loving others."<br />
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7. Bananas: "If we could choose our friends, and we searched the whole world through, we'd go "bananas" trying to find a better "bunch" than you!"<br />
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8. Bear Shaped Honey: "Hoping our "honey" of a friend has a "beary" Merry Christmas".<br />
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9. Microwave Popcorn and 2-liter of soda: "Pop, pop, fizz, fizz, oh what a good friend you is!"<br />
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10. Mug with Hot Chocolate Mix: "To our special friends so dear, a cup of cheer."<br />
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11. Eggnog: "Have an "udderly moovalous" holiday!"<br />
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12. Ice Cream: "Have a cool yule!"<br />
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13. Hershey's Kisses in a Wire Wisk: "We "whisk" you a merry "kiss" mas.<br />
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14. Paper Towels: "Blot out your troubles, "absorb" the Christmas spirit!"<br />
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15. Candle: "Hope your Christmas is full of light"<br />
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16. Pencil and notepad: "Hope your Christmas is something to write home about!"<br />
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17. Matches: "To our matchless friends"<br />
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18. Bubble Gum or Bubble Bath: "May your holidays "bubble" over with fun!"<br />
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19. 7Up: "7 Up ideas for a wonderful holiday season" (include 7 uplifting thoughts/ideas)<br />
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20. Sprite: "May your Christmas be Merry and "Sprite"!"<br />
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21. Rootbeer: "We're "rooting" for you to have a Happy Holiday Season!"<br />
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22. Any Pop: "We're "soda-lighted" to have you as our friends!"<br />
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23. Popcorn: "We're "popping" by with a holiday HI!"<br />
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24. Chocolate Covered Cherries: "Wishing you a very "cherry" Christmas"<br />
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25. Mints: "We "mint" to wish you a Merry Christmas"<br />
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26. Snickers Candy Bar: "Don't "snicker" - just be glad you got something!"<br />
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27. Cookie Dough - "Here's a little extra "dough" for Christmas"<br />
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28. Jar of Jam: "Hoping your Christmas is "jam" packed with cheer"<br />
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29. Veggies & Dip: "Dip into the holidays and a healthy New Year!"<br />
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30. Pasta: Have a "pasta-tively" happy holiday!"<br />
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31. Muffins or Muffin Mix: "You're gettin' "muffin" for Christmas!"<br />
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32. Grater & Cheese: "To a "grate" neighbor"<br />
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33. Seasoning Mix: "Seasoned with love - Happy Holidays!"<br />
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34. Any Sweet Treat: "Wishing you a season full of sweetness!"<br />
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35. Whisk Broom: "Take a break, From a Busy Day, and Sweep All Your Cares Away!"<br />
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36. Basket of Bath Items: "When you feel like a basket case, take a break...and slow your pace"<br />
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37. Basket of Rolls and Honey Bear: "Have a honey of a Christmas"<br />
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38. Hershey's Kisses: "Merry "Kiss"mas"<br />
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39. Bath oils, bubbles, salts: "The holidays can be a strain on our body and brain, so when you feel stressed, a hot bath is best, it truly will help keep you sane!"<br />
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40. Soup mix: You're "souper" - Merry Christmas"<br />
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41. Wooden spoon w/ favorite drink or baking mix: "Not a creature was "stirring"..."<br />
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42. Oven Mitt filled w/ treats: "We have to ad-"mitt" you're a great neighbor!"<br />
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43. Frozen cookie dough w/ cookie cutters: "Bake up some Christmas cheer!"<br />
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44. Apple Cider w/wassail mix: "Spice Up Your Christmas!"<br />
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45. Bag/Box of Whoppers: "Hope you have a "whopper" of a Christmas"<br />
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46. M&M's: Have a Merry and Most Wonderful Holiday Season!"<br />
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47. Frozen or Ready-To-Bake Pizza: "Warm up to a wonderful holiday season "topped" with Christmas cheer!"<br />
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48. Apples and Hershey's Hugs: A teacher can't live by apples alone...she needs hugs too!"<br />
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49. Popcorn Balls: "Hoping you have a "ball" this Christmas season"<br />
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50. Jolly Ranchers: "Have a holly "jolly" Christmas"<br />
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51. Chex Party Mix: "Remember Santa "chex" his list twice to see who's been naughty or nice...so be good for goodness sake!!!<br />
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52. Box of Hostess Ho-Ho's:" Hope a merry "Ho-Ho-Ho" fills your heart the whole year through!"<br />
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53. Jar of Jelly: "Jelly is like love -- you can't spread it around without getting some on yourself!"<br />
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54. Christmas Tray: "We "tray"sure your friendship!"<br />
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55. Bell: "With each chime of this festive bell, may a Christmas wish come true, and bring you peace and happiness to last the whole year through!"<br />
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56. Yule Log: "We send you warm greetings this Christmas seasoning"<br />
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57. Potpourri: "May this weet scent bring back thoughts of warm Christmasses long ago!"<br />
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58. Cleaners: "You add sparkle and make our life brighter!"<br />
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59. Nuts: "We're nuts about you!"<br />
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60. Lifesavers: "You've been a life saver!"<br />
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61. Juice pitcher filled with candy canes: "We pitcher you raising a little "cane" during the holidays.<br />
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62. Broom or Feather Duster: "You're "dust" the finest neighbors we know!"<br />
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63. Measuring Cup or Spoons: "Wishing you a joy beyond "measure"!"<br />
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64. Star ornament: "Remember the reason for the season!"<br />
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65. Chocolate Mousse Mix: "Merry Christmousse to our "deer" friends!"<br />
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66. Wooden Spoon: "Whether stirring up cakes, cookies, soups or souffles; You'll find this spoon useful in so many ways. But whatever it's use, it says, "Merry Christmas from us to you!"<br />
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67. Flower: "If friends were flowers, we'd pick you!"<br />
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68. Heart Ornament: "May the joy and love you give away, come back to you on Christmas Day"<br />
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69. Cinnamon Sugar for toast: "May your Christmas be sprinkled with laughter and love!"<br />
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70. Christmas music: "May the sweet song of Christmas make your heart rejoice!"<br />
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71. Filled Basket: "Wishing you a basket full of Christmas blessings"<br />
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72. Salsa: "Add a little spice to your holidays"<br />
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73. Stocking or Filled Jar: "Have a fun filled Christmas this year!"<br />
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74. Candle: "May your days be happy, your heart be light, your Christmas merry and the New Year bright!!!"<br />
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75. Calendar: "Keep Christmas in your heart the whole year through!"<br />
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76. Sugar Cookies: "Rolling out a batch of Christmas cheer, for someone we think is very dear!"<br />
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77. Cherry 7-Up: "Just a little Christmas cheer from Happy Hearts this time of year!"<br />
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78. Sparkling Cider: "Wising you a sparkling hoilday season!"<br />
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79. Warm casserole or bread: "Bundled up with warm wishes"<br />
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80. Eggbeater: "Have an "eggstra" special holiday!"<br />
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81. Pie: "Wishing you a scrupmtuous Christmas"<br />
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82. Oranges: " Orange" you glad we're Friends!?" Merry Christmas!!<br />
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83. Chocolate Orange: "Orange" you glad it's Christmas? Hope your Christmas is a Sweet<br />
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one!<br />
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84. Ice Cream Snowballs and Hot Fudge: "Here's some packaged"snowball" treats - Just<br />
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Drizzle Hot Fudge and its ready to eat!...Enjoy!!"<br />
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85. Box of Light Bulbs: "Have a bright and radiant Christmas"<br />
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86. Anything Santa: "Ho - Ho - Hoping your Christmas is Heavenly!"<br />
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87. Anything Angel: "Hoping you have a Heavenly Christmas!!"<br />
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88. Gingerbread House: "Nibble, Nibble like a mouse, We hope you'll nibble at this house!" Merry Christmas!!<br />
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89. Mugs with Hot Chocolate Mix: "To our special friends who are so Dear, We wish you all a cup of Cheer!"<br />
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90. Cocoa Mix: "Wishing you a warm and wonderful Christmas!"<br />
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91. Gum: "By Gum, You're a great Neighbor!! "Have a Merry Christmas"<br />
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92.Christmas Shaped pasta: "Have a Pasta-tively Happy Holiday!"<br />
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93. Jar of Jam: "Hoping you have a Holiday "Jammed" packed with fun!!"<br />
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"Have a "Berry" nice holiday season!!" Or "Hoping your Christmas is "Jam-packed" with Christmas Cheer!!"<br />
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94. Homemade Frozen Rolls - "Here's a little holiday treat. Rise and bake, it can't be beat! Warm fresh rolls just for you. Top with butter that's all you do! Warm Holiday Greetings <br />
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95. Brownie Mix (or other mix): "Whip up this mix for a wonderful holiday fix! Wishing you a "rich" Holiday Season!!"(Attatch the recipe!)<br />
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96. Homemade caramels: Hoping you have a "Rich" and "wonderful" Holiday!!"<br />
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97. Pie: "Just a "Holiday Hi" and a tasty Pie!! Happy Holidays!!"<br />
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98. Divinity: "May your Christmas be "Devine" and your Holidays so Fine! Sweet Christmas Wishes!"<br />
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99. Rice Krispie Treats: "Snap, Crackle, Pop" We think You're really Tops! "<br />
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100. Toffee or Brittle: "Any way you break it, We think you're the greatest!"<br />
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101. Fudge: "Fudge" a little on the calories and enjoy the Holiday Season!"<br />
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102. Cheese Ball and Crackers: "We don't mean to sound "Cheesey", we just hope you have a "Ball" this Holiday Season! Or "Spread a little Christmas Cheer this Holiday Season.<br />
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103. Apple Anything (pie, cobbler, crisp, muffins etc.): "Sending you a "Bushel" of love<br />
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this holiday Season!!" Or " You are the apple of my eye, Teacher!"<br />
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104. Banana Bread: "Banana Bread just for you, because you have so much to do... We<br />
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also love you a whole "Bunch" too! Merry Christmas!"<br />
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105. Cinnamon Rolls: "Here's a sweet treat "Rolled" up with warm Holiday Wishes! Merry Christmas!"<br />
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106. Homemade Chocolates: "You're so sweet...having you as neighbors is really a treat! Have a Heavenly Holiday Season!"<br />
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107. Cake or Cupcakes: "You take the "Cake" neighbor, We think you're first rate! Happy Holidays to you!!"<br />
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108. Cornbread or Mix: "We're not trying to be "Corny" we just want you to have Merry<br />
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Christmas!"<br />
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109. Carrot Cake: " I Really "Carrot" alot about you!! "Merry Christmas"<br />
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110. Spiced Drink Mixes: "Hoping your Holidays are "Spiced" Just right!"<br />
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111. Recipe: "Just like you friend...it's tried and true, just for you! Happy Holiday Baking<br />
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or Merry Christmas Cooking!"<br />
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112. Pizza - "Hope your Holiday has a touch of "Pizza - z!!" Merry Christmas!!"<br />
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113. Crayons and Coloring Book: Hope your Holidays are Colorful!<br />
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114. Plant: "The kindness you showmakes our friendship grow and grow! Hope you have<br />
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a Happy Holiday!!"<br />
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115. Stuffed animal: "Pawsing" to wish you a Merry Christmas!"<br />
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116. Donuts: "Donut" you know we love you??? Have a happy Holiday!!"<br />
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117. Tree shaped pasta, tree shaped container or a small Christmas tree: "Hope your Christmas is "tree-mendous"!"<br />
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118. Payday candy bar: "It's the "nutty" time of the year again, so please don't lose your<br />
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cool! Relax, and much this little treat and have a happy yule!"<br />
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119. Squeeze-It Juice drink & a Hershey's Kiss: "Here's a "squeeze and a kiss"to remind you you're loved all through the year!"<br />
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120. Salsa & Tortilla Chips: "Have a hot and spicy Christmas!"<br />
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121. Scouring pad/sponge: "I scoured the earth for a friend like you!"The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-39370179965271727922010-02-21T03:59:00.005-06:002010-03-09T05:19:45.096-06:00Sisters and brothers"A brother is a friend given by Nature." <br />
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Jean Baptiste Legouve <br />
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"Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet." <br />
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Vietnamese Proverb <br />
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"As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn't care, <br />
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but I always knew they looked out for me and were there!" <br />
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Catherine Pulsifer <br />
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"Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk." <br />
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Susan Scarf Merrell <br />
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"My little brother, will you ever grow up....I hope not!" <br />
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Catherine Pulsifer <br />
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"Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore." <br />
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Proverb <br />
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"A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart chose for you." <br />
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Proverb <br />
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"To the outside world we all grow old. <br />
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But not to brothers and sisters. <br />
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We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. <br />
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We share private family jokes. <br />
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We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. <br />
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We live outside the touch of time." <br />
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Clara Ortega <br />
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"I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that ther's always somebody there, somebody that's family." <br />
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Trey Parker & Matt Stone <br />
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"Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears." <br />
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Author Unknown <br />
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"There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister <br />
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will not administer some comfort to me." <br />
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Lady Mary Worley Montagu <br />
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"Chance made us Sisters, hearts made us friends." <br />
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Author Unknown <br />
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"There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!" <br />
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Oliver Wendell Holmes <br />
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"There's a special kind of freedom sisters enjoy. <br />
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Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings. The freedom to simply be themselves." <br />
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Author Unknown <br />
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"Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister." <br />
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Gail Sheeny <br />
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"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there." <br />
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Amy Li <br />
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"Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. " <br />
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Charles M. Schultz <br />
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"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one,<br />
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might not leave such stillness." <br />
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Emily Dickinson <br />
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"Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood." <br />
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Louisa May Alcott<br />
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Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Margaret Meed <br />
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Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there. Amy Li <br />
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Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears. <br />
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A sister smiles when one tells one's stories... for she knows where the decoration has been added. Chris Montaigne <br />
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Sisters are connected throughout their lives by a special bond... whether they try to ignore it or not. For better or for worse, sisters remain sisters, until death do them part. Brigid McConville<br />
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One's Sister is a part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart and soul and memory. Susan Cabill <br />
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Chance made us Sisters, hearts made us friends. <br />
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A sister is both your mirror -- and your opposite. Elizabeth Fishel <br />
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Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become. Elizabeth Fishel <br />
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Your sister is the only creature on earth who shares your heritage, history, environment, DNA, bone structure, and contempt for stupid Aunt Gertie. Linda Sunshine <br />
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Sisters touch your heart in ways no other could. Sisters share... their hopes, their fears, their love, everything they have. Real friendship springs from their special bonds. Carrie Bagwell <br />
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“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.” ~Marc Brown<br />
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“Here is a funny brother quote, “If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.” ~Sam Levenson<br />
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“Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring – quite often the hard way.” ~Pamela Dugdale<br />
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“Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” ~Vietnamese Proverb<br />
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“A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self. “~Marian Sandmaier<br />
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“There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother … Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.” ~Anna Quindlan<br />
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There's a special kind of freedom sisters enjoy. Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings. The freedom to simply be themselves. Anonymous <br />
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We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song. Elizabeth Fishel <br />
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The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend. Cali Rae Turner <br />
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To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident -- it is to have a soulmate for life. Victoria Secunda <br />
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We are more than just acquaintances... it's as if we are cut from the same fabric. Even though we appear to be sewn in a different pattern, we have a common thread that won't be broken-by people or years or distance. <br />
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Like branches on a tree we grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other.The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-85688850996418389982010-02-21T03:09:00.001-06:002010-02-21T03:49:09.767-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><em>Friends</em></span><br />
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A friend is a person who can step on your toes without messing your shine. <br />
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Swedish Proverb<br />
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Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. Emily Kimbrough<br />
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I like her because she smiles at me and means it. Tas Soft Wind<br />
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I felt it shelter to speak to you. Emily Dickinson<br />
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? Marceline Desbordes-Valmore<br />
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Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. Dinah Shore <br />
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A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. Douglas Pagels<br />
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Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. Author Unknown<br />
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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia<br />
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. Aristotle<br />
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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard <br />
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A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold Glasow<br />
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The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. Elisabeth Foley<br />
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A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Donna Roberts<br />
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A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Grace Pulpit<br />
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Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. Dorothy Parker<br />
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. Plautus<br />
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Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. Margaret Lee Runbeck<br />
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It takes a long time to grow an old friend. John Leonard<br />
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The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried. <br />
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate<br />
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A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Author Unknown<br />
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A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. Lois Wyse<br />
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A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. Author Unknown<br />
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson <br />
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A friend is a person who goes around, saying nice things about you behind your back. <br />
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A friend is a person who knows your sensitive spots but will never poke you there. <br />
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A friend is a person who listens attentively while you say nothing. <br />
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A friend is a person who listens attentively while you say nothing. <br />
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A friend is a source of refuge and strength to those who walk in darkness. <br />
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A friend is a whole lot of wonderful people rolled into one. <br />
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A friend is both a treasure and a comfort. <br />
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A friend is deep talks that go on until 3 a.m. on a work night. <br />
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A friend is laughter and going places and doing new things and having the best time ever. <br />
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A friend is more than a shoulder to cry on. <br />
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A friend is never known till he is needed. <br />
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A friend is not too much sugar and just enough spice. <br />
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A friend is one good reason for believing in ESP. <br />
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A friend is one who helps you bridge the gaps between loneliness and fellowship, frustration and confidence, despair and hope, setbacks and success. <br />
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A friend is one who helps you bridge the gaps between loneliness and fellowship, frustration and confidence, despair and hope, setbacks and success. <br />
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A friend is one who puts his finger on a fault without rubbing it in. <br />
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A friend is one who puts his finger on a fault without rubbing it in. <br />
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A friend is someone to add up all your traits but to bring up only the good ones. <br />
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A friend is someone to add up all your traits but to bring up only the good ones. <br />
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A friend is someone to call in a hurry when something is really watchable on TV. <br />
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A friend is someone who does things that count, but never stops to count them. <br />
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A friend is someone who is a little more willing to ease your load. <br />
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A friend is someone who is really glad when you succeed. <br />
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A friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway. <br />
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A friend is someone who knows all our faults but still loves us. <br />
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A friend is someone who knows all our faults but still loves us. <br />
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A friend is someone who knows our faults, yet find our virtues too. <br />
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A friend is someone who likes you even though he doesn't need you anymore. <br />
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A friend is someone who likes you even though he doesn't need you anymore. <br />
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A friend is someone who sheds sunshine along a weary road. <br />
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A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg...Even though you're slightly cracked. <br />
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A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked. <br />
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A friend is someone who's smile helps when the roads are rough and long. <br />
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A friend is someone with whom you can either a borrower or a lender be. <br />
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A friend is someone you can do nothing with....And really enjoy it. <br />
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A friend is someone you can trade secrets with and never worry. <br />
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A friend is someone you feel like you've known forever, even though you've just met. <br />
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A friend is someone you're always happy to bump into. <br />
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A friend is that one word "hello" over the phone that can make you feel better than 10 minutes of conversation with anyone else <br />
A friend is the kind of understanding that makes crying unnecessary. <br />
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A friend is the one who comes in when the rest of the world has gone out. <br />
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A friend is the one who is already there doing it when every one else is saying, "Is there anything I can do?" <br />
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A friend is what the heart needs all the time. <br />
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A friend listens with the heart. <br />
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A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson <br />
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A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out. <br />
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A Friendship grows when you plant a seed of kindness. <br />
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A garden is a friend you can visit any time. <br />
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A giggle a day keeps the glums away! <br />
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A good book is like an old friend. <br />
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A good cat deserves a good rat. <br />
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A good friend is an umbrella for the heart. <br />
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A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart. <br />
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A good friend is like a wonderful book, the inside is even better than the cover! <br />
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A good friend is one who neither looks down on you nor keeps up with you. <br />
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A good friend is one who neither looks down on you nor keeps up with you. <br />
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A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be. --Unknown <br />
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A good friend will sharpen your character, draw your soul into the light and challenge your heart to love in a greater way.The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-6954354429295683232010-02-21T02:44:00.001-06:002010-02-21T02:44:42.284-06:00Christmas Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Christmas Glitter ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With our eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We see the glitter of Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With our ears we hear the merriment,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With our hands we touch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The tinsel-tied trinkets,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But only with our hearts</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can we feel the miracle of it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ A Christmas Poem ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And every year when Christmas comes, I go and take a look,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that is when I realize that these names are a part</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not of the book they are written in, but really of my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the meeting they've become the rhythm in each rhyme.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And while it sounds fantastic for me to make this claim,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really feel that I'm composed of each remembered name.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And while you may not be aware of any special link</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just meeting you has changed my life a lot more than you think.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For once I've met somebody, the years cannot erase</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The memory of a pleasant word or of a friendly face.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So never think my Christmas cards are just a mere routine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of names upon a Christmas list, forgotten in between,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For when I send a Christmas card that is addressed to you,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is because you're on the list that I'm indebted to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For I am but a total of the many folks I've met,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you happen to be one of those I prefer not to forget.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And whether I have known you for many years or few,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In some ways you have a part in shaping things I do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And every year when Christmas comes, I realize anew,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The best gifts life can offer is meeting folks like you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And may the spirit of Christmas that forever endures</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Leave its richest blessings in the hearts of you and yours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S</strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Christmas or Any Day</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Giving of Ourselves is the perfect way to celebrate the day! How about sharing a gift that anyone can give,afford, and anyone would love to receive? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">C-"The gift of Consideration"...This could mean providing genuine understanding of their side of an issue.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">H-"Giving of our Heart"...This could mean taking the time to really listen to someone. Feel what they are feeling. Understand who they are and why they arewho they are. Try to understand by putting ourselves in their shoes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">R-"Giving others Respect "...This could mean giving someone your full attention, giving someone space to grow,respect others for simply being not for the possessions they may hold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I-"The Gift of Inspiration"...This could mean by planting the seeds of courage and action in the heart of another.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">S-"Giving of our Soul"...This could mean giving of ourselves at a spiritual level. It may be in the form of praying for somebody. It may involve meditating on helping someone else and uncovering solutions to their problems. Or, it may be by doing something such as sending off positive healing and energy vibes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">T-"Giving of our Time "...This could be taking time to provide a listening ear to someone in need, offer prayer, send cards to the sick and shut ins, organize an event, volunteer your time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">M-"Giving unconditional love all Mankind"...This could mean giving someone some of what is inside of our soul, sharing with them our time, talents and treasures that we have been given.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">A-"The Gift of Attention"... This could mean when another person speaks listening attentively. If their words are directed to us, we should make eye contact so that the other knows we are truly listening.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">S-"Giving of our Space"...This could mean doing something like letting someone go ahead of us in a line. This could be opening our doors and inviting our neighbors into our homes. Or, we could simply be generous in giving people the space to be whoever they want to be. Let's not judge others so quickly; let's increase our level of acceptance.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Recipe For Christmas Joy ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ingredients:</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup Hugs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 tsp Kisses</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cups Smiles</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 cups Love</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup Special Holiday Cheer </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup Peace on Earth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 tsp Christmas Spirit</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cups Goodwill Toward Man</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Sprig of Mistletoe</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 medium-size bag of Christmas Snowflakes (the regular kind won't do!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Method:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix Hugs, Kisses, Smiles and Love until consistent. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blend in Holiday Cheer, Peace on Earth, Christmas Spirit and the Good</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will toward Men. Use the mixture to fill a large, warm heart,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">where it can be stored for a lifetime. (It never goes bad!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Serve as desired under mistletoe, sprinkled liberally with special Christmas Snowflakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is especially good when accompanied by Christmas Carols and family get-togethers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Serve to one and all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Author unknown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-16515814508326888862010-02-19T13:30:00.009-06:002010-03-09T02:50:19.094-06:00Kitchen Sayings<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Kitchen Signs</strong></span><br />
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Kitchen closed....this chick has had it!<br />
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A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen and this kitchen is delirious"<br />
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"No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes"<br />
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"A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house"<br />
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"If we are what we eat, then I'm easy & fast"<br />
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"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand"<br />
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"Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator"<br />
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"A clean house is a sign of a misspent life"<br />
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"Help keep the kitchen clean - eat out"<br />
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"Housework done properly can kill you"<br />
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"Countless numbers of people have eaten in this kitchen and gone on to lead normal lives"<br />
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"My next house will have no kitchen--just vending machines" <br />
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Martha Stewart doesn't live here!<br />
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I'm creative, You can't expect me to be neat too!<br />
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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand <br />
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So this isn't Home Sweet Home....Adjust!<br />
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Ring bell for maid service....If no answer do it yourself!<br />
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If you write in the dust, please don't date it!<br />
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Kiss the Cook! <br />
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Kitchen closed due to illness I'm sick of cooking! <br />
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Kitchen Closed I'm not in the Moo -od . (obviously to do with a cow project! ) <br />
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I would cook dinner, but I can't find the can opener!<br />
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My house was clean last week...too bad you missed it! <br />
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A clean kitchen is a sign of a wasted life!<br />
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I came, I saw, I decided to order take out!<br />
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Dull women have immaculate houses.<br />
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I'd live life in the fast lane, but I'm married to a speed bump.<br />
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A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is delirious.<br />
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If we are what we eat.....then I'm easy, fast, and cheap.<br />
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Thou shalt not weigh more than the refrigerator.<br />
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Help keep the kitchen clean....eat out!<br />
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My next house will have no kitchen, just vending machines.<br />
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I'm creative, You can't expect me to be neat too!<br />
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I clean house every other day....today is the other day!<br />
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I would cook dinner, but I can't find the can opener!<br />
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My house was clean last week...too bad you missed it!<br />
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Dull women have immaculate houses.<br />
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I'd live life in the fast lane, but I'm married to a speed bump.<br />
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A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is delirious.<br />
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If we are what we eat.....then I'm easy, fast, and cheap.<br />
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Thou shalt not weigh more than the refrigerator.<br />
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Help keep the kitchen clean....eat out!<br />
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My next house will have no kitchen, just vending machines.<br />
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Countless number of people have eaten in this kitchen and gone <br />
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on to lead a normal life.The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-14786542024396112762010-02-15T14:54:00.007-06:002010-02-21T03:15:06.875-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Pets~ Cats ~ Dogs Sayings</em></span><br />
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The dog is the only animal that has seen his god<br />
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Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you. <br />
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Dogs have owners. Cats have staff. <br />
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Dogs think they are human...Cats think they are God. <br />
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Dogs think they are human; Cats know they are.<br />
Cat napping. Do not disturb. <br />
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Cat-astrophy zone. <br />
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Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. <br />
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Cats are just children with fur. <br />
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Cats are like potato chips - no one can have just one. <br />
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Cats are people too. <br />
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Cats leave paw prints on your heart. <br />
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Cats make purrfect friends. <br />
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He prayeth best who loveth best <br />
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All things both great and small. <br />
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br />
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It's not easy being green.<br />
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- Kermit the Frog<br />
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My little old dog, a heartbeat at my feet.<br />
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- Edith Wharton<br />
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Dogs come when they're called. <br />
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Cats take a message and get back to you.<br />
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- Mary BlyThe Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-80768653798850609072010-02-15T14:52:00.003-06:002010-07-29T00:14:12.111-05:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Home ~ Porch ~ Cabin Sayings</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">How many of us still are the last to go to bed, when the rest of the family is already there? </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Day's End--Ora Pete Stewart</strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fire is dying, and the door is latched'</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My day is done. Not quite, for in my hand </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little pair of trousers must be patched</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where General Custer made his latest stand.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow they will ride with Jesse James, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or fight with Crokett for the Alamo-</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I take a stich, then coax the fading flames</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To rise where embers were content to glow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do not ask for more--a little light,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A rocking chair, a friendly fire to tend,</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Someone to tuck between soft sheets at night--</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And always, always something, Lord, to mend.</span><br />
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Home Rules:<br />
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If you sleep in it.....make it up.<br />
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If you wear it......hang it up.<br />
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If you drop it.....pick it up.<br />
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If you eat out of it....put it in the sink.<br />
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If you step in it....wipe it off.<br />
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If you open it....close it.<br />
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If you empty it....fill it up.<br />
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If it rings.....answer it.<br />
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If it howls.....feed it.<br />
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If it cries....love it.<br />
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Home is the place where we grumble the most and are loved the best. <br />
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Home is where they feed you! <br />
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Home is where they have to let you in. <br />
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Home is where your Honey is! <br />
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Housework is the Pits! ( or you could use Cooking, Working, Gardening etc. ) <br />
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Housework makes me ugly! ( or you could use Gardening, laundry, cooking, etc. ) <br />
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Housework makes your HARE turn gray <br />
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Housework, done properly, can kill you <br />
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Housework, when done correctly, can kill you. <br />
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Housework...Just sweep the room with a glance.The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-24127361894083277132010-02-15T14:51:00.001-06:002010-07-04T20:45:46.553-05:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Flowers ~ Garden ~ Fairies Sayings</em></span><br />
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If you should catch a fairy<br />
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Be sure to treat it kindly<br />
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and do not take it far-<br />
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This fairy is not for the keeping<br />
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it has a home you see<br />
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The forest is a wonderful place<br />
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and fairies must live free.<br />
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DebThe Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-85692104186330450982010-02-15T14:49:00.002-06:002010-03-09T05:03:45.756-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Thanksgiving~ Giving Thanks ~ Harvest Sayings</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Our rural ancestors, with little blest,</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Patient of labour when the end was rest,</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Alexander Pope</span><br />
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“Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!”<br />
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“Thanksgiving to God is an exuberant response to giving me his everything, by giving Him my everything.”<br />
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“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.”<br />
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“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ”<br />
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“I love Thanksgiving turkey… it’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.”<br />
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“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”<br />
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</span>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-58668667551997117882010-02-15T14:47:00.002-06:002010-02-15T14:47:48.201-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Crafter Sayings</em></span>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-55848337384032036492010-02-15T14:45:00.006-06:002010-03-09T05:16:51.169-06:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Father~Son~ Grand-dad Related Sayings</em></span><br />
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Husband and cat missing $200 reward for the cat! <br />
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A bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at the office !<br />
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He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Clarence Budington Kelland<br />
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Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel<br />
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“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.” ~Bill Cosby<br />
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“Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.” ~William Wordsworth<br />
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“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.” ~ Carol Coats<br />
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“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” ~Enid Bagnold<br />
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“Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” ~Gloria Naylor<br />
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“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” ~ Sigmond Freud<br />
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“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” ~ A 17th century English proverb or saying.<br />
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“Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life’s scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children’s lives.” ~ Stephen R. Covey<br />
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“It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.” ~ Jean de La Fontaine<br />
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“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. ” -Charles Wadsworth<br />
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“To be a successful father…there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years. ” ~ Ernest Hemingway<br />
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“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.” ~ Confucius<br />
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“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.” Buddha<br />
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“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. “~ Anne Sexton<br />
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“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”~ Irish Proverb<br />
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“The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.”~ Francis Bacon, Sr.<br />
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“It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” ~ Kent Nerburn<br />
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“We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.”~ Henry Ward Beecher<br />
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“A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />
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“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ”<br />
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I love my father as the stars - he's a a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. Adabella Radici<br />
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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Mark Twain <br />
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Dad - a son's first hero-a daughter's first love. <br />
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“Do you know why grandchildren are always so full of energy? They suck it out of their grandparents.” ~Gene Perret<br />
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“I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather… Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.”~ Will Shriner<br />
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“Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.” ~Welsh Proverb<br />
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“Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.”~ Allan Frome<br />
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“My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I’ve heard about him.” ~Yancy Butler<br />
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What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani<br />
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“I’m very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.” ~Woody Allen<br />
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“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” Indira Gandhi<br />
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We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me. ~Phyllis Theroux<br />
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When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. ~Ogden Nash<br />
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Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. ~Margaret Mead<br />
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“Grandma and Grandpa, tell me a story and snuggle me with your love. When I’m in your arms, the world seems small and we’re blessed by the heavens above.” ~Laura Spiess<br />
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“I have a warm feeling after playing with my grandchildren. It’s the liniment working.” ~Author Unknown<br />
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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia… It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my “maiden” name, Walker. ~ Alice Walker<br />
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“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ” ~Italian Proverb<br />
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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction. <br />
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For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. Rosemonde Gerard<br />
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The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. Quoted by Alexandra Penney in Self<br />
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Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. Jean Anouilh<br />
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. Swedish Proverb<br />
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Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke<br />
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. John Bulwer<br />
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Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. Hoosier Farmer<br />
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Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before. Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966<br />
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Love is the poetry of the senses. Honoré de Balzac<br />
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I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, after the day's great sun. Charles Hanson Towne<br />
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Love is not consolation. It is light. Friedrich Nietzsche<br />
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Loving is never a waste of time. Astrid Alauda<br />
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Love is what you've been through with somebody. James Thurber, quoted in Life magazine, 1960<br />
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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. Bruce Lee <br />
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True love stories never have endings. Richard Bach <br />
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo<br />
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Love is the greatest refreshment in life. Pablo Picasso<br />
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Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life. <br />
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Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. <br />
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Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. <br />
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Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. Kay Knudsen<br />
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You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry. <br />
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True love is when you put someone on a pedestal, and they fall - but you are there to catch them. <br />
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. <br />
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What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. <br />
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If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. Attributed to Claudia Ghandi<br />
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In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. Hans Nouwens<br />
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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Elizabeth Barrett Browning<br />
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We loved with a love that was more than love. Edgar Allan Poe<br />
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Who, being loved, is poor? Oscar Wilde<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. ~Virgil A. Kraft</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">April is a promise that May is bound to keep. ~Hal Borland</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And seeing gardens in the Spring I well can credit it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">~Winifred Mary Letts</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. ~Aldo Leopold</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. ~Ogden Nash</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And Spring arose on the garden fair,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment. ~Ellis Peters</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The naked earth is warm with Spring,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? ~Percy Bysshe Shelley</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ~Rainer Maria Rilke</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~George Santayana</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. ~Henry Van Dyke</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Audra Foveo</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Out with the cold, in with the woo. ~E. Marshall, "Spring Thought"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. ~Bern Williams</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know no thing so wondrous fair,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. ~Nadine Stair</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise! ~Wallace Stevens</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase. ~E.B. White, "Hot Weather," One Man's Meat, 1944</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. ~Virgil</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In springtime, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out for flying passion or kisses whizzing by your head. ~Emma Racine deFleur</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can't see Canada across lake Erie, but you know it's there. It's the same with spring. You have to have faith, especially in Cleveland. ~Paul Fleischman</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby</span><br />
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</em>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-38162288539081805462010-02-15T14:41:00.002-06:002010-02-15T14:41:19.562-06:00<em><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">Halloween and Fall Sayings</span></em>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-63343658791675512942010-02-15T14:40:00.015-06:002010-03-09T05:06:50.293-06:00<em><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">Christmas Sayings</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: black;">"There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions." - Bill McKibben</span></span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”</span></span></em><em><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband. ”</span><br />
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“Near, so very near to God, Nearer I cannot be; For in the person of his Son I am as near as he. So dear, so very dear to God, More dear I cannot be; The love wherewith he loves the Son – Such is his love to me.”<br />
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“Open your presents at Christmas time but be thankful year round for the gifts you receive.”<br />
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“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”<br />
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“There has been only one Christmas – the rest are anniversaries.”<br />
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“May the peace and joy of the holiday season be with you throughout the coming year.”<br />
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“Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. ”<br />
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“May the Joy and Peace of Christmas be with you now and throughout the new year.”<br />
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“No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.”<br />
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“If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.”<br />
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“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas everyday ”<br />
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“I have had a holiday, and I’d like to take it up professionally.”<br />
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Happy Holidays My dears Friends…<br />
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“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. ”<br />
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“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. “<br />
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“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.”<br />
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“A goose never voted for an early Christmas”<br />
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“Even before Christmas has said Hello, it’s saying ‘Buy Buy’.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers; and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objects.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">~Orson Welles </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be coming into my neighborhood after dark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." - W. T. Ellis</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"May peace be more than a season, may it be a way of life" - Author Unknown</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">" Every day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons." - Author Unknown</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day." - Helen Steiner Rice</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Take time to make someone Smile, Your heart receives such rewards that only your heart can spend, A Valuable Treasure in Life Making One Another Smile" - Author Unknown</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Any sweet treat: "Wishing you a season filled with sweetness!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Popcorn: "We just "popped" in to wish you a Merry Christmas!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Mug with Hot Chocolate Mix: "To our special friends so dear, a cup of cheer."</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Candle: "Hope your Christmas is full of light"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Bubble Bath: "May your holidays "bubble" over with fun!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Cookie Dough - "Here's a little extra "dough" for Christmas"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Jar of Jam: "Hoping your Christmas is "jam" packed with cheer"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Basket of Bath Items: "When you feel like a basket case, take a break...and slow your pace"</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Be naughty....save Santa the trip !"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Dear Santa: I want it ALL !"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Santa is coming to town!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"This house believes in Santa!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that's the way the holiday starts"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"If you got everything you wanted for Christmas where would you put it?"</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Merry Kissmas with lots of hugs."</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Santa Claws never forgets the cat."</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"Santa Paws never forgets the dog."</span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">-- Phyllis Diller </span>The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-67541730030271699452010-02-15T14:40:00.012-06:002010-03-09T04:47:16.716-06:00<em><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">Patriotic Sayings /Poems</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stars & Stripes forever</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">USA, sweet land of Liberty </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Old Glory</span></em><br />
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A Bang Up 4th! <br />
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A Grand Old Flag <br />
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A man's country <br />
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A Patriotic Creed <br />
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A Patriotic Wish <br />
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A ray of bright glory <br />
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A Star-Spangled Day <br />
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A star-spangled kind of day <br />
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All American <br />
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All American Girl <br />
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America for Me <br />
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America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. <br />
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America is the greatest force that God has ever allowed to exist on his footstool. <br />
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America the Beautiful <br />
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. <br />
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America, Beloved Land <br />
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America, you're beautiful <br />
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America… Home of the free and the brave <br />
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American Beauty <br />
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American Made <br />
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America's Freedom Fabric <br />
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America's Freedom Festival <br />
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America's Sweetheart <br />
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An American Child <br />
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As American As Apple Pie <br />
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Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. <br />
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Battle Hymn of the Republic <br />
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Betsy's Battle Flag <br />
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Blessings of freedom <br />
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Born in the USA <br />
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Born, live, die American <br />
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Celebrate freedom/the USA/the 4th <br />
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Day of Glory <br />
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Each of us has been given the precious gift of freedom <br />
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Enchanted Sky <br />
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Every Heart beats true <br />
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Face the flag of stars and bars <br />
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Fireworks Fun <br />
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Flag of stately battles <br />
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Flag of the Free <br />
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Four Essential Human Freedoms <br />
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Fourth of July Blowout! <br />
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Freedom <br />
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From a symbol <br />
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From every montainside let freedom ring <br />
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From The Heart of America <br />
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Fun on the Fourth <br />
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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I life my lamp beside the golden door! <br />
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God Bless America! <br />
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God Bless America/theUSA <br />
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God Bless the USA (Proud to be an American) <br />
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God governs the affairs of men <br />
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Golden Dream (Epcot Center) <br />
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Hallowed be the day <br />
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Happy 4th of July <br />
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Happy Birthday, America <br />
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Happy Nation <br />
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Hatched in the USA <br />
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Hats Off! <br />
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Havin' a Blast <br />
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Hip Hip Hooray for the U.S. of A <br />
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Home of the Brave <br />
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Hurray for the Red, White and Blue <br />
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I am a Patriot <br />
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I Am An American <br />
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I believe in America <br />
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I know not what course <br />
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I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! <br />
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I love a parade <br />
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I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country's, my God's and Truth's. I was born an American, I live an American, I shall die an American <br />
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I thrill to see Old Glory <br />
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In the truest sense freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved. <br />
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In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved. <br />
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Join together <br />
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July bursts onto the scene with an explosion of color <br />
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Ka-Boom time <br />
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Land of the Free <br />
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. <br />
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Let Freedom Ring <br />
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Liberty <br />
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Liberty Song <br />
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Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. <br />
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness <br />
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Little/Li'l Firecracker <br />
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Long May She Wave <br />
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Made in the USA <br />
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My Country 'Tis of Thee <br />
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My country, "tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. <br />
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My native land! <br />
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Not until I went <br />
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O Flag of our Union <br />
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Oh, My Stars! <br />
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Old Glory <br />
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Old Ironsides <br />
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On the Fourth of July <br />
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One flag from sea to sea <br />
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One Flag, One Land <br />
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One Nation Evermore! <br />
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One Nation, Under God <br />
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Our Country's Banner <br />
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Our Duty to Our Flag <br />
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Our Lady Liberty <br />
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Our Miss America <br />
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Patriotism is your conviction <br />
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Patriotism means to stand by the country <br />
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Ragged Old Flag <br />
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Red, White and Blue <br />
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Red, White and Blue...we're true to you! <br />
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Red…white…blue <br />
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Show the Flag <br />
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Show Your Colors/Stripes <br />
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Spare your country's flag <br />
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Sparkling glitter way up high, fireworks light up the sky <br />
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Star Spangled Babes <br />
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Star Spangled Banner <br />
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Star Spangled Fun <br />
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Stars and Stripes Forever <br />
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Stars…stripes….smiles <br />
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Success of liberty <br />
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Survival and Success of Liberty <br />
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Sweet Land of Liberty <br />
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Thank God I am an American Child <br />
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That NOISE you hear is the sound of FREEDOM <br />
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That's the Spirit! <br />
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That's what freedom is all about-a chance to be better. <br />
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The American Eagle <br />
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The American Flag <br />
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The Boy and the Flag <br />
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The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. <br />
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the Declaration of Independence <br />
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The Eagle of Freedom <br />
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The emblem <br />
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The first of earthly blessings, independence <br />
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The Flag of the Free <br />
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The Flag on the Farm <br />
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The flag pass by <br />
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. <br />
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The Liberty Bell <br />
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The National Flag <br />
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The New Colossus <br />
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The Old Flag <br />
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The peace your valor won <br />
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The Pledge of Allegiance <br />
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The principle of free thought <br />
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The Red, White, and Blue <br />
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The Statue of Liberty <br />
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The symbol <br />
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The union of our hearts <br />
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This Is My Country <br />
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This Land Is Your Land <br />
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Today's Little Patriot <br />
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Tweet land of liberty <br />
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Waving Freely is Our Flag <br />
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We don't live in America; America lives in us <br />
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We here highly resolve that those dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. <br />
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We hold these Truths <br />
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We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that amoung these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. <br />
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We the People <br />
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We will not waiver; we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail. <br />
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We, the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do or <br />
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What we obtain <br />
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Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly <br />
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Who's Birthday Is It? <br />
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Yankee Doodle <br />
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Yankee Doodle Dandy <br />
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You will never know how much it cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. <br />
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Young American <br />
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You're A Grand Old Flag <br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Let Freedom Ring </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">United we stand</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">In God we trust</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Forever in peace may it wave </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">American Heroes</span></span></em><br />
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Angels may not always come when you call them, but they always come when you need them<br />
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Angels encourage your best qualities and hidden talents <br />
Seek an angel with an open heart and you will find one<br />
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Angels say "Halo" to everyone !<br />
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Angels hide nothing and see everything <br />
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Sometimes your best friend is actually a guardian angel in disguise <br />
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*A kind soul is inspired by angels. <br />
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*After all, we are angels in training. All we have to do is spread our wings and fly.<br />
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*An angel belongs in the garden. <br />
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*An angel can illuminate the darkest path. <br />
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*An angel, like the cricket, speaks in darkness. <br />
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*An angel's gift is a gift of hope. <br />
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*Angels are a natural part of the scenery, so don't be surprised if you don't recognize them right away.<br />
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*Angels are blind to problems so their eyes stay open to solutions.<br />
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*Angels are God's way of taking care of us. <br />
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*Angels are often silent, but they are listening to every thought that stirs our souls.<br />
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*Angels are the lights of the night. Though they do not brighten the darkness...they guide us through it. <br />
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*Angels are User Friendly. <br />
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*Angels are vigilant and wait for openings to enter our consciousness. <br />
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*Angels at work - prepare for random miracles. <br />
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*Angels caution us to retain our inner peace in a world that may sometimes appear to have gone crazy.<br />
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*Angels - Don't leave home without 'em. <br />
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*Angels encourage us to create a happy home to nurture our souls.<br />
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*Angels encourage your best qualities and hidden talents.<br />
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*Angels enhance our lives in the gentlest yet most powerful way. <br />
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*Angels give you those gentle pats on the back you need to keep going.<br />
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*Angels have a hidden agenda...LOVE!<br />
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*Angels have countless suggestions, but are discreet in helping us discover answers through our own insights.<br />
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*Angels help you see your life in a better light.<br />
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*Angels keep going long after everyone else has given up. <br />
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*Angels knew from the very start that the gifts of love are gifts with a heart. <br />
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*Angels know that if you smile it is infectious. <br />
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*Angels never want anything from you except your happiness. <br />
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*Angels provide balance like the sun and the moon. <br />
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*Angels rarely wait around for thanks. <br />
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*Angels remind us that we are loved as well as needed by this world. <br />
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*Angels urge us to take risks and will always catch us if we stumble.<br />
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*Anyone who helps you grow is an angel to you.<br />
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*Be an Angel - Practice Random Acts of Kindness. <br />
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*Be kind to strangers, for angels they may be. <br />
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*Believe in Angels watching over you. <br />
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*But all God's angels come to us disguised... <br />
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*Don't drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly. <br />
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*Earthly angels are...Mothers in disguise. <br />
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*Every time a bell rings...another angel gets her wings.<br />
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*Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. <br />
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*Good friends are angels on earth. <br />
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*Happy is the heart that believes in angels.<br />
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*If we were all a little more like angels, earth would be a little more like Heaven.<br />
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*If you share a smile, you have also shared an angel's love.<br />
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*If you've ever felt love then you most certainly have been touched by an angel.<br />
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*It's easy to be an angel when no one ruffles your feathers. <br />
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*Like snowflakes, no two angels are alike. <br />
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*Miracles happen to those who believe in angels.<br />
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*No matter how much trouble you have believing in angels, they still believe in you.<br />
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*Peace is possible - Allow the angels to inspire you. <br />
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*Plant an angel in your heart...and love will grow! <br />
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*Sometimes angels come to earth without wings...they are called friends.<br />
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*Sometimes you just know it's an angel. <br />
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*The angel within us is our gift. <br />
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*The rustle of the wind reminds us an angel is near. <br />
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*To angels...you are special...because you are you. <br />
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*When I think of angels...I think of you!<br />
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*Angels knew from the start that the gifts of love are gifts with a heart!<br />
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*Music is the voice of angels.<br />
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*My guardian angel has a tough job.<br />
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*The song of a robin is an angel’s voice in the garden.<br />
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*Angels are speaking to all of us...some of us are just listening better.<br />
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*Angels sprinkle love everywhere.<br />
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*An angel in the house they say…will guard your family night and day.<br />
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*Wherever you go, whatever you do, may the angels above watch over you.<br />
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*Angels comes in many forms but friends are the dearest.<br />
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*Angels can’t be everywhere…that’s why God created mothers!<br />
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*An angel is as an angel does.<br />
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*An angel is someone you feel like you’ve known forever.<br />
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*An angel’s work is never done. <br />
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*Angels are the guardians of hope and wonder; the keepers of magic and dreams.<br />
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*Angels enhance our lives in the gentlest yet most powerful way.<br />
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*Plant an angel in your heart…and love will grow.<br />
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*Seek an angel with an open heart and you will find one.<br />
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*The way you know an angel is by your feeling.<br />
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*Angels may not always come when you call them, but they always come when you need them.<br />
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*An angel is someone who helps you believe in miracles again.<br />
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*Sometimes you know angels only by the miracles they have blossoming in their paths after they have gone.<br />
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*An angel is someone you're always happy to bump into.<br />
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*An angel is someone who raises your spirits.<br />
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*An angel is someone you feel you've known forever even though you've just met.<br />
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*An angel is someone who helps you grow.<br />
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*Angels make you feel welcome in this world.<br />
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*Angels encourage your best qualities and hidden talents.<br />
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*Angels give you those gentle pats on the back you sometimes need to keep going.<br />
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*Angels give you direction.<br />
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*Angels gently push you out of your little self and into the broad arena of love.<br />
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*Angels remind you that you are enough.<br />
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*Angels help you see your life in a better light.<br />
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*An angel is someone who brings out the best in you.<br />
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*Happy is the heart that believes in angels. <br />
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*Angels are God's way of taking care of us. <br />
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*If you ask, an angel appears. <br />
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*Angels carry messages of love. <br />
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*Angels - Don't leave home without 'em. <br />
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*Like snowflakes, no two angels are alike. <br />
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*Angels scatter sunshine. <br />
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*Angels say "halo" to everyone. <br />
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*Mother is another word for Angel. <br />
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*Children are angels whose wings grow shorter <br />
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as their legs grow longer! <br />
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*Angels stand by you even in the darkest hours of your life. <br />
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*Angels light the way. <br />
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*Country angels bring country blessings <br />
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*Angels are very down to earth. <br />
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*Do not fear....the angels are near!<br />
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*Listening hearts hear Angels sing. <br />
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*Angels carry messages of love. <br />
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*God sends his love on the wings on Angels. <br />
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*Never drive faster than your Angel can fly. <br />
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Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly<br />
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We Believe In Angels<br />
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Angels on Duty<br />
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Angels Light the Way<br />
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No Matter Where You Go, <br />
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Your Angel Always Knows<br />
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Angels Carry Messages of Love (Hope, Faith)<br />
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We All Need Some Angel Dust<br />
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Have No Fear, <br />
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Your Angel Is Always Near<br />
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Angels guide you Day And Night<br />
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Here Is An Angel,<br />
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Full Of Love,<br />
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Waiting To Guide You Up Above.<br />
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Angel Crossing<br />
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I Love Angels<br />
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When A Child Is Born, <br />
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The Angels Sing<br />
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Mothers Are Real Angels<br />
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An Angel's Heart Is Filled With Love<br />
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God Bless Our Little Angel<br />
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An Angels Work Is Never Done<br />
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I Believe In Angels<br />
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Angels Welcome Here<br />
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Angels Sent from up above,<br />
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Please Protect the Ones We Love.<br />
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Here Sits Your Guardian Angel,<br />
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A Gentle Reminder To Pray.<br />
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Have You Stopped To Give Thanks,<br />
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For God's Love Today?<br />
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Guardian Angel Hear My Prayer<br />
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Keep Me In Your Loving Care<br />
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If We Were A Little More Like Angels<br />
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Earth Would Be A Little More Like Heaven<br />
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Angel Hugs<br />
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An Angel Knows Exactly What To Do<br />
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Listen when Your Angels Speaks<br />
Angels Have All the Angles <br />
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Angel on Duty. <br />
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Listening hearts hear Angels sing... <br />
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ANGELS - Don't leave home without 'em! <br />
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Angels are the keepers of magic and dreams. <br />
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Angels are User Friendly. <br />
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Angels at Work. <br />
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Angels say "halo" to everyone.The Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546310610824259405.post-42400301117938824272010-02-15T14:38:00.020-06:002010-04-19T23:25:33.500-05:00<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Mother / Grandmother Sayings</em></span><br />
With Mothers Day approaching here are a few.<br />
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Mother<br />
In her eyes<br />
the look of loving<br />
In her smile<br />
the warmth of caring<br />
In her hands<br />
the touch of comfort<br />
In her heart<br />
the gift of giving<br />
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Mothers of little boys<br />
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work from son up to son down.<br />
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A Mothers great blessing is her children!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: black;">Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.</span></span></em><em><span style="color: #660000;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">A child needs a grandparent, anybody's grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world. Charles and Ann Morse</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. Rudolph Giuliani</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">There's no place like home except Grandma's.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. Marcy DeMaree</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. Christopher Morley </span><br />
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Motherhood is, after all, woman’s great and incomparable work. Edward Carpenter <br />
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God could not be everywhere<br />
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and therefore he made mothers.<br />
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Of all the rights of women,<br />
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the greatest is to be a mother.<br />
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By Lin Yutang <br />
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss<br />
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at the bottom of which you will always<br />
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find forgiveness.<br />
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By Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850) <br />
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The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.<br />
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By Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) <br />
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Youth fades; love droops,<br />
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the leaves of friendship fall;<br />
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A mother's secret hope outlives them all.<br />
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By Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) <br />
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The joys of motherhood<br />
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are never fully experienced<br />
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until the children are in bed.<br />
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Being a mother is one of the highest paid jobs<br />
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... since the payment is pure love. <br />
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Happy Mother's Day<br />
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Consider this another payment on the installment plan<br />
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Mother Quotes...suitable for funny Mothers Day Cards Quotes<br />
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. <br />
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Unknown<br />
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Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young.<br />
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Author Unknown <br />
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.<br />
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Aristotle <br />
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A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after.<br />
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Peter De Vries <br />
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.<br />
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Calvin Trillin <br />
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It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.<br />
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Phyllis Diller <br />
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.<br />
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Oscar Wilde <br />
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.<br />
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Mark Twain <br />
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My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.<br />
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Buddy Hackett <br />
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A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.<br />
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Tenneva Jordan <br />
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.<br />
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Irish Proverb <br />
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You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.<br />
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William D. Tammeus. <br />
A mother is a friend on whom you can depend <br />
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She makes you feel you are never alone <br />
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She has a very special way of cheering up a day <br />
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And looks upon your problems as her own <br />
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She shares your every dream and adds to your esteem <br />
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She helps you and does favors, big and small <br />
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She cares with all her heart she`s loved you from the start <br />
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A mother is the dearest friend of all. <br />
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Being a mother is one of the highest paid jobs <br />
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... since the payment is pure love. <br />
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Happy Mother's Day <br />
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Consider this another payment on the installment plan <br />
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"Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment<br />
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to show that sleep is not necessary to human life."<br />
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I saw this and thought of you<br />
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Have a rest today Mom<br />
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Happy Mothers Day <br />
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Mother's Day<br />
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a time for warm thoughts<br />
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and fond memories,<br />
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for expressing<br />
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the feelings and words<br />
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that often go unspoken,<br />
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for letting<br />
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those special people<br />
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in our lives know<br />
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that they are loved<br />
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and appreciated -<br />
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always.<br />
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Mother's Day<br />
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Let every day be Mother's Day!<br />
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Make roses grow along her way<br />
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And beauty everywhere.<br />
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Oh, never let her eyes be wet<br />
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With tears of sorrow or regret,<br />
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And never cease to care!<br />
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Come, grown up children, and rejoice<br />
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That you can hear your mother's voice!<br />
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A day for her! For you she gave<br />
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Long years of love and service brave;<br />
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For you her youth was spent.<br />
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There was no weight of hurt or care<br />
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Too heavy for her strength to bear;<br />
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She followed where you went;<br />
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Her courage and her love sublime<br />
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You could depend on all the time.<br />
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No day or night she set apart<br />
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On which to open wide her heart<br />
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And welcome you within;<br />
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There was no hour you would not be<br />
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First in her thought and memory,<br />
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Though you were black as sin!<br />
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Though skies were gray or skies were blue<br />
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Not once has she forgotten you.<br />
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Let every day be Mother's Day!<br />
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With love and roses strew her way,<br />
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And smiles of joy and pride!<br />
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Come, grown up children, to the knee<br />
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Where long ago you used to be<br />
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And never turn aside;<br />
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Oh, never let her eyes grow wet<br />
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With tears, because her babes forget.<br />
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Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959<br />
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Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life.<br />
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Author Unknown<br />
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A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Tenneva Jordan<br />
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Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont<br />
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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln<br />
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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. <br />
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Oliver Wendell Holmes<br />
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honoré de Balzac<br />
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. Spanish Proverb<br />
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Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. Marion C. Garretty<br />
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I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. Adabella Radici<br />
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. Victor Hugo<br />
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That best academy, a mother's knee. James Russell Lowell<br />
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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Honoré de Balzac<br />
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Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. Erich Fromm<br />
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Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. T. DeWitt Talmage<br />
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray<br />
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Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world. Kate Douglas Wiggin<br />
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God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. Jewish ProverbThe Gathering Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.com0