Mem'ries, Light the corners of my mind....

I have only just a minute,

Only sixty seconds in it,

Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it,

But it’s up to me to use it,

Give account if I abuse it,

Answer for it if I lose it,

Just a tiny little minute,

But eternity is in it!

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“What I like about photographs is that they capture a 

moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” 

― Karl Lagerfeld

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"The Way We Were"

BARBRA STREISAND

Mem'ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? Could we?
Mem'ries, may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...
The way we were...
The way we were...

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REMEMBERING, SO MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF OUR FAMILY WHEN OUR THREE SONS WERE YOUNG.. 

YES, THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES CONTINUE TO BE MADE, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL...

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BUT THE MEMORIES OF WHEN THEY WERE SO YOUNG IS SOO PRECIOUS AND SEEMS SO LONG AGO.. 

YET, ALL THE LOVE AND ADMIRATION CONTINUES!

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One minute you’re a school kid, then seemingly overnight 20 years fly by and you wake to find a wife or husband, kids, and all kinds of responsibilities! Remember when we were young and could not wait to be adults? It seemed like forever before we’d finally grow up and be on our own. Then before we know it we’re already 40 and our life’s more than half over! And the older we get, the faster the years race by. So we need to treasure and live every day to the fullest. Someone said today is a “gift,” that’s why it’s called the “present.” 

If you want to know the value of one year, just ask a student who failed a course. 

If you want to know the value of one month, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. 

If you want to know the value of one hour, ask the lovers waiting to meet. 

If you want to know the value of one minute, ask the person who just missed the bus. 

If you want to know the value of one second, ask the person who just escaped death in a car accident. 

And if you want to know the value of one-hundredth of a second, ask the athlete who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

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So are you making your days count? 

Are you making the most of your life?

What will you do with the life you have left?  

“The success of our life is not measured by its duration, but by its donation.” 

It’s not how long you live that counts, it’s how well and wisely you live.

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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY, THAT GOD WILL BLESS EACH OF YOU SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, FINANCIALLY, AND WITH HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, FORGIVENESS, AND A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR EACH OF YOU THAT ONLY HE KNOWS YOU NEED. PRAYING FOR ABIGAIL AND NATHAN, BOTH ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE FLU.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE THAT IS SICK, HURTING, GRIEVING THAT HE WILL BLESS EACH OF THEM IN WAYS ONLY HE KNOWS THEY NEED. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE IN SEARCH OF A JOB, THAT MANY WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. PRAYING FOR GUIDANCE FOR A FEW THINGS.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE UNSPOKEN PRAYER REQUEST, AND ASKING THAT YOU'LL BE PRAYING FOR OURS AS WELL.. PRAYING FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND AMERICA.. PRAYING FOR OUR LEADERS, THAT THEY WILL TURN THEIR HEARTS TO HIM, AND THEIR PROMISE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND IN ALL THINGS, GIVING OUR LOVE, THANKS, HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY TO GOD, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,  AMEN