love_a_story_by_Linda_Ellis

I recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the service that he'll never forget. He shared the story with me.

At the memorial service, his friend's wife walked to the podium to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too grief-stricken to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question.

They were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obtain her master's degree, and her husband never wavered in his support.

He held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other household chores while she studied for her degree.

One time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her thesis, and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That morning, she walked out on their loft, looked at him over the railing, and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his career, and she was feeling guilty that she didn't even have time to make his breakfast. He grabbed his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the neglected coffee table. Tracing his finger through the dust, he wrote the words,

I love you.

Then he raced back to his car.

The new widow then looked out at her audience and said,

John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times, we've had everything money can buy...but nothing comes close to that moment.

Our Dash moves with lightning speed. It feels like yesterday that I graduated from college...and now thirty-eight years have passed. Although I'm very proud of my business accomplishments, in the end my life comes back to loving and being loved.

Love may not make the world go around but it sure makes the ride worthwhile.

- Linda Ellis from The Dash…Making A Difference with Your Life

www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Inspired-Faith/The-Dash/Love.aspx#ixzz1QgoLgHc3

dolphin

Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of a pool and throw them fish.

It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. - Carl Sagan (1934-1996) astronomer and writer

...on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons. - Douglas Adams _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_

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tomato

Although botanically speaking a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable (and thus taxable under the Tariff Act of 1883) because of the way they are usually served. - _Smithsonian_1990Aug

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dog

Rule 46, Oxford Union Society

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Rule 46, Oxford Union Society

Rule 46, Oxford Union Society, London: Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat. - TFTD-L@TAMU.EDU (originally distributed 2006Mar28)

Hi,

In case this gets distributed again you may wish to note:

a) The Oxford Union Society is in Oxford not London

b) The rule referred to, as a result of a periodic update to the Union rules, is now Rule 51 and has been further broadened in scope to now read,

RULE 51: DOGS
Any Member introducing or causing to be introduced a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 inflicted by the Treasurer. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat. Any animal entering on Police business shall be deemed to be a wombat. Any animal that the President wishes to exempt from the Rule shall be deemed to be a mongoose.

Regards, Michael

PS I am not a member of the Oxford Union, London or Oxford.

Received from Michael Fraser with an .uk address.

(Please note the inflation, both in amount of fine and number of exceptions. tftd)

Trinity Sunday

Deacon's Bench blog 2011 w/link to prior homily

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Corpus Christi

homily: 2007  2011Jun25  2012Jun10

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community

Community can't be taken for granted

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BVS

biblio-vomatis syndrome

reservation management system code used for those individuals who had developed the capability of continuing the flow of words on both the inhale and exhale portions of the breathing cycle.

Logorrhea is much more elegant. - John Nunnikhoven (john4ns fastmail.fm) Chester VT

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blogorrhea

a logical extension of logorrhea, for those with a keyboard grafted onto their hands.
- Barb Altman (altman.barb@gmail.com) Chelmsford MA

See also: BVS

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calendar

December

11

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the prodigal son

Theologians revisit the prodigal son

Dec11

deaths

John Gillespie Magee Jr

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