General Chat

Morning Cynthia :-)

So much floods and distress for people at the moment,
also for our friends in Australia who are in the frightening
position of fires.

My prayers and thoughts today for them all that they may be
safe.x

Good morning :-)

Vera, it sounds as though the vicar put a lot of thought into that service which is lovely. It's difficult for clergy to conduct services of people they have never known but he obviously has a gift. It was good to hear how friends gathered round to support the husband - community spirit is a wonderful thing.

Yes David - all forms of brain disease are horrible and we never know the future :-(


I had new carpet yesterday - talk about manic! Phew......I not only met myself coming back but I was like a spinning top too! :-D


We Can't, But God Can

Why things happen as they do
we do not always know,
And we cannot always fathom
why our spirits sink so low.

We flounder in our dark distress,
we are wavering and unstable,
But when we're most inadequate,
the Lord God's always able-

For though we are incapable,
God's powerful and great,
And there's no darkness of the mind
God cannot penetrate...

And while He may not instantly
unravel all the strands
Of the tangled thoughts that trouble us,
He completely understands-

And in HIs time, if we have faith,
he will gradually restore
The brightness to our spirits
that we've been longing for.

So remember there's no cloud too dark
for God's light to penetrate
If we keep on believing
and have faith enough to wait.

- Helen Steiner Rice

Good morning <3 A few years ago I was visiting my MIL in a care hone. The staff were changing her sheets I went into the day room next door. There was an elderly lady sat there alone in the middle of the room in a nightie, no TV on.
She said "It can happen to anyone if you live long enough".

Hello all

Belated Happy Birthday Wishes to your husband Cynthia.

David, Alzheimers is a horrible illness.

Vera, the vicar did a very special service for your friend today, and it was good that your club friends went along to support her husband and family on such a sad day.

Thinking of the all the families whose homes have been flooded recently.

Good evening :-D <3 Some 20 years ago, a friend of mine, a tailor, who could make £600 plus hand made suits for local professionals and directors, his health began to fail. He lost weight, had his drivers licencee taken from him by DVLA, his car sold, he thought it had been stolen, lost customers.The General Practitioners who owned the building he worked from doubled his rent, so he was obliged to vacate the premises.
He was admitted into Dunston Hill Hospital for assessment. A few weeks later he was to Dovecote Nursing Home High Spen, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.I visited him when I could. His heath declined rapidly. After one visit as I was leaving the Staff Nurse said to me "The Doctors given Bill three weeks" Bill died three days later.A dreadful ailment when the brain dies before the body.

Amen to your prayer Cynthia.

We have been to a funeral today of a local lady. Most funerals we have been to in recent years have been in crematoriums and some services have been beautiful, but this service was in our local church and the whole atmosphere was somehow different. The vicar, a really lovely man, said that he hadn't known the deceased well but had learnt a lot about her from talking to her husband. He had learnt that she had done a lot of tapestry work until Parkinsons prevented her from doing so and he built a moving address around the tapestry of her life and the different threads woven in. It was really special and left a warm feeling. The deceased and her husband had few relatives and there were only 5 there but the couple at one point had belonged to a club OH and I go to and the members there rallied round and 15 of us swelled the numbers. It pleased and comforted the husband to see so many friends there.

Special thoughts today for all who are grieving the loss of a loved one and wishing them strength and comfort.

Good morning :-)

Thank you for your good wishes to OH - much appreciated.

Prayer for World Peace

Great God, who has told us
“Vengeance is mine,”
save us from ourselves,
save us from the vengeance in our hearts
and the acid in our souls.
Save us from our desire to hurt as we have been hurt,
to punish as we have been punished,
to terrorize as we have been terrorized.
Give us the strength it takes
to listen rather than to judge,
to trust rather than to fear,
to try again and again
to make peace even when peace eludes us. Amen.

Cx :-)

Cyn ............

Happy, happy birthday to OH xxx

Happy birthday to your OH Cynthia.

Thank you for HSR offering.x

Good afternoon...... :-)

So sorry about this morning but yes, it is my OH's birthday and I got carried away with things. Lovely to be missed though :-D :-D

For today :

“Peace”
A dark hand touching a light hand,
a young face looking into an old,
all people working together
for a goal to be told.

A stranger and a stranger together,
a foe and a foe are now friends,
all people helping each other,
making beginnings meet ends.

A heart understanding another,
a soul reaching out to a soul,
all people feeding their elders,
with plate, fork, spoon and bowl.

A rich man helping a poor man,
a convict dancing with a child,
all people put aside their differences,
and share a hope that is wild.

A shout comes out from the open,
like a footstep falling on sand,
all people together proclaim:
“Now there is Peace in this land”

- Helen Steiner Rice


Cx :-)

Good afternoon...... :-)

So sorry about this morning but yes, it is my OH's birthday and I got carried away with things. Lovely to be missed though :-D :-D

For today :

“Peace”
A dark hand touching a light hand,
a young face looking into an old,
all people working together
for a goal to be told.

A stranger and a stranger together,
a foe and a foe are now friends,
all people helping each other,
making beginnings meet ends.

A heart understanding another,
a soul reaching out to a soul,
all people feeding their elders,
with plate, fork, spoon and bowl.

A rich man helping a poor man,
a convict dancing with a child,
all people put aside their differences,
and share a hope that is wild.

A shout comes out from the open,
like a footstep falling on sand,
all people together proclaim:
“Now there is Peace in this land”

- Helen Steiner Rice


Cx :-)

Thank you Rose. A very happy birthday to that certain person <3

Ah thanks for that Rose :-)

A certain person's birthday I believe, may be why she's not on here :-)

I was just about to post the same Emma. I hope Cynthia’s absence is just because she is very busy or maybe she has internet problems. She is much missed when she doesn’t post and I am sure we all appreciate her efforts at keeping the thread going.

Hoping all is well with Cynthia and her OH <3 <3

Yes Vera.

Those young men were also fighting for their homeland and following orders from their senior officers.
Fathers, brothers and sons.
Any life lost in warfare is a sadness.

Thinking particularly today of a man distantly related to my family who was in the Falklands War. His experiences left him struggling to cope on his return to civilian life and, sadly, he eventually took his own life.

I feel our thoughts should also be with the brave servicemen of our “enemies” as well as our allies.

We will remember them.

A beautiful, dry and sunny morning for the local service of Remembrance at the town's war memorial.
Representatives from our twin towns in France and Belgium were also there. We are so near to the Channel Tunnel, so it is easy to travel between the towns for shared events.
A large number of youngsters took part in the parade afterwards. It's always good to see that the next generation are taught to be respectful and thankful for all that was done in the past, so that we can have freedom today.
During the laying of the many wreaths, local primary school children read out the names of people who lost their lives in past hostilities.
Sadly the 2nd World War was not the end of conflict and I found myself reflecting on the many still lost in troubles today.
One young soldier who died in Afghanistan is buried in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery near Folkestone. His grave is carefully tended by his local family, who so miss their brave son and brother, who died at 19 years old.

We will remember them.

Hello all

A dry bright morning for the village parade and service in a packed church, then the reading names of locals who had sadly lost their lives in both World Wars before the laying of the poppy wreaths at the Lych Gate War Memorial today. Good to see the youngsters taking part in this special and poignant event this year.

We will remember them.