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Hearing The Sound of Silence & Others
Touched By Angels
Touched By Angels
The Sound of Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySZpw4JJC4&feature=related
It was one year ago, on Friday, 13 April 2007, when Sarge picked me up from in front of the Las Vegas Rescue Mission to end my first tour of homelessness.
As I discribe in the entry below In God We Trust, he took me to meet his family, his beautiful wife, Donna and their fourteen-year-old son, Ronny. Although I still considered myself homeless since I did not yet have my own place, I was a distant of the peril of street life.
Sarge provided me everything I needed to move forward. A job, shelter, transportation food and all the tools I needed in order to advance.
His wife, Donna, I think at first, was a little skeptical of me. That first evening with them, she gave me what she called a military-style hair cut. I hadn't had a hair cut in over five months and was beyond due for one. I was skeptical of Donna too, since she was a city employee and worked in the same building as the Mayor. But within hours Donna and I found our common ground -- Christianity.
Over the next few days and coming weeks, Donna and I formed a strong bond centered around Jesus Christ. She was a devoted Christian and the talks we had were positively uplifting. Sarge claims he is not a Christian, but I know he is. He is the type who holds it in his heart and doesn't show his convictions. His actions certainly are Christian. Donna on the other hand shined with Christian light.
She would show me old newspaper photos of her when she was young and played the violin for homeless people in San Franscio. She'd show me her violin and her musical talent. She would play her piano and oh, how she could play. Sometimes when I was reading in my room, she would ask me if her piano playing distrurbed me. Hardly, her music was beautiful. She played mostly hymns and it was like having a sound effect while I was reading Christian books she had shared with me. Donna played piano for her church and hearing her music was like tranquility as I was rising from darkness.
Although I was now working six days a week from 7:00 AM until 10:00 PM, Donna and I seemed to always find things to talk about centering around Christ when I was off duty. She was a Seventh Day Adventist. We'd debate the subject of Sabbath, but nearly everything else we shared in view were identical.
I was grateful for Sarge and Donna for taking me in. They wanted me to continue staying with them, to save up more money and build a good savings foundation. But I was anxious to get my own place and get on with my life. I didn't want to continue being a disruption to their family, although they never indicated that I was.
Sarah Brightman: Dust In The Wind & Who Wants To Live Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBr_HIhtaN0&feature=related
There is more to the story about my stay with Sarge and Donna and my life back into the mainstream. But this entry is about Donna and two other Angels. You see, Donna was recovering from cancer while I was staying with them. And while I was staying with them, my first cousin, June, had lost a seven-year battle with cancer. My second cousin, Debi, June's daughter, had lost her battle when she was in her twenties back nearly a quarter-century ago. Debi was closer to my age. In all three cases cancer was the thing that shortened their lives. Donna lost her battle on 18 November 2007.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/individual_display.jsp?obitID=3235875
The Lord knows I don't handle deaths of love ones too well. And He knows I've had my share of them. Sometimes, this is where I get weak with the Lord. I ask why? How can perfect Angels go away when they could do so good here on earth with all the darkness which surrounds us? As Sarge said to me, "She's in a better place now, one better than you or I deserve."
Sometimes, I avoid getting too close to someone because it always seems someone is leaving. But that is just an inner thing I have to deal with from time to time. Like a lamb wandering from the Shepard, I sometimes need to rethink and find my way back to His Word after straying too far.
One thing for certain, no matter how short or how long of a time we spend knowing someone, another soul, here on earth, they will impact us for the rest of our lives. We become manifested into each other's being as if the Holy Spirit joins us, uniting us in harmony. Our lives change from the interchangable experience. We are touched by angels.
Sarah Brightman & Gregorian: The Touch of Angel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLwZACMs8c&NR=1
Debi and her mother, June, were perfect angels. This is a website of Debi's sister Trina who dedicates a page to Debi's memory and June is seen shortly before her death. Scroll down to see more photos of Debi and her writing.
http://www.dakotaridgefarm.com/cute_crias.htm
Dakota Ridge Home Page
http://www.dakotaridgefarm.com/index.htm
Amazing Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqIX_UFt6CA&feature=related
Celine Dion & Sarah Brightman: My Heart Will Go On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF_7cU_awOM&feature=related
When I was young I would write. Debi was a couple of years younger than me. And she would write too. She said something in one of her writing pieces that has hung with me over the years. Something which said what I thought, but never put into words. These words are engraved on her gravestone:
I write because I have hope, for the world,
That things could be better
If each of us listened to those inner voices within us,
Finding our own reasons for our existence,
Set to bring forth our best in all that we do.
For there must be a reason why I am here
And each of us has a purpose.
We have only to find out what it is and follow those inner voices.
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Oh I am so so glad that you are back. Tahnk you. Keep well keep in touch with us all with your news. Much Love Sybil x
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I have taken a leisurely stroll through your entry, taking time to check out the videos and other links. I was unfamiliar with the music of Gregorian and I like their soothing voices a great deal. Sarah Brightman is an artist that I enjoy and Celine Dion is one of my favorite vocalists. You write eloquently about loss. I think that the bravest thing that anyone of us can do is to love others because loss is a part of loving. We pass in and out of each other's lives but for whatever time that we intersect, it is well worth the eventual pain of loss.--Sheria
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