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Originally posted by Shalom2U
Shalom Everyone~
It would be wrong, rude, stupid, dumb and just plain ol' crazy for me to let 2001 leave and not come HOME and let you all know how much you've been a big part of, and an impact in my life.
This past year with you all has truly been a blessing for me. I praise the LORD for my accidentally finding the Greekchat website while researching for a paper entitled Greek/Hebrew Culture and the Church.
In reading and posting on the GC forums, there were times when I read GC and had to stop, think and reflect on my life; there were times when I had to make changes in what I thought were clear lines of black/white only to discover and embrace the gray; times when I left the forum with an urgency to pray for someone on the forum and times when I left the forum with a prayer and encouragement for another day in my life. Oh, I can't forget the times I was upset or just about through with folks, only to click on to GC and within minutes, be ROTFLMHO until brotha-man thought I had gone crazy (because I sometimes talk to the computer when it's on GC)...and did I ever tell you all brotha-man had a few moments of jealousy because of all the time I spent on GC with y'all? ***Disclaimer, he's not why I've been MIA.....I've had a lot of hospice family members who I have help out with.
It is hard for me to put into words just what you all mean to me especially since I've never met any of you in body/person form. yes, it is weird to have a family to call your own yet without a face. It just goes to show the world that a family is not always about bloodlines, tides or faces, but about the HEART!
Being a GDI, you all have treated me with respect and have given me much love love when you didn't have to do it. Thank you all for that!
To thank you all would be too long of a post so I won't. What I will do is tell you all that I love you and my prayer for each one of you is that you will prosper even as your soul propers unlike any other time in your life! Walk into 2002 with the understanding that you are blessed just as you've been a blessing! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
ps...if it's cabbage and black-eyed peas, why do brotha-man's family do the gumbo thing every New Year???? OKAY, so I hate gumbo.
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SHALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, Come back!! I've missed you. I was logged on last night and cannot believe I missed the chance to talk to you.
I am glad to know all is well with you. Thank you for praying for us on this board. Thank you for your spirit and attitude. I totally agree that members of GC while faceless have come to mean so much to me in my own life.
I HATE, DESPISE, etc. BLACK EYED PEAS!! UGH! ICK! GROSS!!