Sunday, September 21, 2008

FILLING OUR GAS TANK IS BEGINNING TO BE JUST A BIT LESS PAINFUL. I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING THAT THIS GAS STATION IS ACTUALLY SELLING GAS TODAY FOR $3.51. AMAZING.

WE ATTENDED A MEMORIAL FOR A NEIGHBOR THIS AFTERNOON. HE WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN SO IT WAS A VERY LARGE GATHERING. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW I NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY PRECIOUS CAMERA. THE SURPRISE AND JOY I FELT EARLIER THIS WEEK AS I WAS SNOOPING THROUGH MY PHOTO COLLECTION IN MY LAP TOP TO COME ACROSS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO TAKEN OF THIS NEIGHBOR. IT WAS TAKEN EARLY LAST SUMMER WHILE HE WAS BALING HAY JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FAMILIES FIELD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF HIM AS HE TURNED AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AS I SNAPPED THE PICTURE.

THIS GENTLEMAN HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST MAY AND HIS BODY WAS JUST DISCOVERED THIS WEEK IN THE FOREST ABOVE OUR HOME. HIS FAMILIES FARM IS JUST A STONES THROW DOWN THE ROAD FROM US.

I MADE AN 8 X 10 ENLARGEMENT OF THIS PHOTO AND TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE AND PRESENTED IT TO ONE OF THE BROTHERS. OF COURSE THERE WERE MANY TEARS AND MANY GRATEFUL HUGS AND THANK YOUS AND IT FELT SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TAKEN THAT PICTURE. I TOLD THE FAMILY THAT THIS PICTURE WAS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTED ONE. TODAY THAT CAMERA PAID FOR ITSELF A MILLION TIMES OVER.

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