tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post8541155778291597096..comments2024-02-28T16:57:47.055+00:00Comments on Diary of a Donkeybody: MND - what's your dream?Michael Wenhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756324780596609238noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-2035132730016324642014-01-28T10:04:14.192+00:002014-01-28T10:04:14.192+00:00“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then ...“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” MLK <br />today is the day 'Challenger' exploded in the air. here is a lovely commentary and poem about flight.<br />http://www.prayingeachday.org/Jan28.pdfleafyschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473642621804634929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-56495648527038458862014-01-22T11:19:50.258+00:002014-01-22T11:19:50.258+00:00Thank-youThank-youleafyschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473642621804634929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-23093729966445605892014-01-22T10:23:43.834+00:002014-01-22T10:23:43.834+00:00Remembering him and them, Ann. Also our friend Jil...Remembering him and them, Ann. Also our friend Jill who we heard yesterday has died quite young of cancer. <br />We have two good friend couples, parents of similarly disabled children who died last year. Those children were SUCH a blessing to their families and friends. I still vividly recall how watching her parents' care for Beth showed me how God loves us even though we can't/don't return it. It showed me what grace is. I was profoundly touched.Michael Wenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111619560360378627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163514158748049548.post-58213082314548348402014-01-22T07:15:09.615+00:002014-01-22T07:15:09.615+00:00"I am wishing you life and joy and peace in t..."I am wishing you life and joy and peace in the battle, though sometimes those things seem impossibly incongruent. I am wishing you the bravery of Abraham Lincoln and Amelia Earhart and Malala Youfsazai. Because we all have a story and we all have a storm. May we have the faith to believe with Martin Luther King, Jr., that “unearned suffering is redemptive"<br /><br />These words quoted by Bo seem particularly relevant this morning. I have just heard from our daughter that her very great friend and PA at work is totally devastated. Her Grandson, a profoundly disabled but beautiful and happy little boy ( of about 5) who has never been able to sit up on his own, walk or talk, simply did not wake up yesterday morning.<br />I also received this morning, this quote,<br />"Somewhere we fit into the great jigsaw puzzle, and without our fitting in, the universe isn’t complete." (Laurence Freeman, Breaking the Cycle of Violence).and I thought, though it will be of no comfort to his parents, this little boy has become part of that great jigsaw helping to complete the Universe.<br />Readers of Michael's blog, will you think of this little boy, and especially his parents and grandparents? Thank-youleafyschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473642621804634929noreply@blogger.com