this thread is awesome. love all the stories - happy, sad, real, life, love.
D&K's Cafe End of Summer Contest
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Okay gulls....I see you posting comments....but no stories, pictures or poems....what about a rap song about your summer? 
Please don't stop. I love them they make me feel so much better.
Kat
Please don't stop. I love them they make me feel so much better. Kat
Beach Runner.....I know that feeling. Bless you and your famly! Thank you for sharing with us. I feel the most important thing to come of this contest is that it brings us all closer. We are ONE....even if it is for a moment in time, that's all it takes! When we read each other's post we become a part of it....we become a part of each other.
Everyone has something to share....and you never know when your post might be the one that heals another's heart, uplifts the downtrodden, makes strong the weak, and gives a bit of hope to the lonely.
Everyone has something to share....and you never know when your post might be the one that heals another's heart, uplifts the downtrodden, makes strong the weak, and gives a bit of hope to the lonely.
Okay you SoWallers....time is marching by! Get your entries in.....you have something to share from this summer. I know everyone is soooo busy these dayz
but I love reading your "stories" and so do all the other Sowallers. I hear everyday how it has touched their heart. YOU may hold the key in your words and pictures to touch someone's heart. And that is more important then winning a lunch, even a D&K lunch!
Be Happy....Don't Worry! Kat
Cork On the Ocean
directionally challenged
KD - You amaze me gull!
Minnie - I can only say that your mom and your dad are so lucky to have such a beautiful and loving daughter. Their love story should be a movie and is so inspiring.
BR- My heart goes out to you sweetie. I can't even imagine your pain and I hope you don't mind if I use your mom's beautiful quote sometime for my own parents. Thank you for sharing it.
Minnie - I can only say that your mom and your dad are so lucky to have such a beautiful and loving daughter. Their love story should be a movie and is so inspiring.
BR- My heart goes out to you sweetie. I can't even imagine your pain and I hope you don't mind if I use your mom's beautiful quote sometime for my own parents. Thank you for sharing it.
Cork On the Ocean
directionally challenged
Kat, thank you so much for this opportunity. I missed the Christmas one and you have given me an opportunity to thank so many people that is overdue. I might be over 250 words but I've never been one to play by the rules and it's mostly cause I tried not to leave anyone out. ;-)
As many sowallers know, my dad was diagnosed with cancer last fall and I left Sowal to help my parents. I was gone till the end of June. I cannot express the helplessness and frustration that I felt watching my strong, confident, take-charge dad become so weak and dependent. Some of you know him. I found a strength in my mom that I never knew existed and we all became closer than I ever imagined but it was the scariest time of my life.
In the madness, I found a selfless love and unconditional acceptance in my sowal friends that I didn't know was there. I had crawled into a shell and put all my focus on my dad's illness and what it was doing to my family. From IBD calling me to make sure I knew about the Christmas exchange to Ali whisking me away to forget my problems and all those in between who opened their arms to welcome me home even when they called me and I never called back - Toots, DD, BB, Audie, jdarg, lindatat, Ms Kitty, Kurt, SJ, Timmy, Franny, Mango, Paula, Beachmom, GTBM, RO, KD, Peapod, Biff, Dune-Ahh, The Merms, Kaiboo, John R, Kat, Potato Vixen, Drunken Artist, Goofer, The Steelings & Grayton Kid, Punzy, Chickpea, Lisaatthe beach, BR, COS etc. etc. I know I missed some but I know you understand. They made coming back to Sowal this summer like "coming home" and it brings me to tears to know that I am surrounded in such beauty. I'm just coming out of my shell thanks to all of you. My summer has been the most loving summer, the most enlightening summer, the most beautiful summer that I have ever know thanks to the beauty of Sowal and the people that make it that way.
As to a lesson, it came from a special Sowaller who made a statement a couple of weeks ago that stuck with me. She said that her hubby's cancer and subsequent death gave her the opportunity to share a closeness that they would have otherwise never had. I immediately understood and found good in the most challenging experience of my life.
As many sowallers know, my dad was diagnosed with cancer last fall and I left Sowal to help my parents. I was gone till the end of June. I cannot express the helplessness and frustration that I felt watching my strong, confident, take-charge dad become so weak and dependent. Some of you know him. I found a strength in my mom that I never knew existed and we all became closer than I ever imagined but it was the scariest time of my life.
In the madness, I found a selfless love and unconditional acceptance in my sowal friends that I didn't know was there. I had crawled into a shell and put all my focus on my dad's illness and what it was doing to my family. From IBD calling me to make sure I knew about the Christmas exchange to Ali whisking me away to forget my problems and all those in between who opened their arms to welcome me home even when they called me and I never called back - Toots, DD, BB, Audie, jdarg, lindatat, Ms Kitty, Kurt, SJ, Timmy, Franny, Mango, Paula, Beachmom, GTBM, RO, KD, Peapod, Biff, Dune-Ahh, The Merms, Kaiboo, John R, Kat, Potato Vixen, Drunken Artist, Goofer, The Steelings & Grayton Kid, Punzy, Chickpea, Lisaatthe beach, BR, COS etc. etc. I know I missed some but I know you understand. They made coming back to Sowal this summer like "coming home" and it brings me to tears to know that I am surrounded in such beauty. I'm just coming out of my shell thanks to all of you. My summer has been the most loving summer, the most enlightening summer, the most beautiful summer that I have ever know thanks to the beauty of Sowal and the people that make it that way.
As to a lesson, it came from a special Sowaller who made a statement a couple of weeks ago that stuck with me. She said that her hubby's cancer and subsequent death gave her the opportunity to share a closeness that they would have otherwise never had. I immediately understood and found good in the most challenging experience of my life.
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Holy COW!! That is all a can say to you all.....
KD, most incredible poem, hats off to ya!!
Minnie and COrk on the Ocean, Bless your hearts!! Our memories keep our loved ones alive in our hearts to share with others.
And to all of you others who have shared, THANK YOU. I will give my story a shot...
KD, most incredible poem, hats off to ya!!
Minnie and COrk on the Ocean, Bless your hearts!! Our memories keep our loved ones alive in our hearts to share with others.
And to all of you others who have shared, THANK YOU. I will give my story a shot...
preface...
As most of you know, my brother is Biff. I love him with all my heart and am blessed to have him as a member of my family. I was thinking, I have never been to SoWal. Biff has! He had spoken of the beautiful and wonderful people he has met here and how he will move there in the very near future. He introduced me to his "other Family" here on the SoWal Board, and my life was touched!! I know now, in my heart I have visited SoWal, and am in love with the people as he has been for so long!!So, anyway, my event...
So, anyway, my event...MYmost WOnderful EvenT this SUmmer
I had the chance to go visit Biff this summer. I realized that in the past 12 years, I had only gone to visit him ONE time! (Bad SIS!) I stayed with him when our Poppers passed away a couple of years ago, but that was the only time I had been to see him. He had been to visit me in NM, but I never took the time to go see him. Well this summer I did it!! I went around the fourth of July. It had been so long, I had forgotten how much we have in common and how much fun we have together!!! It seems strange to have so many memories of the past, as we grow older. Time has no mercy and age continues to count. We have shared many sad and troubling times, many blessed events and of course shared so many hours of laughter! Although both of us may have a few "extra cushion", maybe a gray hair here and there and some worn leather, we are still those kiddos laughing and playing jokes on each other as well as with my twin sister. Our faces have changed, but our hearts have remained the same. I realized at that time, that Love and Family are THE most important things one can have in one's life! I feel like my extended family is here on the SoWal Board. THANKS!!! So, my vacation with my little brother was the most wonderful event of my SUMMER!!!!!
a couple of years ago, but that was the only time I had been to see him. He had been to visit me in NM, but I never took the time to go see him. Well this summer I did it!! I went around the fourth of July. It had been so long, I had forgotten how much we have in common and how much fun we have together!!! It seems strange to have so many memories of the past, as we grow older. Time has no mercy and age continues to count. We have shared many sad and troubling times, many blessed events and of course shared so many hours of laughter! Although both of us may have a few "extra cushion", maybe a gray hair here and there and some worn leather, we are still those kiddos laughing and playing jokes on each other as well as with my twin sister. Our faces have changed, but our hearts have remained the same. I realized at that time, that Love and Family are THE most important things one can have in one's life! I feel like my extended family is here on the SoWal Board. THANKS!!! So, my vacation with my little brother was the most wonderful event of my SUMMER!!!!!
Well, Cork and jo.....y'all just made my summer...reading about yours.
SUPER! SUPER! SUPER!
Memories are the best....on SoWal
WHERE'S MISS "GRAYTON GIRL"
....I know she has a grayt summer story!!!!!
amen!Well, Cork and jo.....y'all just made my summer...reading about yours.
wonderful stuff!