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BF / MAF
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AUGUST 8, 2010, 9 a.m.
Retiree’s Breakfast & Meeting
International Cafe, East of I-75 at exit 15
(The old Howard Johnson’s restaurant)
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AUGUST
HIGHLIGHTS
By Marilyn Appner-Falor C.O. Sgt (Ret)
I hope all of your air conditioners are working
efficiently. Some of us remember a time when most houses and cars
did not have it.
Alltough it was very uncomfortable, we did find
ways to survive.
It is most difficult when you are used to having
air conditioning and a storm knocks the power out for awhile.
They have some amazing rigs to remove trees that
have been knocked down by a storm.
One of our beautiful trees along Fredericks
suffered damage by the Dundee storm. One third of it was broken off,
and fell in the street. We didn’t hear them, but it was removed by
daylight.
We went to Dallas for the Mary Kay Seminar, and
when we returned, that storm broke off another third of the tree,
causing considerable damage to our white fence. It was easy to see
that a future storm would break off the final portion of that tree,
and it would probably do severe damage to the North side of our
house. I called the city (since it is on their property between the
sidewalk and the street) and told them I was concerned. Within an
hour, we heard them working on it. One truck had a large claw that
grabbed the cut off portion of the tree and fed the whole thing into
a nearby shredder. Then it took the rest of the trunk and placed it
in the back of the 1st truck. It went so fast, we hardly had time to
take out a cart of branches we collected from the back yard so they
could shred them. It was amazing. Anyone within sight stopped to
watch.
We wish to thank the City of Monroe for taking
care of this problem in such an efficient manner.
This is the first time since the 1970’s that I
can recall having such damaging storms in this area.
We have been very lucky, and I hope it will be
another 30 or 40 years before we see any more of them.
MAF
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WE WISH YOU ENOUGH
An email from Bdbarto1
As the daughter left to get on her plane, the daughter said to
the father, "I wish you enough." And the father answered,
"And I wish you enough." We learned that the father had
serious health concerns and he feared this might be the last time he
saw his daughter. We asked him:
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you
enough.' May I ask what that means?'
He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from
other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone..' He
paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail,
and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were
wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good
things to sustain them' Then turning toward me, he shared the
following as if he were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright
no matter
how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain
to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness
to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest
of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain
to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss
to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you
through the final good- bye.
(So, we wish you all, ENOUGH)
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