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Post by gemma luvs guy on Aug 5, 2005 17:48:02 GMT 10
lol im hanging up the balloons and the streamers
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Post by yay on Aug 5, 2005 18:57:51 GMT 10
wheres the kitchen Im normally there at parties
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Post by yay on Aug 5, 2005 19:02:51 GMT 10
Im saying an early hello cos I am completely knackered did my taxes all day long and all brained out combine that with a whole lot of megafest working out times and watching and waiting and still wondering WHAT IS THE NEWS? ? means im exhausted! hope someone is ready to party :-)
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Post by yay on Aug 5, 2005 19:04:06 GMT 10
ps anyone with foxtel watch idol extra this weekend lets hope we get to see the ever gorgeous guy and his fluffy pavola hat!
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Post by SoCrazyInLoveWithGUY on Aug 5, 2005 20:43:06 GMT 10
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Post by lolzzzz on Aug 5, 2005 20:51:39 GMT 10
them cats better behave
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Post by gate crasher on Aug 5, 2005 21:06:03 GMT 10
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Post by yay on Aug 5, 2005 21:57:24 GMT 10
well its a shame more people didnt support this thanks gemma for the effort :-)
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Post by joes unlogged on Aug 5, 2005 22:58:21 GMT 10
sorry Gems. Got home late. Looks like the party is over. Has the print got smaller on here or am I just tired?
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Post by HairBear on Aug 6, 2005 6:06:34 GMT 10
Great party Gem Great to see some of the old Proboarders hehehe Just wanna say a big hi and give you all a big hug ;D
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Post by reg a lil bit late on Aug 6, 2005 6:38:37 GMT 10
Hey All! Mwah to the beautiful Gemma!!! Yawn!!! Sorry I missed da partay...was asleep. Gemma, its what happens when you are old!!! Anyway, I say in honor of the beautiful Gemma...we keep this thread going. Here's something for all of us the read. Miss you all so much. Thank you all for your Pm's, text messages, emails and phone calls!! Here ya go: Birthday Girl by John Fischer (from The Purpose Driven Life Website)
I once spent three days in a hotel in rural Indiana. In the lobby of my hotel was a group of six women who spent the better part of a day laughing and carrying on while they worked on various sewing projects together. These six women, ranging in age from fifty-five to eighty, shared an obvious camaraderie that evidenced itself in their animated conversation, laced with a generous supply of laughter — what I would call belly laughter — a deep-from-way-down-inside-because-we’ve-gone-through-so-much-together laughter that was highly contagious. And when I saw their Bibles come out, I knew I had to find out more.
I almost fell in on them I was eavesdropping so close when one of them caught me and invited me in. That’s when I found out they were at one time all from the same town and were meeting back at this hotel as a sort of semi-annual reunion since job changes and other moves had split them up. I could see why they would make the effort to come back together because they indeed had something special as a group.
When I asked them why they were still meeting, I received a litany of divorce, cancer, dead husbands, and lost children that would have kept a sitcom supplied with material for more seasons than Friends ever dreamed of. There was history behind those belly laughs. There was an obvious spiritual center to this group, but not a rubber stamp. There was a Roman Catholic, a southern Baptist, a Methodist, a Pentecostal, and two who named no church affiliation, yet I couldn’t help thinking that they were having church there, and it was a church I wouldn’t mind joining.
The “youngest” and spunkiest among them was quite clearly the eighty year-old who was actually the excuse for this particular get-together having just reached that great age plateau. I commented about how she didn’t look a day over sixty-five. That’s when one of the other women quipped: “Oh she’s eighty, alright. Why do you think she’s been trying to thread that needle for the last 15 minutes?” Belly laughs followed with birthday girl, the loudest.
What held these women together wasn’t just a religious experience, it was their shared human experiences as well, their love and respect for each other and their ability to let each other’s character come out of the box where I would wager it stays most of the time when they are not together like this.
What they have may appear rare but it shouldn’t be, especially in the Family of God where love and acceptance are the norm. Wherever there is commitment, stark honesty, love, acceptance, and refusal to judge one another, there can be this kind of fellowship. And the laughs just blend right in. Much love to all MY GURLS!!!!!!! Peace, Reggie PS Joes, I will call you today. Hugs!
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Post by canadianguygirl on Aug 6, 2005 6:55:07 GMT 10
oooh, i hope this guy kept his clothes on!!!
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Post by Edster on Aug 8, 2005 21:45:34 GMT 10
Hi Gemma, Sorry I missed the party. With the new board up, sometimes I forget to check the old board. Cheers...Edster.
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Post by MaybeNext on Aug 10, 2005 0:09:08 GMT 10
Me too Gamma. I was busy voting and voting and quick check of the new boards and well it sort of got missed - sorry.
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Post by Sunny on Aug 10, 2005 13:49:53 GMT 10
Me too Gamma. I was busy voting and voting and quick check of the new boards and well it sort of got missed - sorry. Me too Sorry But if Guy wins all 4 awards on the Nicks then it will all have been worthwhile... ;D
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