Tag: sacrifice
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March 04, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
Sacrifice is mortifying hallucinogen,
A denigrating opiate,
Subtly desiderates quiescence,
Flaunts obligation and manipulates.
The veiled irony at times,
Is this satire of self-denial
Inherent . . . more
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September 13, 2006 11:39 AM EDT --
burned the midnight oil,
up with the Robin,
daughter off to school,
back on Gather,
buzz on the airwaves,
before a long day at work,
not home again til late,
a few more minutes of sleep,
sunk into the . . . more
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December 15, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
Now, and always, I wish to thank the men and women of the armed forces who are serving our country abroad. I thank you for taking the oath, and stepping forward to protect our country, our ideals and . . . more
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May 17, 2008 11:18 AM EDT --
She relaxed in the lounge chair. He would be home soon and it would be over. The courts had allowed the mistress of the house to be declared dead . . . more
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August 10, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
How to make a great book series. The first ingredient is an interesting and war that defined the state of the western War. This war is the Napoleonic War that was fought in the late 1700's . . . more
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February 08, 2007 01:13 AM EST --
Over the past sixteen years since I left college, I have had a number of unpleasant dreams about going back to school. Sometimes they involve my somehow having failed to ever attend classes . . . more
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May 30, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
I heard something similar to this at a rembrance service in observation of memorial day:
* It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you the freedom of the press.
* It's the soldier, not the . . . more
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April 15, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
I left my dear friend Red a message and asked her to cover for me at work today. The kids had a half day of school, which I had forgotten, and I didn't feel like bringing them into the office. . . . more
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June 06, 2008 09:03 PM EDT --
This is something completely out of the box for me. I've been working on it for a while and I kept getting stuck. I guess I have finished it, but I am not sure if I did what I wanted . . . more
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October 01, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
Well, my loving boyfriend is sick, sick, sick. The usual stuffy head, sore throat, yucky, I feel like crap kind of sick. He is resting sort of...he went with me to get the new part for the . . . more
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April 11, 2008 06:59 PM EDT --
A GENTLE HAND
I know I've done so much to you
Undeserving of your love
Seeking understanding
I look to the skies above.
I realize what I do . . . more
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April 25, 2008 01:45 AM EDT --
... ANZAC Day.
On this day Australians and New Zealanders, no matter where they are and no matter what rivalries exist, can stand together and remember what it is that makes us who we are.
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May 21, 2008 09:06 PM EDT --
"WAR IS SELDOM WITHOUT LOSS"
S oldiers
of daring boldness, intrepid . . . more
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December 26, 2007 10:39 AM EST --
Romans 12:1,2 NLT
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice - the kind he will accept. When you think of . . . more
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September 18, 2006 07:15 AM EDT --
September 12 2006 : Australian trade officials have announced that the revered meat pie is to follow a procession of local products, including Holden cars and Foster's beer, to the lucrative US market. . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
He was 17 when he enlisted, so eager to serve his country that he had his father sign him into the army. It was 1967, and there was no doubt that he would be shipped off to Vietnam. . . . more
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November 29, 2007 05:25 AM EST --
Note: This song was written in response to a conversation my pastor's daughter had with one of her college professors about faith in God. The professor told her he could not believe in a . . . more
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May 09, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
Our family was one with a proud military tradition starting with a family split between the Loyalists and those who fought against them during the Revolutionary War. My Dad's father, Pop, had . . . more
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May 19, 2008 02:58 AM EDT --
To John F Walter , our friend and superb fellow poet, who inspires us in his own unique way.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ 19 May
On the pulse of this new day
The perceptive sculptor . . . more
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May 23, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
She did her bit of following 'Ways of Woman'
From the age sweet 16 happen to tie the knot
Said often 'Of marriages do happen in heaven'
Only we get to see they "are made . . . more
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