Posted by Charm_AL on 5/3/06 2:29pm
Msg #117487

you guys are great!...

Thank you for the posts of prayers and the e-mails and e-cards. I was overwhelmed and got all emotional. I'm just catching up on all the readings and just to let you know, I'm ok, waiting to go back in to hear some results. ANY results!

Took two signings for tomorrow, forcing myself back into the swing of things.

Happy signings!

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 5/3/06 2:30pm
Msg #117488

good to hear from you... we we're worried about ya! n/m

Reply by DellaCa on 5/3/06 2:34pm
Msg #117491

Re: Good to hear your ok good luck on the results n/m

Reply by LilyMD on 5/3/06 2:40pm
Msg #117498

Glad to hear from you, Charm

I was just wondering if all was well. I'll keep the good thoughts and prayers for you.

Gina

Reply by Calnotary on 5/3/06 2:49pm
Msg #117505

Re: Glad to hear from you, Charm

Hope everything is fine and healthy with you Charm.

Reply by Brenda/CA on 5/3/06 2:52pm
Msg #117509

Re: Glad to hear from you, Charm

Will keep you in my prayers, that all your results come back good.

Reply by Beth/MD on 5/3/06 3:16pm
Msg #117523

Re: Glad to hear from you, Charm

I got so busy with school and such I didn't get to e-card you. Just know I was praying and keeping you in the good light.

Reply by Ilona_OH on 5/3/06 3:46pm
Msg #117531

Our prayers are answered! Wecome back! n/m

Reply by John_NorCal on 5/3/06 2:51pm
Msg #117508

OK, so where's our OT Joke??? Welcome back n/m

Reply by Winston_Tn on 5/3/06 3:48pm
Msg #117532

I know that you will ...

overcome anything that they can throw your way. This story always reminds me of you.

While the good Lord was creating mothers, He was well into his sixth day of overtime. Then an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one!"

And the Lord said, "Have you read the specification on this order? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic... Have 180 movable parts, all replaceable... Run on black coffee and leftovers... have a lap that disappears when she stands up... and a kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. Plus she has to have six pairs of hands!"

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands!!?? Not possible!"

"Oh, it's not the hands that are causing me the problem," said the Lord. "It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing in there?' when she already knows...Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't , but what she has to know... And of course, the ones here in front that can look at a child and reflect, 'I understand, and I love you' without so much as saying a word."

"Lord," said the angel touching His sleeve gently, "Get some rest. Finish this tomorrow."

"I can't," answered the Lord. "I'm so close to creating something so close to Myself. Already I have one that heals herself when she's sick...can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a nine-year old to stand under a shower."

The angel circled the model of the mother very slowly and sighed, "But it's too soft!"

"And yet she's tough!" said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what the mother can handle or do!"

"Can it think?" asked the angel.

"Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise!" answered the Creator.

Finally the angel bent over and ran her fingers across the mother's cheek.

"There's a leak!" she pronounced. "I told you, you were trying to put too much in this model! You can't ignore the stress factor. "

This Lord moved in closer for a look and gently lifted the drop of moisture to His finger where it glistened and sparkled in the light. "It's not a leak," He said. "It's a tear."

"A tear?" asked the angel. "What's it for?"

"It's for Joy, Sadness, Disappointment, Compassion, Pain, Loneliness, and Pride."

And the angel exclaimed, "You're a genius!"

The Lord looked somber and replied, "I didn't put it there."

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/3/06 5:11pm
Msg #117538

Re: I know that you will ...Awww Winston, that's got

to be a major mascara solvent if I ever read one.

Reply by Winston_Tn on 5/3/06 4:19pm
Msg #117534

Re: OT: although not intended to replace

your always anticipated 'OT joke'... I will simply attempt to fill the void
until you are 'back in the swing'....

I have always found history to be much more intriging when you know something about it?

The History of Middle Finger

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating
victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all
captured English soldiers.
Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the
renowned English longbow and therefore they
would be incapable of fighting in the future.
This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree,
and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew"(or
"pluck yew".
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset
and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the
defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew!
Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant
cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals
fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the
one finger salute!?
It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with
the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

Reply by SamIam_CA on 5/3/06 4:57pm
Msg #117537

Hey Charm! I'm glad you're back and working :) n/m

Reply by cmd_NH on 5/3/06 5:51pm
Msg #117540

Re: Good to hear from you Charm! Hang in there...

You are not alone in your wait...we are all beside through good and bad. Of course, as I said in a previous post...With a name like "Charm" how can you go wrong. You are one of the best!

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/3/06 7:11pm
Msg #117554

Hi Charm
Missed previous posts about your health. Am happy you are back on the board

Reply by rlogan_ca on 5/3/06 7:37pm
Msg #117557

Hi Charm,

I hope all goes well with your results.

Keep the faith!!

Roxane

Reply by ColleenCA on 5/3/06 7:53pm
Msg #117558

Re: Good luck Charm...

I'm sure everything will turn out for the best.

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 5/3/06 9:09pm
Msg #117578

Glad you're feeling better (I know I'm late) :-D n/m

Reply by Howie35CT on 5/3/06 9:26pm
Msg #117585

Re: Glad you're feeling better (I know I'm late) :-D

No kidding, me too! I've been off the boards for a few, and didn't know you were ill. Glad to have you back!

Reply by TitleGalCA on 5/3/06 10:55pm
Msg #117617

To Charming

Be well and know even those in Cyberspace are thinking of you and sending well wishes.

Reply by CaliNotary on 5/4/06 1:07am
Msg #117645

Re: To Charming

I haven't been reading the board that much lately so I had no idea that anything was wrong with Charm.

I also had a close friend who died this morning at 38 years old; I only found out last night at 11 pm that he had been hospitalized and in a coma for 2 days due to a ruptured pancreas. Needless to say, it's been a very pensive day, a lot of thinking about mortality and health and how quickly life can change.

You have my sincerest good wishes Charm, I hope you're on your way to a full recovery.

Reply by SamIam_CA on 5/5/06 6:43pm
Msg #118049

Cali - I'm so sorry for your loss. n/m