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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day 08-08-02
Billie
Posted on 08/08/2002 5:34:24 AM PDT by Billie
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To: dixie sass
I'll be wearing a smile....
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posted on
08/08/2002 7:08:21 PM PDT
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Bob J
To: LadyX
Perfect!!! Get that Pawleys Island Hammock up 'cause the best days are coming. Oh I can just see you out there laying in the hammock with a good book and the birds and squirrels, etc. What a wonder picture you paint!
To: Carolina
Allllll right!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm looking forward to meeting you.
To: Billie
Billie, y'all do such a wonderful job of introducing us to other Freepers and making this thread such a delight to come to.
At times it is a haven when the burdens we face become to much. It's a coffee Klatch with your best friends and new acquaintences. It's a place to touch base with reality and you always make everyone feel so much at home.
Thank you all of you for what you provide. GOD Bless you and keep you.
To: lodwick
To: Freedom'sWorthIt; All
On cloudy gray days, when not a ray of sun is shining,
I go to the closet of my mind and retrieve the box of
memories.
Stored in this box of memories are sights and sounds and smells of sunny days and childhood memories reminding me of where I've been and where I'm going.
I pull them out one by one, handling with care like fragile photographs edged in brown. To share these is the ultimate gift - 'cause it is of oneself.
So to my child and later I hope to grandchild or two, I'l say "Come, let me share with you a story or two of who we've been and who we are and who we will be."
And afterwards I'll plant a kiss on each chubby cheek and say that is my gift to you today to start your magic memory box. But remember that the magic's to be shared and not horded, for only them does the magic grow as do the memories stored there.
A gift for all of you, with my love.
Dixie Sass
7/7/02
To: JustAmy
So romantic!!!
To: Billie; dixie sass
Billie.
What a wonderful job you have done here, but then again, that's what everyone has come to expect from you, and you never disappoint.
I have a story to tell you.
A long time ago (longer than I care to remember, or admit to) I was traveling northbound on a chartered Greyhound bus (a caravan of buses) along with the rest of my College Symphonic band. We were headed for Virginia, to play a concert under the stars in Williamsburg and one in Jamestown, it was the bicentennial.
Along the way, we stopped on New Orleans, and performed there as well. Then we partied with all the rowdiness and crazy energy you can expect from college students spending one night in the Big Easy. We attacked that towns with a fury not seen since the War Between The States, except we were much, much friendlier.
As you may imagine, I was exhausted from the experience, and on the third day ( and a bit behind schedule) we picked up some extra drivers and decided to drive all day and through the night into Greenville.
We played cards and carried on until the wee hours of the morning in that bus, but eventually, I fell sleep in the seat behind the driver.
When I woke up sometime later, there was magic in the air all around me. I can only describe it as that magic that exists when the remains of the night reluctantly give way to the warm kiss of the day. And the earth wakes up from its slumber.
I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, and used the sleeve of my shirt to wipe away the condensation on the inside of my window.
What a sight Billie!
Like a dream, or a postcard, or the memory of home someone who hasn't been there in a long, long time holds in their mind.
There was a mist, and there were hills in the distance that seemed to rise up from under the wheels of our bus, and gently lift themselves up to the heavens.
There were trees, their leaves sparkling with drops of dew, and a big, beautiful sky with a hint of cotton-candy clouds.
For a moment, I thought I was alone in the world...just me and this picture perfect piece of God's creation on the other side of my small window.
Then I guess the driver heard me moving behind him, or maybe he saw me staring, and said "good morning"
"Where are we?"--I whispered to him.
"Son, we're deep in the heart of dixie. South Carolina is saying her good mornings to you."
I thought I would never see anything as beautiful, or graceful as that dawn in the Upcountry, but I was wrong.
I met someone as beautiful and graceful one evening in Ft. Lauderdale. I was there to meet some intimate strangers, friends whom I had never met. I was there to meet FReepers.
There was a lot of "good to meet you's",backslapping and hearty handshaking going on in that room.
That's the night I met dixiesass, and I have to tell you, a South Carolina dawn, viewed from somewhere along the banks of a river, framed by God's bluest sky didn't hold a match to her.
To: mikrofon
Hello my friend it's good to see you. How are you doing? See you at the Patriot's tonight? I think we are still discussing the Second Amendment.
To: stainlessbanner; All
What a beautiful baby!!!
To: LadyX; All
On How to be a Southern Gentleman. Remember Rhett Butler! The Charleston man (and I do mean MAN!) is ... well, they are a special gift from GOD for us. Oh, don't get me wrong the do have their little faults (which can sometimes be overlooked), but oh my... it's just so hard to describe.
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
I'll stay on this side and wait for you, okay?
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
Snert!!! I'm doing the light work, getting some of those great big handsome Charleston men to do the rest!
To: CounterCounterCulture
Hello Triple CCC - lol, I thought you had.
To: lodwick; All
Now Lodi, you can only eat grits one way and that's with a little salt, peppa and lotsa butter! Why, those grits put a sparkle in the eye and colour in the cheeks! We even have a Grits Festival in St. George every year!
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
GASP!!!!!!!!!! Shhhhhhhh, don't tell!!!
To: MeeknMing
thank you M&M, I will put the link up at Patriots on Paltalk.
To: lodwick; Freedom'sWorthIt; LadyX
Shem Creek!!!
Think you could eat Shrimp and Grits! Heavenly!!!
To: lodwick
Home
To: dixie sass; Billie
No way to convey to others the special qualities of Charleston men, is there?!
Something one has to experience for themselves...:))
Sister/Sistah, it has been a delightful day spent with you, and I envy you going to Las Vegas to be with so many Freepers!
Will you be staying in Summerville?
I have a niece there, who works at MUSC as a neonatal intensive care nurse.
At any rate, God be with you wherever you go, and in whatever you do.
Good night, all ~ ~ ~
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posted on
08/08/2002 8:07:02 PM PDT
by
LadyX
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