tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post5516225291209263059..comments2023-09-12T11:22:39.209-04:00Comments on From Paradise to Plan B: Time for ReflectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-18736131893607866122010-04-05T06:29:30.225-04:002010-04-05T06:29:30.225-04:00Hi Karen & Joe,
Although I read your blog freq...Hi Karen & Joe,<br />Although I read your blog frequently I rarely have left a comment - probably because I fear being too shallow.<br /><br />You are so courageous to allow us into your life. I would feel too vunerable. I know God will lead you on your quest to find what to involve yourself in. <br /><br />I must say I couldn't be any happier than I am of your recent involvement in your churches Sunday School. I could go on forever on the value of working with kids.<br /><br />I must say that Karen, the grandmother, has always been very devoted to her church and its childrens ministry. Along with Joe you have given constant words of encouragement to the workers, head volunteers on a classroom remodel, speakers at Tweens family day camp, worship leader at Friday night Tweens, overwhelming supporters in every way and the list goes on. <br /><br />I am go glad, for all the kids you will have in your classroom, that at this time in your life they get you. I picture Joey watching Jesus placing more jewels on your crown - with a big grin and a clear sense of pride in what his mama is doing for the kingdom. <br /><br />I hope this lasts for a long time. <br /><br />Love you,<br />Toni SpenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-64359970849154363662010-03-31T23:44:19.800-04:002010-03-31T23:44:19.800-04:00Karen, I just loved reading this. Read it to Danny...Karen, I just loved reading this. Read it to Danny, then to a friend......if it means anything, I did not know your Joey, I had heard of him from others, but through you and your blog something amazing has happened. I KNOW JOEY!!!!!! He is alive in what you post, what you say, what you write! Your heart is so full of him that mine has gradually become full too. ..That is a great gift.. Keep processing outloud for us all to hear...we need it too.....<br />I love you dearly<br />Linda LehmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-55771607844505400142010-03-25T10:22:38.764-04:002010-03-25T10:22:38.764-04:00Reflecting...lviReflecting...lviAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-41881434474934710842010-03-20T17:21:01.663-04:002010-03-20T17:21:01.663-04:00Such lucky kids to have you for a teacher. Wish m...Such lucky kids to have you for a teacher. Wish my grandkids could be in your class! What a wonderful picture of Joey by the fire. We miss you guys so much, and wish we were there now to share in the duties, that will be many, surrounding Sean's recovery. Thank God (and we are still praying)it sounds like he will have little or no residual. <br /> <br /> I'm off to Keanae right now to do the mowing, in time for Craig to take the interns out there next weekend.<br /><br />We love you guys!<br />Bill and LuKeanae Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662827398044068157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-35830223453630218192010-03-18T01:40:44.839-04:002010-03-18T01:40:44.839-04:00Your words are very touching. Those children are ...Your words are very touching. Those children are so blessed to have you as their Sunday School teacher. It's so wonderful that you're investing in those precious lives.<br /><br />Love & miss you,<br />JeriJerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848237236578681269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-9148124379967694912010-03-17T22:58:59.504-04:002010-03-17T22:58:59.504-04:00I was just thinking that every day is a new day fo...I was just thinking that every day is a new day for you. It is for me too--but you wake up defining how to live it. I just wake up and do same old stuff. I don't have to move any pieces of my mind out of the way to function. Takes twice as much time to live your life as it does mine. Sounds exhausting. <br /><br />It's pollen season here and I'm not up to doing much of anything and would be a terrible teacher today. I loved how you described your feelings about teaching. Sometimes knowing what God expects of us is enough.Anna Flowergardengirlhttp://flowergardengirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-16154695158129516712010-03-16T03:05:37.394-04:002010-03-16T03:05:37.394-04:00Dear Karen,
I read your blog almost every day, as ...Dear Karen,<br />I read your blog almost every day, as my own therapy for living with the loss of many loved ones. I almost never leave a comment , although I do so mentally almost daily. Perhaps because I don't want to intrude. Perhaps because it is too much to step outside my private grief and be bold enough to share. Regardless, I want to thank you for the comfort that your honesty brings. I also wanted to immediately share my thoughts on your most recent post - before my first reaction faded. What I thought of first was "hope". These little children at your church, my own three little ones, our hope is in them and for them. Yes, we also want to protect them and prepare them as best we can. I think your choice of place to direct your energy right now is so perfect. You are bravely facing life going on when you might rather pull up the covers instead. My little ones were the only reason I got out of bed some mornings, most mornings. I was able to just keep moving - even if I hadn't healed or figured it all out. I'm able to keep moving, with a little light of hope, until I have figured out my new way of being, or allowed God to show me. Thank you for sharing. God Bless you and Joe and your girls and their families on your journey. <br />with aloha<br />Valerie RydenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-78360548480088233042010-03-15T18:04:23.027-04:002010-03-15T18:04:23.027-04:00Karen, I don't have words to express what your...Karen, I don't have words to express what your shared today. Much of it is what I seem to be reflecting. I am not sure I even have words for it. Thank you for sharing. Love SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-64804310975367553282010-03-15T14:05:28.639-04:002010-03-15T14:05:28.639-04:00This is lovely. It is such a clear statement of th...This is lovely. It is such a clear statement of the path we are on. I know that God will lead you, day by day, to what will bless you AND the world. I can see that He is already doing it, in what you are doing here, in church, and in your heart. His creativity truly knows no bounds. It amazes me; He can make something out of nothing, and he does it all the time. Out of the ashes of what was my life, he is creating new life. It's not what we asked for, but we are receiving what we need (maybe THAT'S what I should have tattooed on my body!)<br />You are doing a very hard thing, beautifully. You inspire me.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.com