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*Dear Daughters and Sons* 3/8/02 ______________________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ From now on we will be offering our book, Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life" for only $13 (instead of the regular price of $14.95), and best of all, we will pay the shipping! So if you have any interest in purchasing an autographed copy of the book for yourself, or as a gift for your loved ones, now is the time to get it! To order your autographed copy send a check or money order for $13 (We pay the shipping!) for each book made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send it to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 To preview the book by reading some of the stories visit: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life _________________________________________ Harriet May Savitz takes us in to our weekend with some timely words from her heart. May we never forget... From my family to yours, Michael _________________________________________ Dear Daughters and Sons By Harriet May Savitz I speak of you as if you were my own. I heard some of you were killed today fighting in a war to protect our country. You are young people in the service of America, losing your lives in a land many miles away, fighting for this freedom I enjoy today. I look upon the flag waving in front of my house and it is you, each one of you, reminding me what that flag represents. I will not forget what you did yesterday nor what many of you will be called upon to do tomorrow. To give your lives for our great country. To give your futures for this freedom I call my own. A life is such a gift, and yet you chose to offer that gift in the name of freedom. My freedom. The freedom of my children and grandchildren. The freedom of my friends and family. The freedom of those you knew and those you never met. You are the sons and daughters of mothers such as myself, and fathers who are grieving with them. Though they have lost you today, they are proud that you have given your life in the service of your country and while doing the job you wanted to do. I need to tell your parents that I mourn with them for the loss of their children. And to promise them, I will not forget their sons and daughters when my children go to work in freedom and without fear. I will not forget them when my grandchildren go to school, free from terror. I will not forget these brave fallen heroes each day that I am able to express what I feel, do what I want, and enjoy the freedoms this country promises. Dear Daughters and Sons, I want you to know, you are not alone. We are fighting by your side, against this invisible enemy called terrorism. It is a battle we dare not lose. We are uniting, getting to know one another in a deeper way. We are closing the gaps between us. Using love as our protection. We care more about our neighbors and ourselves. We are truly looking at our country now. Appreciating it. Valuing it. Caring for it. And as we do, we remember you, each of you, who have given your lives so that we may enjoy our homes, our schools, our businesses, our oceans and our land. And because we are grateful and because we shall not forget what you are giving, the futures you are offering, the tomorrows you are sacrificing, we will sing our songs of freedom loudly, and cast aside our own fears... No matter how we are threatened, we shall follow your example of courage. No matter how we are wounded, we shall pick ourselves up again because we owe you our survival. And when we are tempted to surrender our ideals, we shall remember each and every one of you and continue the battle. We cannot give up because you do not. If we lose freedom, we lose everything. You are not just the children of your parents. You are the children of this country and all of us who live here. We have lost you also. I want to knock at each and every door in every town in every state in this great country. I want to tell those who live behind those doors, "Stop what you are doing for a moment. Think of those dear Daughters and Sons who are giving everything so that you might have everything. Thank them. Pray for them in whatever way you pray. Promise them you will not forget. Do one thing this day that will show them you intend to remember." Dear Daughters and Sons, you have given me this day of freedom. I shall use it in your honor. And all the days that follow. Harriet May Savitz hmaysavitz@aol.com E-mail Harriet and let her know your thoughts on her story! --------- (c) Copyright 2002, Harriet May Savitz Published Credits include: Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul...Chicken Soup for the Sport's Fans Soul...Chicken Soup for the Soul of America...Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul...21 Published Books...an ABC Afterschool Special produced by Henry Winkler of book, "Run, Don't Walk." Essays appearing in newspapers and magazines... Look for her new book, "Messages from Somewhere: Inspiring Stories of Life After 60," where Harriet reveals the limitless possibilities at this stage of life, encouraging folks to continue making a difference in their world. This book looks at renewal within family life, friendships, grandparenting, reaching out to the community, relationships, self-discovery, and survival. You can check out this accomplished writer at her web site: http://www.harrietmaysavitz.com and look for her new books with Little Treasure Publications, Inc. - http://www.littletreasurebooks.com or email: SoulComfort@aol.com for details. _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "A wise man hears one word and understands two. There are two sides to every story." --Yiddish Proverb Verse for the Day: "Any story sounds true until someone comes to tell the other side and set the record straight." --Proverbs 18:17 TLB Kid's Thought For The Day: "Garbage bags or umbrellas do not make good parachutes." Parent's Thought For The Day: "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." 3 John 1:4 Coach's Thought For The Day: "A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing." --Tom Landry Deep Thought For The Day: "He introduced himself as a criminal lawyer. I thanked him for being so honest." ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: There is a wonderful man in our church named George who will be going in for triple bypass surgery in the next week or so. Could you all keep him in your thoughts and prayers? Wanted to share also that Duane, who you have been praying for along with Mr. Greer, also had a successful surgery to remove his cancer and is doing well! Thanks! Michael HeartTouchers@aol.com ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) 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