{Straight From the Heart} *Does Anyone Really Care?* 11/26/99
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It is with great pleasure that I introduce Debra Adler to everyone! I will be sharing her heart-felt writing from time to time in the next month or so. We will take an emotional trip with her as she and her husband dealt with infertility, and all the pain, confusion, heart ache, and joy that went with it.
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Michael
Does Anyone Really Care
This poem I wrote to the Stepping Stones infertility newsletter and it
was published on the March-April 1997 edition. This is a newsletter for
infertile couples.
Does Anyone Really Care
The ache is there, does anyone really care?
The tears they fall, they fall to deaf ears,
Does anybody see our breaking heart
Or care to understand and do their part?
The ache is there, does anyone really care?
We beg and plead, and our souls we bare,
We tell them exactly what we need
But instead of helping they stand and watch us bleed.
The ache is there, does anyone really care?
If only they knew, If only they would dare
To reach out and listen or touch our hand.
Don't they see we are in sinking sand?
The ache is there, does anyone really care?
Yet I finally found one so rare,
The one who would dare to stand
To be that listening ear and lend a hand.
Will the rest dare to understand
Or learn to reach out their hand?
The ache is there, does anyone really care?
Debra Adler
Hunsun@ticon.net
Debra Adler is 31 years old and resides in the country just outside of
Afton, Wisconsin with her supportive husband Stephen (37 years old) of
eight years and her son Caleb, who is 22 months old. Stephen has
been in trucking for the last 10 years but his deepest passion would be
to get back into flying some time in the future. Caleb is our adorable
son that is a blessing and a miracle that God has given to us after
several years of trying to conceive. His favorite hobbies are playing
ball ("baw" as he says), vacuuming the carpet, playing on his slide
outside, and playing in Mommy's spices. Debby is a busy housewife,
Mommy and Church Secretary with a full schedule. She enjoys singing,
baking, writing from her heart, doing Bible Study and scrap booking her
son's pictures. She is passionate about everything she does, especially
being a mother. One day she would like to write a book about their
infertility story and the dream that Steve and Deb would never give up
on...having a child of their own.
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The modern American seldom pauses to give thanks for the
simple blessings of life. One reason is that we are used to
having so much. We simply assume that we will have all the
good things of life. Another reason is that it hurts our
pride to be grateful. We do not want to admit that God is
the Provider of all good things. We are simply His
stewards. Being thankful requires humility and faith in
God. When we have these, we can be grateful.
Richard B. Douglass
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A TRIBUTE TO THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving comes in November
In all its long-lived glory,
But many of us never think
About the Pilgrim's story.
We only think of food
That is used to celebrate
One of the most meaningful days
Ever brought on by Fate.
A big, fat turkey gobbler
And mashed potatoes, too;
Cranberry sauce and gravy
And pumpkin pie for you.
But pause a bit to think
Of everything that was done;
Of fighting, sickness and hardships
Before the Pilgrims won.
But win they did and how
Great our pride should be
Of this beautiful land of ours-
AMERICA the home of the free.
Copyright1999
Beatrice A. Law
Bealaw@juno.com
Let Beatrice know what you thought of her poem!
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What's the world coming to! Michael has his own weekly column on being a daddy!!
This week: Michael takes Caleb to his first swimming lessons!
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Thought For The Day:
"Find out what you love to do and you will never have to work another day
in your life."
(Nietzsche)
Verse for the Day:
"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the
good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your soul."
Jeremiah 6:16
Kid's Thought for the day:
"Nobody can pedal the bike for you."
Parent's Thought For The Day
"It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his parents."
(H.V. Prochnow)
Coach's Thought For The Day
"Officiating is the only occupation in sport where the highest accolade
is silence."
(Earl Strom, former NBA official)
Deep Thought For The Day:
"Sooner or later, doesn't EVERYONE stop smoking?"
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/_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\ / THUNDER27@aol.com http://members.aol.com/Thunder27/index.html
/_/ \ "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