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| home sweet home....2222 miles later I'm home
again from my 5 day excursion with Padre. It was a great time to say
the least. started in canada and spent the night at Niagra Falls
(ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!). then drove to Scarborough, Maine where we
actually couldnt find the ocean (dont laugh at us, that town is messed
up) and staied there for the night. then we headed south to Salem,
Mass and did some WitchTrial stuff. hahaha wow, to know that it all
started with LSD's, sweet history that we dont learn in school. (there
was mold growing on the barley/wheat/oat/dont remember crop but they
still ate it and the chemical in that mold is the same used to make
drugs...WOOHOO!) and then we went to Boston where we did some
FreedomTrail stuff and learned that our country was founded on boredom,
greed, and alcohol. the heroes that we study arent really heroes, they
are just alcoholics that wanted to get rich, but whatever. then we
spent the night in Chicopee, Mass with Sherri's roommates family and
had a jolly good time with them. sunday we went to church with them
then headed to Syracuse, NY where we spent the night in a sweet hotel
with an 88degree pool and wonderful hottub. needless to say, i loved
it there. monday we headed to Monroe for the night and I got to hang
out with my amazing Godparents and cousin-ish. gosh I love that kid,
he's freaking amazing! watched the bball game of course- UCLA kinda
choked on that one. hmmm then today we headed home- and here i am!
weird. My dad and I had some amazing father/daughter time and I'm so
happy that we did. It really helped to just get away from here for a
while and relax and whatnot. i'll be honest, it was weird sitting in
the front seat the whole time b/c usually my mom was there and i was
sleeping in the back, but daddy and i talked about it, and we're going
to be okay. i hope everyone's spring break is going excellent and i'll
see you all next monday!
Love and God bless~
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| Diane S. Lahrman
"The King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed
by My Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since
the creation of the world." (Matthew 25:34)
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, our gracious heavenly Father sent His
angels to carry home to Himself the soul of Diane Lahrman of St. Luke
Lutheran Church, Nunica.
Diane, 47 years in age, was born on May 4, 1958 in Wayne, Michigan,
and had been battling cancer since 2002. She now rests from her labor
as she has crossed the finish line in faith. She has received from the
Lord Himself the crown of eternal life that was promised in her baptism
in 1958.
Throughout her life she enjoyed music as she played the organ for
church services, Sunday School and Vacation Bible School; teaching
piano, and leading instrumental music for special services. She also
had a "green thumb" as she worked seasonally at Springtime Flowers in
Nunica for nine years. Diane was also very active in the Spring Lake
Band Parents and had served many years as its president.
She married William C. Lahrman on November 24, 1978. Together they
have celebrated 27 anniversaries. Bill and her children, Zac, Sherri,
Melanie and Hannah, survive Diane. She is also survived by her parents,
Martin and Shirley Ruhlig; her grandmother, Violet Ruhlig; brother,
Marty (Ann) Ruhlig; sister, Nancy Ruhlig, all of Dexter, MI; and
brother, Dan Ruhlig, of Chelsea, MI; as well as several nephews and
nieces.
Visitation will be held at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 11261 South
Street in Nunica, MI on Friday and Saturday from 2-9 each day. A
Service of Coronation will be held at St. Luke on Sunday, March 26,
2006, at 3 p.m. Interment in Ottawa Center Cemetery, Nunica, MI.
Since Diane loved music and had played the organ for many years, the
family asks that instead of flowers, please consider making a memorial
gift to St. Luke Memorial Fund for Diane in hopes of purchasing a new
organ for the church.
Arrangements are being made by Ever Rest Funeral Home, Muskegon.
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| For the past few days
we have been watching the March of the Penguins in AP English and well,
several things went through my head while watching this movie.
First, it
is amazing how strong the bond is between these penguins. The male and
female are only together for 9 months, and rarely see each other during
that time, but in a crowd of thousands, they are able to find each
other when they return. They do anything for their egg and then
chick. While the mother goes and gets food to survive, sometimes dying
do so b/c she has been starved or by another predator, the father cares
for the egg and keeps it safe and warm by huddling with the other
males. The egg then hatches and the father cares for the chick as much
as he can w/ the lack of food that he has. Once the mother comes back
and feeds the chick, the father leaves to get food and often dies on
it's journey back to the sea, and the mother and baby have a bond that
lasts for about a month. Once summer comes and the males and females
are together again, they depart and go their separate ways after a 9
month relationship, and they leave their baby to fend for themselves.
I realize that I just summarized that movie, but like, while watching
all of that I thought about the bonds that I have with my parents and
how without them making difficult journeys for me, I never would've
survived this long. And, like the baby, after being depenedent so long
on it's parents, I too feel like I'm being abandoned by death, and
well, death sucks. This then brought me to my other train of thought.
This is that Jesus is with me no matter what, through any trial. I
came to this conclusion by thinking of the poem "Footprints" The
egg/baby penguin gets around by lying in its mother/father's feet and
being protected by a thick coat of skin and feathers for warmth and
protection; there is only one set of footprints made in the ice. The
last part of the poem states "God, how come when in my hardest times
there are only one set of footprints? Why did I walk alone?" and God
answered "My son, it is in times like this that I carried you." Wow.
That amazes me. In every way possible. The thought is overwhelming to
me, and I'm glad that I have the faith I do in Him b/c it is what
gives me the strength. People often ask me how i'm so strong, or why
I'm not more pissed at God, and that reason alone is why. I know that
He is still here. He doesn't like me being sad or upset, but bad
things happen. Heaven is better than Earth anyway. Paradise is better
than suffering anyday.
Well, those were my thoughts I had during 4th hour AP English. Have a good morning/night.
Love and God bless~
and yes- someone on livejournal told me this is extremely redundent,
however, I just dont care. I wanted to cry throughout most of the
movie b/c of loss of parents and babies, and i dont know...just leave
me alone if you want to be mean...
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| I am...
scared.
sad.
frightened.
depressed.
apprehensive.
petrified.
worried.
wondering.
cheerless.
hurting.
distant.
unaware.
troubled.
wistful.
sorry.
grave.
surreal.
miserable.
pathetic.
dejecting.
miserable.
unhappy.
nonresponsive.
lonely.
gloomy.
grim.
recluse.
discouraged.
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well, my
first graders are at the library and i have finished correcting (aka-
drawing stars) so now i'm bored for another 10 minutes until they get
back. i absolutely love doing this, first grade with mrs. vandermeulen
from 1:30-2:20 then with mrs. mumby 2:20-3:30. the kids are absolutely
adorable and give me hope for the future, hehe. they find the smallest
things cool and have a deep passion to learn, its incredible! also,
little higgs, gilchrist, and webster are iin these classes so i see
their dads everyday when its pick-up time :-/ its weird though, the
language some of these kids know- the innocence is being lost and they
are growing up way too fast. today there was a sweet assembly and some
dude brought in a tarantula, parrot, tortoise, huge cockroaches, baby
alligator, and some sweet australian lizard! wow, the kids had a
blast, it was so fun! and weird- everything seems be be australian now, it makes me sad. 2 weeks have gone by already, holy junk!! anywho-
just wanted to say hello to everyone, and pray for me this weekend that
i dont break myself!! 3 hours til i leave! BECKY I'M SO MAD I'M
MISSING TONIGHT! huge get together of cville graduated then midnight
bowling, ugh, so fun! oh well, i'll have a blast (i hope).
also- prayers for my friend lorna and her husband and babygirl. her
cancer was in remission for 4.5 years. she almost reached the 5 year
cured mark! but it came back, and she had a huge outpatient surgery
today. i hate cancer! i hate surgeries! i hate that her little girl
is in the same situation that i am, but she's only 3.5 years old and
doesnt know whats going on, so shes so scared, i love that little
girl. wellllll
i should get going- they'll be back soon and i really dont have a
reason to be on here. have a fantabulous weekend!
love and God bless~ Hannah*Marie
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