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August 22, 2006

Just Interesting

I have had fun exploring the website Info Please and just thought this was interesting. Not profound but historically interesting.

August—History of the Month's Origin

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August 11, 2006

Gerber

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August 07, 2006

Community Death and Caring

And so I sit to write… I have done this many times with the intent to post but what comes out usually sits in my blog file to be edited later and thus never leaves its cozy little home. I want to write though. I long to get out the thoughts that plague my brain and scream for expression. As of late many of my thoughts have centered around the death of a friend’s brother. He, the friend, is a member of my community and this is the first time our community has been faced with caring for a member who has lost someone so close. Death is a wretched thing! It is an enemy that our culture often makes light of! Death has a ripple effect, affecting not only the victim who dies but each person close to him and the communities surrounding those individuals. It is sad for us not only because of the death of my friend’s brother, but because of the suffering my friend and his family now go through.

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