From: "Debbie" debrageigle@kih.net
Nina, Your web site is fantastic.... it
really touched me... I lost my husband unexpectedly also,
I feel your pain... I know how hard the days are to get
through. You will be in my prayers.
Debbie
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/roseblossom
Hello Debbie; Thank you for letting me know you visited
our website. It is always a blessing to me to hear from
visitors. You are in my prayers also, I'm sorry very about
your loss.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: "Terri
Onorato" gryhound@bellatlantic.net "Portrait Of An Angel"
Subject: Your Web Site ~ Hello, I was directed to your *extraordinary* website by
a friend of mine, Mattie, who received your Misty Blue
Mountain Award. The reason she gave me
your URL is because my home page, "Portrait Of An
Angel" is dedicated to my
angel at Rainbow Bridge...Misty Blue. In February of last
year we lost our cocker spaniel Luci and she has a
dedication page as well. I wanted to write you for two
reasons - first to tell you how very much your website
has touched me. Secondly I would like to give to you our
Gift Of Appreciation for Buffy and Eric's pages. With
your permission I will include a link back to their sites
on our Gift Of Appreciation page. If you choose to
display our Gift Of Appreciation, our link is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8480 - I'll await your permission before
adding a link to Eric and Buffy's pages.
God bless. Peace, Terri ~ "In Memory Of Luci"
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8480/luci.html
??? Don't have this reply (mine) - looking for it! (the
laptop I was using to do this while confined - crashed
and is not ~up yet. Don't know if the message will still
be there when I get it back..... sorry, Terri. Maybe if
you spot this and have a copy of the first e-mail I sent
to you (before the subsequent personal exchanges, you
might send me a copy? ~ Yours because I'm His, Nina
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Thawks@webtv.net (Tom Hawks)
Subject: HI
I too lost someone very special and miss them very much.
Great love brings great loss, but to have had my dear,
sweet Cody for as long as I did, the love makes the pain
worth it. Be strong. Tom
Subject: Re: HI
Dear Tom; Thank you for writing and
sharing with me both your loss and mine. I appreciate and
feel blessed by every communication and meeting through
our site and its' offerings. U B strong 2!
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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WAnder1997@aol.com Subject: Please pray
I'm Walt Jr , I would like to request a prayer for my dad
and our case. his name is Walt Sr. Great injustice has
been done, but I believe God knows how to answer prayer.
Please pray for us, I know in prayer and many who pray,
there is Power. - Thank you and God Bless, Walt Jr.
Subject: Re: Please pray
Walt Jr, I know that God knows what the needs are in your
situation and He will be with you and use all things for
good! All praise and thanks be to Him! Yours because I'm
His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: cacsr@gte.net
I found your website yesterday and have
shared it with my family. It is beautiful and I know your
son would be proud. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for taking
time to write to me and share your thoughts/feelings
about our site. *smiling*
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
lord_novacain lord_novacain@geocities.com
Subject: Thanx
Hey, I know I'm not American, but I am
doing a paper on the American Dream, and your site was
the only one I've ever found to have stated the American
Dream. Thank you very much! ~ Novacain
Subject: Re: Thanx
Hello Novacain; Thank you for appreciating Erics' work. http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/dream.htm
He loved to write and he loved to help people also - he
would have been very pleased to hear your words. On his
behalf, I thank you for letting us know that his words
live on and you appreciate them. I don't know what
country you are in, but I hope that you may return
sometime and read more of his work?
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Audree Audree@worldnet.att.net
I have not been here for a few months
well probably closer to a year but I am glad to be back
at your website. I could not sign the guestbook it was a
non working link. Anyway I wanted to let you know that I
hurt for you and your loss of your son Eric, I will pray
that this tribute you have created for him will help
those who have suffered as you have and to also find your
courage to move on and share your strenth here. As I had
shared the beauty of your pages then with another
internet group of friends, I had also this morning
without reading all the beautiful new things that are
here, well I posted to the members of my freindship
group. I have loved the award you gave to me and I would
love for you to accept
my award for excellence not just in webpage design but
for your caring spirit and heart in wanting to make the
world a little brighter with such beauty and love. God
bless you always Nina, love and cyberhugs my friend!
Audree
Hello Audree; I always love hearing from
friends who return, and even more so when they are
bringing gifts! *giggle* I hand you so very much for your
wonderful "strokes", I am purring contentedly
now.... can you hear me? *RVBG!* I do appreciate the
appreciation and communication from you after so long!
Glad that you returned to find more pages. I posted the
award, thank you! I also visited your http: and you have
also grown! *S* I love the graphics and music on the
first page... Though I didn't read all the pages - I
will be returning in the next few days and will sign the
guestbook too. Speaking of guestbooks - <snip> . We
are up to 12 archived "books" now! Those who
are in the guestbook are so precious to me and to others
who have found inspiration and
comfort therein! If you have not visited and checked out
the archives (numbered on bottom)... you might like to do
that the next time you visit.
Here is hug! (((((((Audree))))))) and Thanks again!
Yours because I'm His, Nina
From: u62002328 erik.062013719@telia.com
Subject: thanks
Hi Nina : I can understand Your choice
of (was it Tom Jones who sing it?) Green Green Grass of
Home when I see the photo on Your index page of Shenadoah
Valley, it´s beautifully. I´m a Swede and my homepage http://w1.620.telia.com/~u62003510 is about me, my UN-duty in Cyprus, the
page Good in Life is about friends, dart, picture of our
cats, Scotland and bagpipes. I must say You have a page
so I must take a time for reflection. How lucky I´m to
have a home, a work to go to, a family and friends to
share my life with God bless you Nina, Chers Erik
Hello Erik; (a very special name for
me....)
Thank you for signing guestbook and for your website
address which I visited. The recipes would have
interested me, I love to cook! It seems to me that there
is software to do translations for us as we surf - I just
haven't run into a need for it until I wanted to see your
cookbook! *S* Green Green grass of home is an old classic
from before my time. I'm not particularly a Tom Jones
fan, (though I did love to hear Englebert Humperdink, and
before him - Johnny Mathis! *S* Will have to get to your
site again, for the guestbook wasn't working for me to
sign up.
Take care and be well, Erik, Yours because I'm His, Your
GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
"DONNIE WRIGHT" 5RIGHTS@prodigy.net
My daughter and I
love Pansies because my great grandmother loved them to.
My great grandmother has passed on. My daughter who is
seven years old didn't get to know her that well. the
little time they did have with one another made a big
impression on my daughter. My husband is in the military
so we didn't get to see her much before she passed away.
When we went home for a visit after she passed away my
mother, my daughter and I went to her grave and planted
pansies because they were her favorite flower. She has
been gone for two years now and my daughter still
remembers her and the fact that she loved pansies. So now
her and I collect everything we see with pansies. When we
got our computer a few weeks ago I put in a search for
anything pertaining to pansies and I came across your
letter and I really enjoyed it. It will stay in my
favorites file . Thank You for sharing it with us.
Sharon Wright and her daughter Bethany
Subject: Pansies
Hello Sharon; Thank you so much for
letting me know about your visit and sharing your love of
pansies (which we have in common). I noticed your email
address with 5rights... that is cute! I hope you will
visit again. It is a wonderful age we live in with the
cyber-highway to everywhere and the ability to have
friends and experiences all over the world!
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Subject: An Angel
To Watch Over you
Dear GYPSY, We had a brief correspondence, back in
january in relation to your website which you said is in
remembranc of your son. Happy Valentines day Ms. Nina,
Sincerely Yours ~ IFFY-MAYBE
Subject: Re: An Angel To Watch Over you
Hello `Iffy?' : Thank you for thinking
of me. That was very sweet of you. I hope that yours was
sweet and filled with the love which the holiday
commemorates. Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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To: shoes shoes@eisa.net.au ~ Subject: Re Awards
Hi , I hope I am doing this the right
way, I would like to invite you to my site to read my
poetry and articles in the hope that I may be eligable
for them Eric Lee Baker award for Literature and Poetry
Excellence. Of course if your feeling generous the Blue
Mountains award looks very tempting also. *s* My site is
called Jazmine's Paradise and the url is: http://members.tripod.com/~JAZMINE_2/index-4.html Thank you I hope you enjoy my page as
much as I have enjoyed yours. I will be bookmarking and
coming back your topic is one I am very interested in.
Thanks again, Jazmine.
Subject: Re: Re Awards
Hello Jazmine; I am so glad that you send the award
request. I rarely give either of the awards I made, upon
request. I don't solicit requests nor usually write and
ask others for theirs to be given to me.... I prefer that
they be given and received
entirely at will. (hint *giggle*) I do usually check out
URLS which I am invited to. Yours, I enjoyed v-e-r-y
much! You have a unique and powerful talent in writing to
bring the reader into the work and experience it. You
have done a great job! It is the soul of a work which
becomes a memorable part of us after reading works.
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Entry in your guestbook
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Hello Jasmine; How glad I am that you found me and
invited me to your cyber-home. How DID we come to your
attention? I always find it most interesting to know
about the creator of a site! *S* For a mere 21 years, you
write with great depth of understanding and soul. I feel
certain that you will touch,
comfort and help many souls to heal... You have chosen a
very appropriate career! <sp - there is a typo in at
this word in my entry to your guestbook! *teeheehee*- no
spell-checker there!) So keep up your great work. I
wondered, when you said that the topic of my writing was
of interest to you.... After reading all of your site, I
am assuming that you refer to the grief writings and
poetry. We also have suicide poetry and links, humor,
infidelity, abuse, spiritual, journal of a 9 year old and
myself - there is such a wide variety of other
writings.... Since there are literally hundreds of pages,
it will likely be some time before you discover it all!
Here is an easy overview of most of the entire site at a
glance - MASTER INDEX <From here you can scan and link
to the entire site and contents in a simpler/easier
form>
Thank you for finding me. I am sending you both awards in
e-mail later today. I will be proud to have you display
them and link to us, for your work is so very soulful and
will touch the lives of others in an unforgettable way! I
have bookmarked your site so that I remember to return
and see new works. Don't ever get "bored
brainless".... you are too talented to stop,
E-V-E-R! ~ I am sending both awards, (in separate e-mail) you
certainly deserve them and I will be glad to be linked
to/from you.
Love and hugs, Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
HI NINA, I am totally off
the planet at the moment. Thank you so very, very much
for those beautiful awards and especially the one you did
in memory of Eric. I will cherish both for many reasons,
not the least of which they came with such a glowing
report of my writing. Coming from one so talented it is a
great honor to be so complimented. Thank you for making
me feel so good. I suffer from CFIDS and some days are
worse than others, today was one of those days, now, however, I am on top of the clouds. Many people
comment about my writing but none in such flattering
terms. <snip>As for applying for awards Nina, I am
not patient, I waited a long time and no one thought to
award me for my efforts, and I know I have a good web
site, so I thought if I brought it to the attention of
others they may just like what I have been doing and
award me for it. And this has been the case. Your Eric
must have been a very special man. I am so sorry you lost
him, such a beautiful gesture to have an award in his
memory. I will certainly link it back to his url and the
other to yours. Once again, thank you very much Nina,
Guess this is the longest thank you received by anyone.
hehe. Fond Regards, ~ Jazmine.
Hi Nina, <snip> Eric's story, it was very
moving. I went back today and read more. It is so
beautifully written, from a soul in the worst pain one
can imagine.I admire you so much for finding the positive
with the negative bearing down on you like a thousand
horsemen wielding barbs and sabres to tear you apart at
every instant. I have seen this torture on my Aunt's face
and I want to run from the sight of such abject misery.
The scattering of the ashes and the freeing of the 22
balloons was a beautiful send off. I , coincidently, have
requested a similar departure save for the balloons. Yes
at the ripe old age of almost 21, I think of my
mortality, mainly because I have been so ill. For some
reason I have a very positive approach to death and dying
though not so to sickness. That scares me much more so
than dying. Though I still have so much living to do,
it's not something I welcome, just something I am not
afraid of. I wish my Aunt had access to the net, there is
so much to bring comfort, if that is at all possible at
this stage in her grief. I have been to so many web sites
of people who have lost children. You all share a special
bond, I imagine there is comfort to be derived from
knowing one is not the only person to suffer such hell
and torment. I go to web sites late in the night and
early morning, I can't sleep at this time, my body clock
is upside down, so I surf the net looking at web pages.
That is how I stumlbled on yours, I just follow links. I
read sad and happy stories and get ideas for my own
page.The night I read yours I also read another where
someone had lost their husband, hence the confusion with
Eric, so sorry about that. I also love your poetry, I am
in awe of it, I cannot write like that at all. I feel
that when I do, only I will know what I am trying to say.
Nina, I don't wish to seem trite, however, I have two
awards, I would be honored if you would accept. I truly
feel you have earned them. I have never been so engrossed
in a story on a web site as I was with yours. It was like
reading a good book, didn't want to put it down. You,
too, have a way of holding one's interest from beginning
to end. So glad our paths crossed, (hugs) Jazmine.
Subject: Re: Awards, This n That. ~ Hello again, dear Jazmine; If you don't mind educating
me, I would like to know what "CFIDS" Is??? I
know that CF usually stands for Cystic Fibrosis - but am
not sure what CFIDS is. I would be very interested to
hear more about it please?. I will share with you an
additional part of my story which I have not yet taken
from my journal and added to the homepage (though I am
planning to share it. Presently I am confined pretty much
to my room after a knee injury and the unfortunate
aftermath of the implant surgery and condition. It's a
long story in itself, but for now I need to stay rather
inactivated...} I use my laptop every day to write,
communicate with friends and do the grief-support (also
to play FREECELL which I adore)! But I have to do the
page work at my BIG SONY in the dining-room. I was
talking to my mother one day about a year after Erics'
death and she said to me, "It's really strange,
don't you think, that you always thought that you would
die before you turned 23?" It was like a sudden
plunge into icy cold water. Her words instantly had the
effect of opening a long closed door... I had forgotten
all about that - but it was always with me for all of my
life - I don't know where I got the idea or conviction...
it just seemed to be a part of my life, like breathing
and eating.... There was a kind of absolute knowledge
within me - that I would never live to be 23. I do
remember that in my late teens and first few years of my
twenties - I would have a moderate sense of foreboding
around my birthday - wondering if one of them would be my
last. When I actually turned 23, they all said that I was
"safe now".. kind of teasing me about that
long-held belief of mine. It never came to mind again -
just vanished. Even when Eric was killed just three
months before his 23rd birthday. When mother mentioned it
- she thought I had already thought about that - but I
hadn't! Not at all. Peach (my long-term house-mate
-cousin), was sitting there too and immediately
remembered too. Though it had been 30 years from my own
third birthday - she remembered that I'd always thought
that (she came to live with us when I was 19, and I'd
referred to my "fate" many times). I could tell
by the way she said it, my mother had been thinking about
the phenomena from the time Eric was killed. It had not
occurred to me. Once I turned 23, I left it behind. Her
words of remembrance of that old conviction brought it
back to me acutely! That IS quite an odd thing..... Well
- thank you for the lovely awards! It was sweet of you,
along with your appreciation of my writing. *RVBS!* Your
work is so moving and profound. I am glad that you have
put it up online to touch others... What have been your
health problems? I also share, with you, the dread of
health-failure, but not death. I look forward to death as
a beginning of Eternity when we leave mortality behind.
*S* I like the words of JOB when he says "until my
change comes"... I feel a contentment in doing the
most in today and not being too concerned with tomorrow.
I hope to hear more from you, Jazmine. Writers,
(especially poets) are a kind of soulmate to each other
and their talent bonds them in a unique and powerful
way.... don't you think? Thanks again for the awards, I
cherish them!
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
Bonita Worthing Wdrco@artelco.com
Subject: web sight
I just finished your story; so simular to one of a friend
of mine. She lost her son, same situation 3 years ago.
You have done alovel thing here. I would like to put a
page with music as a tribute to Johnathan , tell me how
please
God Bless you; Bonita
Dear
Bonita; Thank you for writing. As for your
request about how to put up a page? I use Front Page
software to do mine. It takes a lot of time and effort to
learn the basics - but the best way to do it is just to
begin and to learn as you go.
Some browsers now have programs available also to just
beginwith them and I've been told that it is fairly
simplified nowwith them. I wish you the best,
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Subject: Re:
Wishing you the best!
To: Cheryl & Jason Desjarlais anthony@pris.bc.ca
I received mail from you with attachments. I
don't remember hearing from you before, and I do not open
attachments unless I know the sender or there is regular
e-mail message explaining attachments at the time they
are sent. I will keep your message in a folder for three
days, hoping hear from you regarding it. Yours because
I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
Subject: Hi this is
Cheryl and Jason Desjarlais!
Sorry about that for I was just sending my info
and the rest was just my fancey Stationary! I am sending
you my Banner for my site, I was at yours and would like
the opportunity to add you to mine! Unfortunately in
order do to this I need a picture from you for that is
how we link from our site to yours! Please feel free to
take a look at my site and decide if you would like to be
there! We are also in the process of finding links for
our pet pages that are coming soon! I hope you enjoy your
stay and please feel free to sign my guestbook! My site
address is http://www.pris.bc.ca/thedesfamilybus/ . Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Hope to talk with you soon
Kisses and hugs, Cheryl and Jason & Kids
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From: "White
Helmet Pro Tropical Oasis Product" persmith@videon.wave.ca Subject: Nice job!!!!!!
Cool website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good Work!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the compliments! Glad you
enjoyed it! *smiling*
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: glokat@webtv.net (Gloria Morgan)
Subject: touching!!!!!!!
Hi, I found you by mistake? No, i think the LORD led me
here. I really like your link.I have put it in my
favorites so I can return. Thank you;
Subject: Re: touching!!!!!!!
Thank you, Gloria, for sharing your feelings and
appreciation with me. Praise our Lord! Yours because I'm
His, your gypsy, (Nina)
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From: "Mike
Christian" mechristian@netzero.net
Subject: Sign in
Nina, Just visited your site for the
first time -- I love the music and scenery. Looking
forward to exploring your site thoroughly when I have
more time. I am a pastor in Newport News, VA (Grace
Heritage Church -- a very small church, but growing in
practical Christianity), and also work as an engineering
analyst at Newport News Shipbuilding. I have a Thursday
noon Bible study there that has a good group of people
really hungry to know God's Word and its practical
application. My wife's name is Dottie, and we have been
involved in home schooling for over 20 years. By the end
of this summer we will have 8 grandkids.
Thanks for your beautiful Web Site.
Love in Christ, ~ Mike
Hello dear Brother, Mike;
Nice to hear from an almost-neighbor.
Thank you for sharing your presence and visit. If I am
ever in your area on a Sunday, it would be nice to drop
in. *S* Let me know if there is ever anything I can help
with (particularly in grief support). I also have 8
grandchildren, the 7th one (Gods' number of perfection -
*grinning*) is Brandi, who has her own section on our
homepage. I have had her since she was 5 months old. She
is nine now and was baptized just last summer! *S* She
truly loves our Lord in a beautiful way. I am blessed in
her. When Eric was killed, she spoke straight from God as
I held her and she said, "Mommy, DId the angels come
and get Eric tonight?" Thank you again for writing
to me. Hope to hear from you again.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: "STEVE
MILLER" STEVEAUDRIE@erols.com
Yuor webpage is a real blessing. I especially like the
variety of things to see and the music.
~ God Bless ~ Steve Miller
Thank you very much, Steve, for sharing your response and
appreciation after visiting with us. ~ Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: Ted, Golf4Democ@aol.com
Dear Friend... Thanks so much for the beautiful award
that you presented to my beloved ANNAH... I apologize for
taking this long to get back with you, but her beautiful
awards are now in place on her web site and I want to
invite you to take a look... your beautiful award means
so much to me and my family... Thanks again...
http://members.aol.com/LacyBunny3/annahsheaven.html
JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF HEAVEN
To view your award, just click on her Awards link: http://members.aol.com/LacyBunny2/AnnahAwards.html
ANNAH's CELEBRATION OF LIFE AWARDS
In appreciation for your beautiful gift, I am enclosing
this special award for your awards page... Please link it
back to us. Additionally, prior to Annah's death, Julie
(Lacybunny2) spent countless hours assisting Annah in the
implementation phase of her page and since continues to
maintain the site in such a wondrous way. My family and I
feeled so blessed... blessed by each of you... blessed by
Julie... blessed by cherished memories... and above all,
blessed by Love. Also, on her web site is a beautiful
rose graphic that links to the National Bone Marrow
Program. This graphic is meant to be a gift for everyone,
including you...Please take this gift from her site and
place it in a special place on your web site... Together,
perhaps we can all make Annah's dream of a cure for
Leukemia and all forms of cancer come true... Again,
thank you for caring... May God bless you today and
always! Ted
Hello: It is a real blessing to hear from you, Ted. I
wrote several inquiries about YOUR condition when I saw
the scrolling banner about you being in the hospital....
Now hearing from you is a great burden lifted. Re: the
rose with the blood-donor request is already on my site
and has been since the day I first met with Annahs' pages
and received the award-request from Julie. I have been
praying for you. Nice to meet you at last and know that
you are doing okay. You continue in my thoughts and
prayers. Your Annah was a very special spirit and you
were certainly blessed in each other in the time you had
with her. I too am in mourning. I don't know if you have
visited my site or know my own story of loss of my
soul-mate-son, Eric, April 1, 1996, just two weeks before
he graduated from college. This is the third anniversary,
and once again - I am in the midst of the
"count-down" days. I thought only the first
anniversary would be so acute - but here it is a third
and it's just the same. I grieve. With my whole being!
And yet- in the midst of even my darkest hours - I
remember to be thankful for every precious moment that he
was with me here in this realm! I'm sure that you find
strength and solace in that perspective too. I hope that
you will go and visit the pages. There are literally
hundreds of pages and dozens of topics on our site, but
it all began with Erics' death and you can learn more
about the why and how of all that by going here to begin
if you like,
Oh, and about the rose - I have both the AWARD which was
given to me and beside it - I put up as requested,
Annahs' special rose and request. The award from Annahs' page links to her page and the
other links directly to the donor program. I hope that
you will (please?) take some time and let me know more
about you - particularly your recent hospitalization.
Again, my spirit is lighter to have heard from you!
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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"Jon E.
Waters" jonnie@ix.netcom.com
Praise God, Praise God, Praise God!
It's a start,,,,, Thank you for all of your
help!!!!!!!!!!!! May I have permission to install a
hyperlink to your page? You have been an instrument of
God...... I love you, in Jesus' Name, Jon E. Waters http://www.nice-place.com
Hello Jon; Of course you may link to me.
Hello Jon; ~ Checked out your site, I love your
"wastebasket" for peoples' troubles! You've
done a good job - especially for a beginning. Yes, of
course you may link to us! Thank you. I would appreciate
it if you would put this banner up 
as a link to the redemption/salvation prayer also as an
invitation to anyone who might need or want to reach out
to our Saviour. I am honored. Thank you, Jon. Love in
Christ . You may link to our pages by the Misty Blue
Mountain Award I'm sending for you. ~ Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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To: izod@bellsouth.net
Subject: Hello sweet Nina
Hi Nina, My mind/memory stays in a state of
semi-confusion or just plain forgets. Staying off your
feet is a VERY hard thing for sure!!! Do you have someone
to help you? I will write soon - in next couple of days,
for sure. Meanwhile my brother Jonnie (Jon Waters
<jonnie@ix.netcom.net> ) is thrilled and most
appreciative of all the help you have been giving him. He
is so very thrilled to finally have taken flight - to
have a wonderful homepage! I want to thank you for all
your help to him! Lots of love and hugs, A child of God -
June
Hello June; I hope your day is a lovely
one - it is almost like early Spring here. You haven't
mentioned your health lately - how is it going for you?
Your brother, Jon, is sweet. You continue in my prayers.
{{{{{{{June}}}}}}}
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Janet
Leppelmier edg_aca_jl@nwoca.org
Subject: frog riddles
I like your web page. I love frogs and these jokes were
great!
Hello Janet; *S* I appreciate your letting me know
you enjoyed your visit. If you come across any cute frog
story, joke or riddle, I would love to add them to the
pages which I believe are already the largest collection
I have ever run across. I collect and categorize jokes
and also love frogs. When I came across such cute little
frogs .gifs and animations, it inspired me to do a page
for/about them.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
"Terri-Lynn" terri_fic1@hotmail.com
I just wanted to let you know that I found you prayer on
Easter so wonderful that I hope you don't mind, but have
added it to one of our Easter pages on our site. I also have given you the credit for the poem as well as
a link back to your site. If you would prefer me not to
use this poem, please let me know and I will remove it
from my site. thank you. Your Friend in Christ forever ~ Terri-Lynn
The site where the poem is being placed is on our Holiday
site at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3213/
is will appear on the Easter Pages which is
3213/easter/blessings.html as we have not yet finished
our Easter pages it is not up for public viewing but you
may visit if you wish. I thank you for your site, it is
one that has really touched my heart, and I know I will
be back often. I have not had time to view the complet
site but what I have seen has been truely incredible. May
God bless and be with you always. Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to
thank you for allowing me to use this wonderful and
inspiring prayer. Your Friend in Christ forever ~ Terri-Lynn
Dear Terri-Lynn; I am honored and pleased.
Thank you for letting me know. I would like to visit your
homepage if you will send the link to me. *S* Hope that
you will enjoy more of us....
Yours because I'm His, ~ Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
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Subject: Your
homepage
To: Judy York jlyork@ix.netcom.com
Hello Judy; Hope this finds you well and
happy. *S*
I once had your homepage bookmarked. For some reason, it
is not in the guestbook with your message. Normally, if
the person has a site - it is linked from there. Would
you please send it to me? I remember your poetry. Your
guestbook message was one of the most memorable I ever
received, and it continues to soften the raw edges of
pain when I read it again. This is the third year now,
but I find that it is just as acute as memories of how
Eric and I spent those last days in visits, plans and
sharing communications by phone and mail in preparation
for Easter and his graduation. They were very memorable
and I am blessed in having them and a memory capable of
reliving those good times. Unfortunately, memories also
have a life of their own and I also, at this time of
year, remember the agony as well. After I saw the two
movies, Titanic and City of Angels, I found that several
of the songs from the soundtrack-CDs have become as
special to me as the ENYA music Eric and I loved so well.
Odd, isn't it? How songs like.... MY HEART WILL GO ON
(Love theme from ~TITANIC~) (my ERIC-song) And several
from City Of Angles, can renew the aching and at the same
time, sooth it as well!. In fact, two of those songs were
played at the candlelight service the Monday following
his death (before that movie was even made....) in his
position as DJ - he often played two of them and that was
why they were chosen for his memorial music which later
was produced on a cassette and given to the students (and
to me) as a musical memorial/tribute to Eric. Well, I'm
just sending this along as a request for your URL. I
can't fine it and am afraid that when I installed
upgrades in MIES and in windows - or Win-98.... I either
don't remember the name or somehow lost the link. I
remember one of the poems which I liked of yours was
called "TEA AT DAWN" Thank you again for the
cherished message you sent last year.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
From: "Judy York" judyyork@msn.com
Subject: My Home Page
My Dear Nina, What a lovely surprise... thank
you so much for thinking of me. I think of you often and
my heart hopes that there are more and more moments of
peace and love in your life. This is, of course, what
those that have stepped through the veil want for us,
too. Three years is such a short time for a life wound to
even begin good healing, isn't it. I know this because my
soulmate best friend of 52 years lost her son, my Godson,
3 years ago, also. She has spent these last 3 years
struggling to understand why she has to remain here
without her David...the only answer there really is, is
"because." Not much solace in that most days.
But she, like you, continues on each day, working,
giving, loving, trying, putting one foot in front of the
other, because that's what life requires. Your sharing so
openly of your love for Eric and his for you, as well as
the grief, was the gift I needed so that I could better
be there for her...you said things she couldn't say, you
expressed feelings she couldn't express, and that helped
me know what she needed from me. So please know that the
fine silken thread that binds all of us is alive and
well, and that the Spirits continue to crisscross it,
bringing us closer in heart than we could ever have done
alone. You and Eric, I know, are carried in countless
hearts and will continue to be carried along that thread
to others, as they are to you. Nina, I know in my heart
you are a wise and wonderful woman, and I thank you. ~
Love and Blessings, Judy
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From: walterwestfall@webtv.net (Walter Westfall)
Subject: Your Web Site
Hi Nina, I was touched very deeply by
your beautiful memorial pages to your son Eric. The pages
wre created with such love and sensitivity. Eric's
thoughts and poems are very beautiful, and your thoughts
and poems are also very beautiful. My mother passed away
4 years ago this month, and I still very greatly feel the
pain of her loss. I would like to invite you visit my
inspirational prose and poetry site at --
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/omegasun/index.html
May God bless you and keep you with His love.
Kindest regards from, Walter Westfall
Hello Walter; Thank you so much for your kind and
compassionate words to me. I appreciate your
communication with me and visit to the site. Re:
your mother, The first of April marks three
years since Erics' sudden death. I go through a `count
down as each April 1st approaches. I used to think that I
was a rather morbid person to always deal with any
problems before sundown (where the other party will) and
to insist on standing at the door in the winter watching
until the last sight of the vehicle carrying away any
loved-ones, friends & family. I even did/do it with
the school bus (and still do, as with my other three
children, with Brandis' departures each day thereon.} In
fairer weather I even go out on the rear deck to see them
going up the hill-road if they turn left and go in that
direction. I am often admonished to get away from the
glass door where it is so cold (in winter). So I've
cherished each moment and am not tortured with any of the
regrets or missed opportunities which so many share with
me in their mourning. I KNOW we cherished each moment. I
used to often say, though, "You never know if it may
be the last time we see each other!" With a smile on
my face. I don't ever say that anymore,
for it is already known by all - in Erics' tragic
accident, and I just can't speak the words. I don't
usually take so long to reply to messages. I do hope you
do not think it rude of me that it has been a week. I
visited your site. Quite a lot of pages to read,
and I am only about 75% done, but wanted to send your
awards (in separate e-mail) for your work. I've enjoyed
your writings and the spirit of you revealed in them.
Thank you for sharing with me.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
From: walterwestfall@webtv.net (Walter Westfall)
Subject: Re: Your Web Site
Hi Nina, Thank you very much for
visiting my site, and your kind words about my site and
writings. Also thank you so much for the beautiful
awards. I am very honored to receive them. Both awards
are very beautiful, and Eric's award is a very special
award. I will place links with both awards, and also on
my links pages. I appreciate that you gave me these
wonderful awards, and feel that my site is worthy of
them. I only got to read a few of Eric's writings the
other day when I visited, but I plan to visit again soon
to read more of his wonderful writings. He was a very
gifted writer. Visiting your site helped me in dealing
with the loss of my mother. I have felt such sadness and
emptiness since her passing. That is why I started this
site and my other genealogy site in memory of and to
preserve the memory of my dear parents. Thank you again
so much. May God bless you and keep you.
Kindest regards from, Walter Westfall
My dear Walter, you are most welcome!
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
"blankenship" bbandcb98@email.msn.com
Subject: Sign In
Hello, like your page. I just opened it and will now read
through it. Thanks.
Thank you. I hope you enjoyed your time with us.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: LBOEH3183@webtv.net (LYNN BOEHM)
Subject: ERIC AND OTIS
I juat now had the chance to get to your home page. What
a tragedy you have endured. You and your husband are very
strong people. I don't know what I would do if I lost my
son. Life has not been good to me in a lot of ways, some
my own fault, some because of others and the fact I am
pretty kind hearted and gullible. Yet you took the time
to write and comfort me I just want to say Thank You from
the bottom of my heart. Your thoughtfulness is much
appreciated. I hope can keep in touch. so much and God
bless you both, ~ Lynn and Flower in Wi.
Hello Lynn; Nice to hear from you again.
I remember that I received an empty message from you and
wrote to let you know about it so that you wouldn't think
I didn't respond. I always answer my mail because I care
about all who reach out to me. I appreciate each and
every one. I care about their suffering and appreciate
their caring about mine. I separated from my husband long
before Eric was killed. Our divorce will soon be final
and I plan to marry a dear, wonderful man. We both feel
that God brought us together and God is wonderful!
(Sometimes He saves the best for last! *g*). Who is Otis?
Perhaps that is the missing information from your mail to
me on the third of March? In Christian love, Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Dladow@webtv.net (Dianne LaDow)
Subject: Crucifixion
"The Three Sabbaths". Is this paper all there?
I read it and printed it out and there is second
"c" directly after the first "c" or
is this a typo? I want to use this information to tell my
grandchildren about how He could have been in the grave
for a full 24 hours. Thank you for this information
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1Cor.1:l8 ~
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are
perishing, but to us who are saved, it is the power of
God……
Hello Dianne; Thank you for catching the
typo. How old is the person you want to teach? I have
some much more extensive notes on this - I had tried to
simplify and streamline it as much as possible so that it
would entice people to take a look into the scripture and
see the simplicity of those facts, which some people are
confused about (thinking it inaccurate or a contradiction
in scripture when Christ said that he would be "As
Jonah was....") , and some just shrug off, then try
to cover-up in order to keep holding to the `traditions
of men' rather than to the word.... Just as Christ said,
He was three days and three nights `in
the tomb' . If you would like the other notes - I will
send them at your request. Again - thank you for bringing
it to my attention about the "c" instead of the
"d"! I will go and fix it right now! *s*
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
From: Dladow@webtv.net (Dianne LaDow)
Subject: Notes ~ Dear Nina, I want to thank you for your wonderful notes.
They were quite thorough. I also went to your homepage
and found that you sell herbs. I have to travel 50 miles
there and back to get the ones I can't grow and/or grow
enough of. I have put your address in a file for future
reference. What a blessing you have been in more ways
than one. May God's peace and mercy be with you. Your
sister in Christ, Dianne La Dow
Hello Dianne; Nice to hear from you again and that you
were pleased. I wrote a lesson for Brandi once, and was
thinking that you might like to use it for your worship
time with the children? It is here. It was fun to do and
made a real impression on her when we did it. *S* Also -
I have a recipe for Easter Story Cookies. Did you ever
make (or hear of) them? Check here and choose
"Pinholes" from the list. http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Spirtual/spiritual.htm
If you need the cooky recipe (with scriptures), It should
be on that same page above, by Sunday. I have given it
out for a few years and decided to go ahead and post it
this year. *S* Choose "Easter Cookies" from
same page.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: hackaberry@webtv.net (wilbur Tackaberry)
Subject: art ~ Really a great site on the net. I have spent an hour and
still plenty to see
Thank you, Wilbur.
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From:
"HELL" louisd@hiwaay.net
Subject: A Baby's Plea
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:42:09 -0600
I just want to tell you that in reading your
poem, (A babys' plea) I am hoping my ex-girlfriend will feel
guilty about murdering my child that she will not go
through and have an abortion. It made me cry.... If you
email me back my email is Jbriggum@hiwaay.net.... Thank
you so much ~ John Briggum
My Dear Friend, John; Thank you so very
much for sharing that with us. We will be in prayer for
your baby! I don't know where you are or who the mother
is, but God knows all and He will know who we are praying
for. Is the mommy a Christian? Most churches have access
to help resources of every kind - from providing the
essentials like a home and sustenance - to adoption
and/or helping the mother and child after the birth too.
Oh, I DO so hope that she will listen to your pleas and
those silent inner ones from the new life developing
inside of her. I care and would like to know how it turns
out for your child. Would you please let me know? Also,
you did not mention that you would prefer not to be in
the guestbook on line, so I will wait for permission
(just to be assured) to share your message after you let
me know that you do or do not want it made public.... in
the case that you would prefer to have it just between us
in private. And yet - I would like to see this childs'
fathers' love there for all to see! Let me know. Roger is
also deeply gratified and blessed to know that his poem
may help to save yet another life! I hope, John, that she
will reconsider. I am blessed that you shared with us and
we can stand in prayer with you for your strength and for
intercession on behalf of your child! God bless... Write
to us if you just want to talk... We care, we really do!
Love and a hug from,
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
& Roger Baker
From: husker1997@webtv.net (huskers fan)
Subject: Re: A Baby's Plea
Thank you for replying to my email. Yes that would be ok
to post in your guestbook, but you would have to send me
the address to the website so I could go and see it. I
was on so many webpages Friday I couldn't remember where
yall are..... Thanks again, John
Hello again, John; Any news as yet about
the baby? We are keeping all of you in prayer. I do hope
you will let me know how it goes for you. Our site is
listed below my name here. It is a varied offering. I
began it when my son, Eric, was killed just before
graduating from Ferrum College. I began the site as a
memorial
offering of hiw writings and of tributes others made of
him after he was killed. On the table you will find the
prolife works& links at the lower left hand corner of
the table you find. Re; surfing - I know what you mean -
one thing leads you to one other and so on and on we go
clicking our way around the globe in the wink of an eye
and unless we check our history folder in browser - NO
WAY could we remember them all! *smiling* Thank you for
allowing the guestbook entry. The fathers' side of the
tragedy of abortion is so seldom spoken for! I am glad
that you are trying to save yours! God bless you.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
Subject: Re: A Baby's Plea
Dear Gypsy: No mam there ain't no word yet, because she
won't talk to me. I don't know why she all the sudden did
this to me, she has. It happened last Saturday night. It
has been a week, I was trying to block out the break-up,
but yesterday was real hard on me. I cried myself to
sleep last night, just thinking about the baby and what
he/she is thinking. It just kills me to even think there
is a slight possibility that my baby will be killed or
stupidity. Thanks again in replying to my email and keep
praying for me. ~ Love, John
Subject: Thinking and praying about you
Dear John; You, your baby and the babys' mom will remain
in our prayers. Last night, my 9 year-old Brandi, prayed
with me that "Johns' baby will be born for him".
Let us know if you think about it in the future, we will
be continuing thinking and praying for you all.
Yours because I'm His, Love and a special hug
From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Cielita
Howard c.howard42@popmail.csuohio.edu
Subject: hello ~ I just wanted to say God Bless you. Email address
Thank you Cielita, that is sweet of you.
He's blessing us always, whether we recognize it or not.
*s* ~ Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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DKnotts@webtv.net (Donald Knotts)
Subject: enjoyed your home page
Thank you for sharing your home page with us we enjoyed
reading it and may God bless. ~ Margie and Don
Thank you, Margie and Don, for visiting and waving hello!
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Reply-To: hjpatt@bellatlantic.net
My husband is in an affair over 2 years I just found out.
He has given her a lot of our money and now we are almost
broke. He wants to come home & tell all. Please pray
to God I can listen to the betrayal, lost love, lies, and
suffering I have endured. Please pray he finds God and
saves his own soul. ~ Sincerely, Helen for Jim
Subject: Re: Prayer request
Dear Helen; I will pray for you both. While it is good to
forgive, I hope that you will reconsider listening to his
confessional details - it can only hurt you. The memories
will not go away, regardless of whether you are able to
truly forgive him or not. I suppose that you have already
heard more than enough to know how deeply it hurts and
haunts. It nearly cost me my life when I finally faced
the reality. Please reconsider the wisdom of that choice
to hear a `detailed confession'. It hurts enough
already.... Hugs for you (((Helen!))) ~ Yours because I'm His, Your
Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: Kenneth
Grant kenge@earthlink.net
Subject: Resurrection
Hi Gypsy (Nina) Just thought I'd share sumn with you... A
week or so ago my 7 yr.old grandson was in Sunday School
and the lessons were of the Resurrection
and the meaning of Easter.When He got home he was all
excited about a project he had thought of on his own and
was eager to get started on.His idea was to round up a
whole bunch of toys and Jesus could hand them out to all
the dead children when He went back to Heaven. We
gracefully informed him that that the children really had
everything they wanted and Jesus didn't hafta play like
Santa Claus...Outta the mouths of babes...huh? That was
it ...just thought I'd share it with someone.(S) ~ Light
and Love ~ Ken (EZ1) (G)
Subject: Re: Resurrection
Hi Ken! (a `roomate' from 50+ chatroom) ~ I loved that!
Thank you for sharing it! Our grandchildren (I have 8
now) are such a joy of life - our reward for sticking iti
out so long on the planet with them - hmmmm? *grinning*
Thanks again for sharing.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Date: Thu, 1 Apr
1999 10:03:43 EST
From: SadShadows@aol.com
Subject: I read this and I cried
Im so sorry this has happened. And if I had a magic wand
I would make it better for you. Sometimes there is
nothing anyone can say and this is one of them times.
But if you are ever on line and you need a friend Im
here.
Sincerely, shae
Dear Shae; Thank you for visiting and letting me know you
were here and shared with me. I appreciate the extra time
you took to share your feelings with me, it was kind and
caring of you. I have never heard/seen your name before,
unique names always intrigue me. *s* Your e-mail name,
SadShadows is also interesting. I would suspect that you
are either a writer of poet..... ??? Thanks with a hug.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Many of you have
become friends and we e-mail to each other from my
private e-mailbox... Mattie and I have become friends in
that way and so, the following was regular e-mail and not
the guestbook mail... But I'm sharing this here because
today is Erics' third Eternal Life birthday and Mattie
sent special gift which is posted on the Awards pages...
I thought it appropriate to share this portion with you
today as part of the special day, ~ April 1, 1999.
From: "Mattie
Brainard" DENIMANDDIAMONDS@prodigy.net
Subject: For Eric....
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:41:07 -0800
Hi Nina: Try this url now and see if you can get there
now.... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8481/HeavenlyAngels.html
Eric has been on my mind today so I'm over here now...
I'm sending you a candle that goes on either side of the
heavenly.gif for Eric.... I would like to link it Eric at
nbaker/Eric.htm.... Is that ok? Or do you want me to
link to one of his other pages? Thanks for keeping me in
the loop here. I truly enjoyed the Easter letter (how
true! how true!) and thanks for the warning about the
Melissa virus... I hope you know how much you are loved and appreciated...
here on earth, in Heaven, at Rainbow Bridge... I've had a
lot of comments when I take people to your page at
FreeSoul from Missy's page... I think your words really
make them think...and that is good.... Love you! Mattie
Hello Mattie, dear; Thank you so much for thinking of me
and for the gifts - Shall I link to your main page or the
angel page? I linked the others to your main one - but
think that the new angel one would be best for this....
Let me know your preference. You have done a really
beautiful job, Mattie! It is a good thing to help people
build a bridge between sorrow and serenity when they
suffer loss. You are doing a very special job at that...
Your loving and compassionate heart and soul show in all
the work you do to reach out in that way. Thank you
again!~ Your choice to link to Eric was good and I appreciate it
too! Perhaps Eric and I have been on your mind more now
while I have been pretty melancholy and struggling with
the physical and emotional pain at the same time. I will
send you this excerpt to share with you (from a letter I
sent to my fiance' this morning....) to share where I am
and also how bright and uplifting your gentle and loving
message was to my heavy heart today. I believe that our
angels do communicate with us and sometimes they are
feelings without particular words... I feel certain that
your angels and mine whispered to you..... *S*
<snip> It isn't just the anniversary tomorrow - it
is that I am facing the reality of how severely I am
disabled - that by no power of my will, need or desire,
can I walk that little path to the rock. Even if I did
not climb a ladder and go across to the jutting rock...
where I feel such peace of mind and serenity come to me
(as I wrote beneath the picture there on my index of
homepage,) I would surely fall just trying to navigate
the path there - especially that steep place beginning at
the road. It is always a thin thread by which I am able
to live with the melancholy which is there and aching so
- and without the strength which is always renewed in
that little trek - I am not only faced with the
anniversary - but now, with the terrible & stark
reality of how crippled I am (though not forever).... the
two combined and here I am. I cannot even talk on the
phone - I feel speechless, useless and emotionally
crippled right now - even more than the physical. This is
an emotion. I know that there is a way "out" of
this with the new knees. Perhaps I will do them after all
- but I must try the water therapy first... (in a few
weeks now) Within the month, I will have that facility
available to me. I wait on that and try to bear the daily
pain which is, at times, utterly agonizing.... That is
all I want to say about that... Trust me to Him, for I
feel His presence very strongly. I know that "This
too will pass" <snip> ~ Love, hugs and prayers, Mattie, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
Subject: Re: Eve of the
third anniversary of Erics' April 1st death
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:03:39 -0800
My dearest Nina... rest this time, my friend, and let
Eric come to you. He will, you know. The gifts for Eric
are to be linked to the Heavenly Angels page, and now I
know why he has been so insistent today. He has a
Heavenly Birthday tomorrow! I thought that this was mine
and Missy's gifts to you, but the gifts are to you
*through* me and Missy. Do you understand? Eric has given
you these gifts, Nina. I know the ways of angels and
bridgekids can be puzzling at times; but, as long, as we
just let them guide us, we seem to be in the right place
at the right time. I always light a candle for you, my
little gypsy... so, though, you may not see me often in
email, you are always in my thoughts. <snip>
Love and Light, Mattie ~ I'm tucking in a very gentle hug for you, too....
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:06:11 -0800
Hello Mattie; I placed Erics' special gifts from you here
http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Awards/awrds-4.htm
Thank you again dear One. It is raining and dark
today.... I doubt that I would have been able to get to
Freesoul even if I could walk! So that is a small comfort
and I have stopped feeling so deprived as I did when the
weather was so lovely (and I thought it would be today
too.) Love you, thanks again SOOOoo much, Mattie. It
looks lovely on the page.
Yours because I'm His, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
webtv.net (name withheld by me)
Subject: Ballad Of The Unborn
(Although this submission did not request privacy, I
chose to withhold her identity. It was beautiful of her
to share this with us. It is enough. She walks with God
now. The messages are published here perchance they might
touch another who might be considering abortion or may be suffering in the aftermath of having already had one.)
This was her desire in sharing and so the words are
here.)
I am a born-again Christian now, but when I was 16 I had
an abortion. I was confused and my mother said it was the
best thing to do. I live with this pain every day. I know
that this is no excuse, but I hope and pray that Jesus
and the baby will forgive me. When ( read your ballad, it
tore me up. I wish I had been told something like this
before I ahd done it. I will never know that child. I am
pregnant now and have two other children who I cherish
with all my heart but I still keep thinking of how
selfish I was in deciding on whether that baby would live
or not. Thank for publishing that ballad, maybe it will
save someone else from making the choice that I did. In
Christ, ~L
Dear ~L~; Thank you
for sharing with us about your pain. Since you are a
"born-again Christian, you know that God has
forgiven you and His Son, Jesus redeemed you whiter than
snow. Please remember to turn away from the guilt that
Satan, who is our only accuser, always making us feel as
though what Christ did was not enough to take away our
sins - so he is always reminding you so that you will
feel bad and unworthy. Even if you had never done
anything bad at all, your worthiness comes not from what
you do or don't do - but in who you are in
Christ. That cleansing is so precious - do not
let Satan take away the joy of it... Rebuke him! Let it
make you even more glad that you belong to Him now and
would not make that choice again. He does not want you to
remember what you did or were, but what and who you are
right now in His name! *s* Try to do what God has done
with it - throw it as far as the East is from the West
and let go of it. He wants you to also! And just think -
He even gave you more children. He knows that you are a
loving and good mother. The Bible says that when we are
children we think like children and act like children.
You still trusted your parents to help you do what was
right. It must have been very difficult for you. But you
are brand new now. That baby you never saw, was taken in
a guardian angels arms and straight to Eternity without
suffering what the rest of us have to go through.... It
is a very special treasure to Him and in a way - even to
you, if you just refuse to listen to accusations. Believe
what Jesus says - NOT Satan.
You are loved. We are one in Christ. ~ Love and a warm
hug,
From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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"Candace"
Justa1226@aol.com
Subject: too hillarious
I laughed and laughed at all those funny froggie
jokes....I hope you come out with some more
soon....Thanks...Candace
You are most welcome, Candace. Perhaps if you come across
any new frog-jokes, you would send them to be put up?
*smiling* I love them too! *RVBS!*
Yours because I'm His, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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 Received this joyous news from John
Subject: Re: Thinking and praying about you
Hello. I don't know if you remember me. But I talked to
my ex girlfriend and she is not gonna get an abortion. So
I just want to thank you for praying for me and all the
encouragement you gave me. It looks like it may work and
I will be come a daddy. This is one easter I will
remember forever. Thank you so much. John
Oh, my dear John! I am so very pleased about this news,
and so very happy that you shared with us! Thank you~!!!
Brandi (9 year old) says that she wants you and the mommy
to know that we really cared and prayed and hope that you
might write sometimes and tell us how everything and is
going. I hope so too! *S*. I hope that you have had a
lovely Easter. You will have many, many more and when you
get to share them with your child they will be the best
of all! *S!* ~ We had a lovely family Easter. My mother
worked all day to make different oriental dishes (we all
especially love egg-rolls) and we took coconut pie and
coconut cake for dessert. I have always understood about
the sacrifice and blood atonement of our Lamb of God for
redemption.... But the most incredible thing to me, is
the wonder of His leaving heaven and actually taking on
all of our human frailties for all those years... THAT is
such a great love that it is all I can do to comprehend
that He did it for us! And for love of us! Oh, how I love
Jesus! And in Him, we love you too, John. Hope to hear
from you again.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Teresa King
kingjd@onslowonline.net
Subject: your sons' memory ~ Thank you for being so unselfish that you share your sons
life with the world. Our prayers are with you all.....
Teresa King
Thank you Teresa, for writing to me. I appreciate your
letting me know you were visiting. Thank you also for
prayer for us. I hope that you were blessed in your
visit.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
LPNLOU@webtv.net (Louise Willis)
Subject: INSPIRATIONAL!!!!!! ~ I was checking out the information on different flowers
when I came upon your comparison of the constant
rejuvenation and renewal of "The Pansy" compared to Gods' renewal of our spirit
and life. It was so inspirational and quite an analogy.
Thank you so much. I wish there was a way for me to
forward it via e-mail to some friends. It is so evident
that you have a deep abiding faith in God and also that
you appreciate His handiwork. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. A sister
in Christ, SISTER IN CHRIST, LOUISE WILLIS compared to Gods' renewal of our spirit
and life. It was so inspirational and quite an analogy.
Thank you so much. I wish there was a way for me to
forward it via e-mail to some friends. It is so evident
that you have a deep abiding faith in God and also that
you appreciate His handiwork. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. A sister
in Christ, SISTER IN CHRIST, LOUISE WILLIS
Hello Louise; Thank you for sharing your apprecian of the
analogy. You are welcome to share it with your friends...
I only ask that you include my name. I am enclosing for
you, a copy of The Pansies (attachment here) which you
may send out in mail even if they aren't online.
~ God is blessing us. *S* Yours because I'm His, Your
GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Solitaryman24@webtv.net (Stanley Kaminski)
Subject: Thank you ~ My niece Just sent me your beautiful prayer and I just
wanted to say thank you for putting it on the web.
Dear Stanley; You are most welcome. Thank you for
writing. Hope you will have a beautiful Ressurrection Day
tomorrow with family, friends and loved ones.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: LehdeBugs@aol.com
Subject: WEB PAGE
Mrs. Baker': I sit here with tears still in my eyes. I
have not read everything as of yet, I feel what you and
your son had to say is best absorbed over time, so that I
may really enjoy and feel the depth of each writing. God
bless you for taking the time to make this wonderful
tribute to your son, I'm sure it has touched many.
Sincerly, Kym Lehde
Dear Kym; Thank you for sharing your appreciation. Erics'
simple, yet great desire, was to be read and touch the
lives of others. I am always blessed in knowing and
hearing from each of you who experience him and fulfill
his desire.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From:
"bevd" bevd@hhcs.com
Subject: sign in ~ Your site is very informative and attractive. thank you.
love, grandmomBev
Dear Bev, Thank you.
Yours because I'm His, your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: gloria glo@cyberport.com
Subject: Esther & Abbey
My dog Esther died in October I really have not come to
terms of her death unti today. My roommate owned her
mother, a dog named Abbey. I went with Barb today to put
Abbey down and then we buried her. Abbey and Esther both
died of a stroke. The strokes involved many systems. It
seems unfair that even though they were old (Esther was
one month short of 15, Abbey would have been 17 next
month) that a stroke would take out their lives. Barb and
myself both dreaded making the decision to put the girls
down. We hoped they would go quietly in the night...
Abbey and Esther loved life. They were active to the day
they had their strokes. They both enjoyed being loved and
cared for from they day they were born. Esther loved
running and chasing rabbits on our daily walks and runs.
Abbey too, enjoyed going for walks and exploring new
places. I bet that today they had a happy reunion. Esther
is now showing Abbey all the fun places to run. Their
arthritis does not bother them now. They are as free as
puppies! Dear Lord Jesus, watch over our two girls. ~ Gloria
Subject: Re: Esther & Abbey
Dear Gloria; What a beautiful thing that you and Barb
have shared so much joy and sorrow in sharing a home and
love for your pets. I know how sad this must be for you
both, because I'm sure that you both feel the loss not
only of your OWN, but each others' pets, deeply! And the
losses being so close together! How sad. I do hope that
you will honor the love you shared with your Ester and
Barbs' Abbey and open your hearts, home and love to
another duo. *S* People who love and cherish pets have
learned that it truly is blessed to give love, and that
is the greatest lesson of all lifetimes. It is such a
loving thing to do to be merciful and not allow them to
suffer. You are wonderful souls.
Thank you for sharing with me about your loss.
Yours because I'm His, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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"Art &
Cathy" artcath@stormnet.com
Subject: Bless you!
Nina, Thank you for taking the time to put together such
a beautiful web page. My visit provided a spiritual
uplifting for me and it brought me peace. Woodstock has a
special meaning for me since my parents lived and died
there not that long ago. I miss them terribly and I often
surf the net looking for reminders of the wonderful times
I had in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. That's how I
stumbled onto your page and since I don't believe in
coincidence, it obviously was meant to be. It took
hearing about your loss to put mine in its proper
perspective and make me thankful for their life. Thanks,
I needed that! ~ Art Messenger
Dear Art <& Cathy>; Thank you so much for
writing and sharing with me how you were blessed in
visiting. I know I say this all the time, but it is SO
heartfelt when I say that messages such as yours are the
balm my aching soul will always need! I just feel warm
all over when I see the fulfillment of His promise to use
ALL things for good. Sadly, I have seen so many who are
not able to see how He does this in our lives... If that
were the case when trials and sorrow come to me - I doubt
that I could survive. But I feel His presence and I see
His works and there is such a bittersweet joy which goes
all through me when I see how He uses my sorrow to
comfort and strengthen others and then uses them to do
the same over and over again for me! 2 Corinthians 1: 3
& 4 ~ Woodstock is such a relatively small town, I
may have even known your parents, having had a business
here from 1979 until Eric was killed. Thank you again.
You have blessed me.
Yours because I'm His, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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From: Karen Stern
karenina@mailhost.col.ameritech.net
Subject: Re: new reader
Hi. I came upon your site because I was trying to
research my own kerataconis. Your words to your son are
beautiful and I ache for you. I haven't had an experience
like yours before but it seems like you had a very
special relationship with him. I'll keep reading... Thank
you for sharing your thoughts with so many of us! -- Karen
Hello Karen; Thank you for writing. I hope that you find
plenty of information about Kerataconis. We ended up at
John Hopkins, Dr Stark, Wilmer Eye Clinic. There is much
more information now available. Erics' case was an even
rarer form in that it effected the entire cornea
(Kerataconis-globis) and was very pitted as well. We were
told that his was the worst case they'd seen. We had
taken him to various specialists considered the top in
their field of expertise, but each one apologized after
their examinations of Eric and said that they wouldn't
even TRY to do transplants because his corneas were
extremely thinned due to the protrusion and pitting....
Each said that they even doubted that the TOP doctor (Dr
Stark) in that field would likely not even attempt it.
All agreed that he was the TOP, (best) expert - so we
just went there (our own doctor Dr. Keenan arranged for
it all). I still remember the relief and gratitude which
flooded all through me when Dr Stark seemed entirely at
confident and agreed to put him far ahead on the list.
The only problem was that it would be a
"one-shot" chance.... unlike the opportunity
that most have to re-do the surgery another time or times
if it failed, for his corneas were too thin to offer a
second chance. Unfortunately, when we had the second eye
done, there was some small leakage the next day and this
caused the vision, which they measure right away, to
deteriorate immediately. It never did do as well as the
first surgery. Actually, though, the doctor had chosen to
do the best one first, so we were not very disappointed,
for Dr Stark had already prepared us that it might
happen, as the other specialists had warned - due to the
thinning. However, it was still good in that it saved the
eye itself and the vision "helped" the good eye
as well. That's about all I can think of to share about
that. We were very blessed that he was given those years
of vision, for he SOOOOooooo loved to read and did it
every day of his life. He consumed literature with an
avid love and dedication. (His second passion was films,
or, more accurately, I would have to call it his third,
for MUSIC was his first love!) The wonderful thing about
Erics' passion for things, was that he honored all who
gave their best in their individual fields which combine
to produce the music or films.... He never, ever left a
theater without reading every credit on the screen! He
read all the information on music folders/inserts too. He
read magazine articles about the people as well. Eric not
only knew the actors and actresses, but the hairdressers,
gaffers and even the post-production experts who work
unseen in the editing rooms! *S* Eric amazed all of us
who were ever privileged to share our lives with him! He
was so very informed and shared everything he knew with others so that they could catch the spark of
enthusiasm which he had about whatever he did. In fact,
the night he was killed, he had gone to town to get some
late-night food/fuel because he had been asked to tutor a
student who needed his help. Funny..... how you think
about all those little details when a few seconds more or
less would have killed another driver if Eric had not
been at that spot at that exact time.... All the `if-only
thoughts'! They did not torment me much though, for his
death came so instantly that there was no moment to
suffer or even know that it was happening (the insulation
material which blew out into the road covered the front
and side (drivers' side) windows. (There was a car behind
him which witnessed what happened)..... Well, I did not
mean to go on about that. ! I would like to know how your
condition turns out for you. Write when/if you feel like
it. *s* Love, hugs and prayers for you, Karen ~
Yours because I'm His, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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donk_5@email.com
Subject: tribute
I was surfing the net and I happed to run across your
site. It really moved me I had almost forgot that dark
morning so long ago. It almost brought me to tears. I
could not think of a better tribute to Eric. Just to let
you know ever April I still drink a bit of Jim Bean in
his memory. I got to get to class I just wanted to say
thanks for keeping the flame alive. Drop me aline some
time. Later, Don Kaserman
Hello Don; Thank you for writing to me.
*S* I cherish all of you who knew him and continue to
carry him in personal memories and experiences shared
with him. Every time a friend or acquaintance contacts
me, it feels like it is a bit of Eric because of that
residence he has in you. Tell me more about you? And any
memories which you might feel
like relating to me would be appreciated. I enjoy hearing
little memories, thoughts and experiences which others
sometimes share with me. Eric would be so amazed to think
that he had made such a long-lasting and profound mark in
the lives and hearts of so many! Both Noel, (Raj Roy) and
Brian Aldridge, are in ongoing supportive communication
with me. Brian was here just two weeks ago and will stop
by again on Mothers' Day weekend when we might be able to
take a trip up to Freesoul..... Thank you again for
writing to me! ~ Love and hugs, Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr
1999 13:48:12 EDT
Subject: Enjoyed Your Web Page
Really brought a chuckle, but unfortunately, I could
relate to about everything. But if we can't laugh, we
might as well be dead. ~ Cherub
Thank you, Cherub, for letting me know
you enjoyed your visit.
Yours because I'm His, Your GYPSY, (Nina)
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