From: Peter J
Zimmermann <pz2000@juno.com>
Subject: Thank you
. . . for sharing from your space, your
experience, your tragedies,
your joys and mostly the sounds, the words
& the imagery of your
PEACE amidst it all . . .don't quit . . . a fellow
earthling . . . Peter
Dear
Peter; You are most welcome, and thank you
also for sharing a bit
of my life-path, thoughts, feelings and experiences
and then for taking time to send and share your
thoughts and appreciation with/for me as
well. I continue to add to the website which
now exceeds 350 individual URLs and many topics. I
hope you will return from time to time and
write again.
Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
"Irene" ikewrite@utec.net
Subject: signin guest book
irene koch signin in and leavin my poem which tells
what i believe it goes like this--- In my garden
there is no such thing as a weed Everything that
grows - fills the need of a bird , a butterfly or a
bee and all of God's creatures -
including Thee and me.
Dear Irene;
Thank you for visiting and signing in. I liked
your poem and agree wholeheartedly with its'
sentiments too. Yours because I'm
His, your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
"Br Smith" <decipleofgod@netzero.net>
Subject: Praise the LORD
YOU HAVE A NICE WEBSITE !!!!!!!
Thank you for
visiting and your complimentary sign-in.
Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy,
(Nina)
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Date: Sun,
31 Oct 1999 18:37:21 -0500
From: "June A. Johnson" <izod@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Hello again, Nina - from you site
Hi Nina, Just a little hello to let you know I
am still with you - and always
will be. Your site is most soothing is sooooo many
ways! A little explanation of how my
'body' will stay on earth and become part of it. I
feel my body is merely a vehicle for my
soul. Yes, I do treat it well and with
respect. However, when eventually I am free from my
body I want to be immediately cremated and my ashes
scattered - I don't know where yet. Probably
most here on the coastline of southeast Florida -
Hollywood. Our home city Pembroke Pines
is just east of Hollywood but has no coastline. This
area has been my heaven on earth for many, many
years. If possible I hope very much my
family will find a way to scatter the
remaining ashes in my favorite apple orchard. This
place is about two hundred miles north of NYC and
right on the New York and Vermont
border. Another piece of heaven heaven
here on earth. To some I am young, to
others old. What difference does it make
if life has been happy and full of
love? Jesus holds my hand and
leads me thru my days and night. His little angels
are most precious! Hmmmmmm guess reading
the tombstones woke up a part of me. You see, all my
life I am a 'planner' - so like all else I do not
want to burden anyone - even my loving husband -
with theses last tasks to be tended to here on
planet earth. Oh yes, he is aware of my feelings and
has decided to join the earth as well.
So now the goblins will be knocking on our door and
I don't want to leave any empty handed!
Blessings Nina to you and all your family,
June
Hello June; It
is always so nice to hear from you. Would like to
know
more specifically how your present medical status
is, how you are doing, feeling and getting around in
life again? You have such a dear,
sweet nature, and oft-times, your messages really
brightened my day as I was going through some very
difficult physical (crippling) challenges. (I
still am, after a tractor accident which tore the
meniscus in both knees -clear in two, had them
removed in surgeries one month apart last Fall and
in January, will be having both knees fully
replaced. I am getting around, but not very
well. It even limits my computer
time. You take care, dear one. Write when you
can, Love, prayer and hugs,
Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy,
(Nina)
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999
15:23:51 -0600
From `ZC' ~ Subject: Thank
you
(If
anyone would like to write a message to this visitor,
I will forward to them, but of my own concern
for her privacy- although she did not ask for
anonymity, I felt it safer that she have that
here. If you contact me, I will send to
her and she can decide how she feels about being in
communication with anyone else at this time in her
life. If you feel compelled to
communicate with her - please do not let the
opportunity to reach out to her pass)
Dear
Gypsy, i really appreciate your prayers and
your e-mails. i am not very good about writing so
please forgive me. your e-mails have helped a lot.
they have encouraged me to keep going. Here are some
other things that are going on in my life that if
you would add them to your prayer list. i have
recently found out that my son, who is now 28
molested several children when he was a teenager.
they have been both, boys and girls. 2 of them are
the children of dear friends of mine. they just
recently (2 months ago) were told by there son about
it. he had never told anyone before. i was viviting
them about 3 weeks ago and they shared it with me.
out of God's grace and mercy they are not angry with
me about it. God is allowing me to minister to their
son and them too. but mainly i would really like for
u to pray for me that i will know what God's will
for me in all of this. i know unless God intervenes
my so will continue to do this. the most recent was
3 years ago. it has to stop, it
just has to stop. i am willing to go to the police
if this is what God wants me to do. if it is my son
will get a life sentence automaticcaly.
again i thank you for your prayers and
encouragement.
Z.C.
Dear Z.C. - Hello
again. Thank you for writing to me again and
letting me know that messages from me did help you.
It is always nice to hear such news and give thanks
to our Father that we could be instruments of
healing or nurture for Him to use for our brothers
and sisters. *s* I have waited a few
days to respond to this message from you because I
have never addressed this or any similar issue as
difficult as this situation is for you. You are
caught between being a friend, a parent and a
child of God... and there are, I feel certain,
conflicts as to what to do. In having
been sexually victimized yourself, you are
likely feeling an additional weight of sharing
and identifying with the victims
also. How painful for you. I am sorry
that you have had to, and have yet to, go through so
much. I've prayed about it and tried to put
myself in your shoes, which I usually can
do... I failed this time, perhaps because I just
haven't had to face the issue. I have had to deal,
in my own family, with this topic - but each is such
an individual situation that it cannot be dealt with
in the same way as others. Here is my outside
view of this for you. It seems difficult
for me, to imagine the parents, (your dear friends),
not wanting to confront and deal with the
situation. I tried to imagine why. If the
children involved didn't want to face a
confrontation, the parents might confront him
themselves? They must surely all see
that, as you said, "This has to
stop!" To be silent and unreactive
to it is probably an additional harm to their
children, as they must see this to be a lack
of concern about what took place and about
what may continue to happen to other victims
in the future. Since this is something
that has been going on for a very long time now, I
believe that your son needs help to deal with the
problem. If it continues to go
undisclosed and without consequence of any kind, it
will likely get worse as time goes on and at some
point, all of you may grieve the indecision and
continued allowance of these acts.... You
didn't say if you have confronted your son
yourself. I guess that of all the
choices, such a confrontation would be the very
least that must be done. You could give
him the choice as to what he will do - either get
professional help which you, in that case, would
need to verify by having a consultation with the
therapist or at the least, you could write
personally to the doctor/therapist, what details you
personally know.... and the rest would be up
to that professional and your son. This
would be absolutely necessary, for you will never
know what actually does go on in the
confidence of his therapy. It must be
assured that the therapist is aware of all that you
know. I feel a concern that the children
whose parents now know about the incidents, need to
know also, that their parents have taken some sort
of action on their behalf and to prevent future
victims from being harmed in these ways. Also,
in this vein, I personally feel that your son MUST
be counseled to face the damage and to write an
apology and ask forgiveness of his trespass
upon them. This step is an absolute
necessity, for in it, your son is facing and
accepting the acts and the responsibility of dealing
with all consequences. If you are
uncomfortable with dealing face to face with
confrontation with your son, I would bring in a
third (or more) parties in what is known as an
"Intervention" with your son. Lastly,
your statement regarding an automatic "life
sentence" - I find puzzling. I
don't believe that I have ever heard of this being
the case anywhere in the world. Are you
sure about this consequence? You will
remain in my prayers and also your son and the
family members who are living with the aftermath of
it all and the effects on them and on their own
lives and interrelationships. You are right that it
must be stopped. It has gone on far too long for him
to stop on his own now. He needs help
desperately! I know that life can
seem so very dark in some times and places, but
there is a "Light of the world" who has
sent His Spirit to dwell with us until He returns to
take us to Eternity. This Spirit will counsel
and guide you, and through that very Spirit, He is
always with us and this will be so "even
unto the end" as He promised. When
we are standing in a place of darkness such as you
are in this, we have but to cast our eyes and
cares upon Him and light begins to softly
infiltrate the darkness and we see that we are not
alone. (nor ever will we be).... and with that
comfort comes the strength of His presence and
loving willingness to be yoked together and help us
with the weight of anything.... anything at all,
that we face. Please know that I, too,
am lending myself to you and hoping that some
measure of comfort and strength may come of that as
He gives you the grace to withstand and carry on to
good outcome of all. Lastly, I
continue to pray that your "Joy in the morning
and new day" will return to you and uplift you
through all circumstances. I leave you
with love, prayer and hugs. I sincerely hope and
pray that I've had something here for you to be
strengthened and/or uplifted by. ~ Yours because I'm
His, Love & hugs, From your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
"Paula" <Paula@ecr.net>
Hi. I saw a note from you in a guestbook on the web
and thought you would get a lot out of this website.
You're not on any mailing list or anything -- I'm
just sending you this one thing. I
really think you will like this website. It's at <broken link>
and has some really good articles about
doctrine. May God bless you in
your desire to serve Him. ~ Paula Frye
Dear
Paula; Thank you for the link. You
were right, I did enjoy the two articles I read
there. I will return to do it all later - Sundays
are "play" days for my ten-year-old and I.
*S* So just read the two which I
did to discern if I would like to read all,
which I will. There is so
much already going on in fulfillment of prophesy and
it is sometimes difficult to decide if we should be
rejoicing at the nearness or grieving for those who
don't want to know Him and may be lost.
~ Did you visit my site? If not, there
are similar articles (re: the delusions and
misrepresentations promoted by many churches of
today. Sad how willing many are (most, I
guess, are) willing to follow the traditions
and teachings of men which contradict the
Word. http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Spiritual/spirtual.htm
Thank you again for the link, Yours because
I'm His, Gypsy, (Nina)
Subject: Re:
wisdom and knowledge ~ Hi. Thank you so much
for sending the link. No, I hadn't
visited this site before. I'm marking it as a
favorite and will be visiting often to read things.
It looks like a very good site. In Christ,
Paula
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From: KLGRINER@webtv.net
(Karen Griner)
Subject: Blessings
Reading My
God vs a pagan god. Really blessed my
heart. I thank God that
I serve the only ONE TRUE God, (Jesus
Christ) There is No Other. Jesus is
the sweet name I know... ~ This
would be nice for churches to read for there
Christmas programs. To many people have
taking Jesus out of everything. It makes me
sick to see when people write Merry X-mas.
I'm not ashame of Jesus Christ. As for me it's Merry Christ...mas (Christ must be first) God Bless you,
and keep up the good work ~
Your sister in Christ, Karen
Dear Karen; Thank you for
visiting and sharing your appreciation of the small
essay. I am always interested in knowing how people
find me- due to the self-taught/discovered methods
of reaching others - I have been asking visitors how
they find me so that I can better reach even
more! *s* ~ Overall, I believe that the
purest elements of love and giving are represented
in the spirit which units and inspires people of all
nationalities and walks of life in the season which
we call
Christmas - but in the power and grace of Christ
Himself which thrives and is centered in this
seasonal tradition.... I really do thank our God for
every way that Christ and salvation is brought to
the minds and hearts of all men - even by the
paganistic "Winter Solstice" and the
traditions associated with worship for a
sun-god. ~ In case you
didn't find the other related pages which you might
also
enjoy, you can go here and get to them, or just go
directly to my two favorites here. I spent several
years writing the second one here below.... I think
it is my all-time favorite - perhaps because
it took me so long to complete! *s*
http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Spiritual/Christmas/santa.htm
http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Spiritual/Christmas/twasthe.htm
Thank you for writing. Would like to share more if
you care to write again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~waving Bye for now, in Christian love
and fellowship, ~ Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: "WhiteHorse"
<WhiteHorse@white-horse.net>
Subject: Permission Please
Hi, What a great & lovely site you have
created as a tribute to your son. I would like
to ask permission to use "An Affair Gone
Wrong" on my personal site. I also normally
leave the following message in Guest Books of sites
I find exceptional:
Howdy! What a GREAT
web-site! Just surfed in & like what I
see.
Would like to invite you to enter my web-site
competition;
The White Horse Peace Trail.
A FUN way to promote your web-site & help
provide a "family friendly"surfing
network for others.
Interested? Accepting sign-ups now for
December Contests.
Check it out by Clicking On The Graphic below.
From R
Baker 
Thank you for your request to use my poem,
"An Affair Gone
Wrong" on your website. I am honored that
you think it worthy to be included in your work and
most humbly grant that permission. rbaker@shentel.net
Dear White Horse; It
seems that we share compulsive/addicted natures - it
has been a struggle all my life - though mine never
took the route of the usual substance-abusive
compulsions - all addictions can/will be
harmful to ourselves and others... whether it be
getting lost in the cyber-world or obsessive
working.... whatever. By now, (I'm 56) -
I have learned to moderate myself MOST of the time -
but I confess that the computer has kept me till
dawn more than once! *G* It also
saved me from succumbing to the pain of losing my
son, Eric. It gave me a
vision of fulfilling his deserving desire to be
read... and in that, I found a mission of
outreach to others who mourn or suffer.
~ We also share the degeneration of
Arthritis... though you wouldn't know it to look at
me - for I do not have the typical kind which
manifests itself in gnarled joints and outward
signs... I have had 14 surgeries in 5 years and in a
few months both knees will be totally replaced after
an accident with a lawn-tractor (which I had no
business operating anyway!).
~ Thank you for visiting with us
and your compliments on our work. We appreciate
hearing about your visit. You have a lot to offer in
many ways and I hope that you will continue your
web-presence wherever you live *IRL*..... I love
horses also! Have sent you our award
here. ~ God bless and keep you,
Yours because I'm His, From your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: MitziOs1@aol.com
Subject: TNKS
Dear Little Nina....Your letter brought
tears to my eyes.... I cannot imagine...
EVER... the pain... and suffering the loss of
a child could be... No one could unless they had
experienced it... My heart goes out to you... Your
letter... if no one ever wrote again... Yours
would be worth the effort and everything that went
into what you saw on our website..... THANK
..YOU... from the bottom of our hearts.... What a
wonderful thing to say to us.... I Know there
must be feathers all around your house... I
just know that you have wings... you sound
like an angel.
Your Friend, Mitzi Osbourne ~ http://www.jenningsosbornefamily.com/mainframe.html
Dear Mitzi; Thank you for
visiting me. *S*
And I am glowing from the warmth and affirmations
from you. This must be a very busy time of
year at your home<!> and it was special of you
to take some of that time to visit and write me in
this season. It must surely please God
to see his children use the precious gifts of time
and resources (mental, emotional and physical) to
reach out to each other in love. Love is
the strongest message which comes from your family,
your home, your giving and your web-presence.
You are like the Christmas spirit all year
around. I hope that we will be in touch
again. I love you all. Hugs, prayers and thankfulness,
Yours because I'm His, ~ From your
Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: SMed255673@aol.com ~ Subject: Buffy
Dear Nina, Thank you for sharing with the world your story of "Buffy"
With the most heart-felt regards, Sharon Meddley
Subject: Newport News, Virginia and a dog named Spanky
Dear Nina, I forgot to mention that as you do now, so do I live in the Commonwealth of Virginia ~ With warmest regards, Sharon Meddley
Hello Sharon; Thank you for writing to me. Very sorry to hear about your dear
Spanky. To have the capacity (and privilege) of loving a pet as you and I and so many others have done..... is such a special part of our lives and personal growth in many ways. *S* ~ I appreciate your writing to thank and appreciate me. I was up late preparing a report of interest which seems to be
escaping much attention in the media but which I think is awesome enough to share as much and as far and wide abroad as I can in time for others to check it out as we are going to do here! *G* ~ I'm sending it along to you too following this - hoping that you
get a chance to share the experience also. Hope that you visit more of my pages (which total almost 400 URLs and many topics. *s* ~~~~~~~~~waving "Bye" for now. Hope your holidays will be the most blessed ever! ~
From your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: bajerry@impop.bellatlantic.net
Subject: Hello baker's
Hello, I was looking for a retirement place in are around Harrisonburg, when I ran across your web site. That is a great picture of the valley. I was born in Roanoke, raised in Hillsville area for a short while. I live in Williamsburg, Va. for 47 years. I have a lot a family
in the valley and Rocky Mount area. Sorry to here of your lost of son Eric. I have raised 6 and I have been blessed so far. I only have one that has a drug problem. I hope so day he well remember that there is a
family that love's him very much and wants him to come home free of drugs and start a new life. To lose a family member in car are in drugs is not the same, but I can not hold my son and he lives.
Hello (didn't give me your name); Williamsburg is a beautiful area also! I would think that after living in one place for 47 years, you would want to stay put. One gets to become so familiar with everything in the area - taking a
lot of little-things for granted that show up when you transplant yourself! I was thirty when I moved from Maryland to here. With three major universities in close proximity in
Harrisonburg/Bridgewater area - there are many advantages and more cultural things available to enjoy. There is still the country/farming community which is largely Mennonite and therefore, a scenic and mellow environment. One of my children was into the drug trap until she was
about thirty and began, at last, the long road to recovery and building a life from the ruins of consequence. She is clean and committed to staying that way. Her last (5th) child was born with some damage and great challenges to be faced which almost cost her life and probably were the
precipitating factor in her leaving drugs behind. I have had that child since she was 5 months old - she is now ten and the joy of my heart! Brandi and her mother, Cathy, are more like sisters - but it is a good relationship. Your son will find his way "home" to your arms again.
How old is he? How long the addiction? I know that you must miss him terribly at holidays more than other days.... I will be praying that he be restored in all ways and reunited with his family soon. Thank you for writing. Yours because I'm His,
Your Gypsy, (Nina)
Hello again, my name is Jerry Branscome and my son is 32 and has been on drugs off and on for about seven years. Like you said, someday he will reach the bottom and pull his self up and start a new. Thanks for the reply.
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From: AWKINGFISH@aol.com
Subject: new guest ~ I'm Just a 14year-old that has stumbled onto this journal. I like it, and I will visit and write regularly. ~ Peace, Adam Wood ~ PS:: Merry Christmas ~ God bless
Dear Adam; Thank you for writing. I'm not sure which journal you were
enjoying, but thank you for sharing your response. Brandi and I hope that we will hear from you again. Hope you had a nice Christmas time and the new year will
be blessed in every way.
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: Shankar.Narayanan@Dartmouth.EDU
(Shankar Narayanan)
Subject: Hello!
Hi ! Am a masters student of Computer Science at dartmouth college and met with chance and luck your daugter Jeanne on the net ( chat) , early morning of Jan 2 2000. She has sharp wits and great sense of humour , so I asked if she shall be a critic to some of my compsitions as I love writing myself . And then I got this site
address... which I shall cherish as a New year gift to me. I loved reading some of the poems, opinions and the sayings!! Words are unworthy to explicitly explain the impact of the site. Perhaps the entire site is like a poem, when you read , you only live in its presence! I shall keep coming here and read more and shall sign in the book again and again. Thus shall become a friend from an acquaintance!
Thanks for this gift ! And take care.
Love, Shankar Narayanan ~ (shakar999@yahoo.com )
Dear Shankar; Thank you for writing to share your thoughts/feelings after visiting "Eric Of The Misty Blue Mountains". It is always so nice to be appreciated, and to hear from visitors. Do you have a site yourself? I notice that you have two e-mail
addresses, one at school and one which is probably your personal one to be used all year round. ~ Although I have not chatted since Eric was killed, for I turned my time and heart to erecting the site to publish his works and then became interested in mastering more and more creative aspects
of net-publishing and outreaches including (but not limited to) grief-support on-line and in e-mail communications. There are times when I fall behind in just keeping up-to-date with it all *s*. ~ What does one do when you major in computer-science at college? I
would think that would be a wonderful opportunity to learn and to grow as you reach out and connect with people all around the world. ~ Are you a U.S. citizen? I wasn't sure what nationality your name suggests - Indian, perhaps? Middle Eastern? Would be interesting
to know more if you would like to share. ~ Having been online since 1994, I have met and become friends with so very many people in places all around the world. When Eric was killed, I went to the funeral home the next day and was incredulous to hear that flowers had already arrived there and were in a holding
room already - before I even arrived myself! The loving support and caring of my chat-group was a miraculous thing to experience. I feel that they probably saved me from being a second fatality of that accident which killed my son, Eric.
~ I will always be grateful for the way things all came together at that time... upholding and giving me strength from near and far.
~ Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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"Conner, Debra" <DConner@kingpharm.com>
Subject: Your Website
I, my name is Debra Conner. I've visited your nice website in times past.
I actually accidentally ran across it in my search and studies of MSM a few
years ago. You, at one time, had an article on MSM on your site, which I
noticed is not there now. Do you know where this article/information on MSM
can be obtained so I can forward it to friends/family?
It was the most informative article on the web about MSM that I have ever read.
The address on your site at one time was: www.user.shentel.net/baker/msm.htm
Thank you for your response!
Hello Debra, Attached is the file of information/research on
MSM. There is a lot of information online on
MSM... Keep looking around for newer material also...
Sorry to have taken a few days - but have been grooming and doing
upgrading the website which is considerably large!
Glad to be of help, Yours because I'm His,
Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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"JOANNE
ALBERTI" <fidanzato@msn.com>
Subject: homepage
Gypsi, It is absolutely beautiful!!
You are so gifted! I felt a chill,
it's indescribable. .I will read it again...
Thank you for sharing. Love and Hugs,
Vixy
Well, Vixy!! Hello room-mate of old! *G*
So good to hear from you! *RVBS!* Tell me more about how you are -
what's been happening these last few years? Where are you living?
Is that a new last name? *g*
By now your daughter is probably graduated from college!?
(snip) I gave up chatting because it changed so much and just wasn't appealing
to me by the time I returned. I don't have nearly as much free time
these days as I had in the good-old days of our 50+ family unity!
~ If you go here, you will see this years pictures of Brandi and I! *S*
~ http://www.user.shentel.net/nbaker/Mine/about-me.htm
Love and BIG huggs! From your
gypsy-sister, (Nina)
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From:
"ERIC S. BAKER" <ARCS1@email.msn.com>
Subject: thank you
Hello, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the
beautiful site about Eric. My name is Eric S. Baker
(Steven). Like your son I, too, was born in July
(1951) and graduated magna cum laude with an English
major. Philosophy is one of my all-time favorite
subjects. Small world, huh? Like you, my
loves and preoccupations include Feeding His Sheep, writing, and
movies. Needless to say, I was very personally touched and
moved by your site. If you'd like to write back, my e-mail
is arcs1@msn.com
. May God bless you and bring you always closer to
the light. Eric Baker
Dear
Eric,
Gee, what a familiar thing to write out. For the
first few years, I would write notes to Eric sometimes... just a way
of working through a melancholy spell or grief &
pain. I'm so glad that you took the time to write to
me! It was a bit of a shock to actually see
"Eric Baker" there on the screen (signature) - especially in
my personal mail instead of the grief-support mailbox! *s*
~ I would likely enjoy opening a communication-line with you, of
course! Since we share so many of the same interests and
the two primary ones, Shepherding & Philosophy, followed closely
by English and movies! *G* ~ Also, I and two of my
grandchildren are born in July. *S* I
appreciate your sharing about your visit too. It
always pleases me when Eric gets to touch others as his simple and
profound desire was to be able to do. ~ Do you
have a website? I needn't ask about surfing the net - for I'm
sure you enjoy the wandering around and exploring those things we
love, what a wonderful era to live in where we can go anywhere
and find just about anything we seek as well as so much we never even
knew existed! ~ I hope to hear more from you
and also about you, Eric.
Sincerely, From your GYPSY, (Nina)
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"BARBARA BAKER" <ARCS1@email.msn.com>
Subject: hello from Barb Baker
Hello Nina, My husband Eric shared your website with me. He is very inspired by
it. I too found it so. We have put you on our prayer list and will also pray for your son Eric.
Eric and I both have sons named Eric as we are a combined family.
I have always loved the name since I first dated Eric when I was 19.
We both went our ways but got back together over 20 years later.
What a blessing! My husband has been an inspiration to me.
To be honest not too many people have done that. Eric is quite a man.
He is a great writer and if I may say so a modern prophet.
I have never met anyone who loves God as much as he does. I always thought I was pretty high up there.
I guess I thought being Catholic explained everything.
But I realized I took a lot for granted. He has shown me the way to a more active and full of life
path (though a narrow one) to our heavenly father.
I'm afraid I am not an eloquent writer as you and Eric are but I do love God and will do everything in my power with the gifts and graces he has blessed me with to proclaim his name and to make this wonderful gift of life a better place for everyone I have any contact with.
I was really impressed by all the activities you are in .
You sure have been blessed with a lot of gifts.
I am going back into ceramics.
Thank you for a beautiful website and sharing your joys and sorrows with me.
God bless you. Peace and love with God,
Mrs. Barbara(Eric) Baker
Hello Barb! Thank you for visiting and writing to me.
I feel ~twice-blessed to know you both! *S*
Thank you also, for sharing even more of your story! *s*
How do you all deal with THREE Erics in one house??? (holidays and
get-togethers). What are their ages?
Eric must have been your soulmate for you to have named your son Eric also and then for your
diverged paths to come back together and allow you to be one! *S*
~ I once wrote a piece called "Fairytales"
I'm just doing a quick check-in here, for we are having our first
beautiful snow today. I always think of a song which CARMEN sings
(and also made a video of), about 15 (?) years ago in a Christmas
special he made.... and it's such a beautiful analogy that I never
see snow without thinking of that television-special which I video-taped so many years ago.... (We don't watch television anymore... but
have many many years of tapes made when there were still good shows to
watch and appreciate.) The words are....
|
I once read in a poem,
"When snow covers the earth,"
That, "It hides the worlds' scars,
and gives nature new birth."
And they say when a man
turns from sin to the Lord,
a forgiveness, like snow,
covers him evermore.
Somewhere it's snowing,
see the soft drifting down,
As the snowflakes surrender,
to the hardening ground.
Like the good grace of Jesus,
that now covers our sins,
In the Kingdom of Heaven,
it's snowing... again! |
So, Barb, it is almost 6:00 PM here and we are delighting in the quiet and
the beauty of snow and the delight of knowing there will be "NO
SCHOOL" tomorrow (Brandi is in the 6th grade).... *G* I must close and return
to our special "holiday" creating itself....
~ We also turn our front light on and make Chili when it snows, so that we
will have plenty of food and a welcome for strangers or neighbors who may
need our help or home... We live in a very country area and on a secondary,
unpaved road... When someone gets stuck - that light looks pretty good! *G*
So... Bye for now, Barb. I hope to hear from you again.
Love and prayer for you both.
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
The above entries were the beginning of a special
friendship
(as many our visitors have become!) so I have only posted the
first two of our messages here and the rest are continuing in my
personal mail. What a strange and unique bond between
strangers/now-friends and sort of `family'. *s*
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My New Years' message and request, I
sent this out in e-mail and thought that I would
leave the message here to share with visitors too.
Subject:
Please help them??????
To:
"My Hearts' Treasures" <nbaker@shentel.net
>
Dear
Friends; A while back, I wrote to some of you,
but not all, and asked that you please check out
this address;
http://www.thehungersite.com/index.html
Knowing full well that we all get more than we want
of spamming and all manner of requests of
us. When I asked a few of you if you
would join with me in a daily commitment to simply
click once a day - a personal request that food be
given to another human being somewhere on the earth
which we share and can improve.... I seldom do ask
such a thing as this commitment.... But today, my
heart is heavy with the "Why not?" of
it. Most of you know me and know
that I try to check out, as thoroughly as I can, all
subject matter before I forward it. That is my
commitment and caring for, each of you as dear
friends. I certainly don't have a
"perfect" record of success - but not
because I didn't try! ~ I have checked
every bit of this out and it is 100% legit' ~
It is, and it does, exactly what it claims.
How could we pass up such a simple thing as a daily
visit and click of a mouse-button to actually send
the food portion of that day (I have seen it range
from 3/4 cup all the way to 4 1/4 cups in a days'
total amount sent per click. I have been
doing it for months now. Please join
me? It
cost us nothing whatsoever to give this food away.
The simplest and effortless choice of making this
site your "home" (browser page) as the
option is so easy! Then, every day it
will open right there - you will click on the
`donate' button and there you are, the food is on
its' way. It
is done! One second! Then you're
on your way and we're sharing in the caring that can
make a life and death difference..... By making it
your homepage which your browser begins with - you
never forget (which gets easier and easier to do
<forgetting things> as our brains get so
crowded with the accumulation of intelligence and
wisdom along the way life leads us. ~ Try it for a
week? P-L-E-A-S-E??? And if you agree
with me as to its' worth.... please exhort others to
join us in this faithful commitment. Let's
join together and make a difference every day this
year! As
I've been reflecting this week about the blessings
of life and the hearts' desires for the coming
year. I love you all! May
you see the reality of His presence in your life
and in
those "others" who share our lives and
journey..... May we, in our hearts and spirits and
in all we do, represent Him to all every day, every
moment and in every thought, word and deed.... I
love you all, and am sending my best to you and will
pray for you as we enter this next millennium....
What a wonder - we are privileged to be a part of
the ending of one millennium, and the beginning of
the next which others will see end long after we
have transcended this life into eternity in His
presence forever. Have a mellow
moment in time between
the end and beginnings and may He be glorified in
His creation in all things we chose and
do.
Yours because I'm His, your Gypsy,
(Nina)
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From:
dmdahart@webtv.net (diana dahart)
Subject: Baby Jesus Birthday!
Hi Nina! and you are in my thoughts and prayers
today. I had made a note of your surgery
date (January 4th) months ago, but in the
hectic last month, I forgot, and I am so very sorry.
And I will continue to keep you in my prayers every
day as you recover. You have faced so many painful
ordeals (both physical and emotional), but I know
Jesus is with you, and holding your hand!
~ I received all your messages and am going
into the hunger website every day...thank you for
sharing that, and if all the others do the same,
hopefully we can make a little teeny bit of a
difference. If that -one- child can receive enough
to make a difference between life and death, perhaps
that -one- child may be the one to eventually
bring peace to his or her country, or though the
intercession of caring people have an education and
go forward to do great things! I know I seem
like Ms. Pollyanna, but I truly believe
that. ~ Christmas was good....the
New Year exciting and thrilling (especially
watching all over the world!), and I feel
positive approaching this new century. What must
someone, on the last day of 1899, thought of it
changing over to 1900?! Who could have imagined that
men would walk on the moon, and we would have
transportation as we do now, and television,
and computers! Who could have anticipated the
wars and the holocaust. What does this
century hold for us? I guess we
should simply place our trust in God, and
learn to love and forgive so much more than we do
now! ~ Big hug
to you, and I will talk with you soon. Wish you a
New Year full of blessings! Love, Diana
Hello Diana; Tuesday is my
surgery date. Having both knees totally replaced
will mean 3 - 4 weeks in rehabilitation facility.
Don't know if I will be that long though - for I am
an avid come-back person-and have never, ever needed
the rehabilitation services they sign me up for!
Hopefully, I will only be two weeks - I certainly
will be trying for the shortest stay, for Brandi has
very extreme separation anxiety.
~ I sent you three or four things over
the last week but they were returned saying that
your mailbox was too full. I hope that this will get
through so that you will know of my absence.
~ Well - take care, dear one. I hope to hear
from you and get all caught up on your travels and
experiences if you have time.
Love and hugs, Yours because I'm His,
Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
"Catherine Lamphier" <cathimom@neighbors.com>
Subject: our sons
My name is Wayne my son, Wayne Jr. died in a
motorcycle accident 9/25/95. He was 22 years
old, the same as your son. I am
using my wifes' email address because I am a
computer idiot.
Dear Wayne; I would hardly think that
you are a "computer idiot" if you
find URLs, go surfing and send e-mail
*smiling* ~ Having been away in
hospital and rehab-center most of January and still
not able to sit for long at a time or else my
new knees get painful or "locked" at
this point in my recovery from the double total knee
replacements.... It seems that I never responded to
this message - for once I do, I enter them in the
guestbook and clear the mail que..... I found no
reply
and hope that if I did not reply, (as it appears
here today)- you will please forgive the
delay. ~ I am sorry to hear of the loss
of your son in that all too familiar (to me) and
heart wrenching suddenness of a traffic accident. I
hope that his was as merciful (and quick) as my
Erics' absolutely instantaneous death on that
night. I know how you miss him and
always will.... Thank you for writing to me
after your visit. Love and hugs, ~
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: "Manya
Kellou" <mkellou@atlastravel.ca>
Subject: Dear Nina ~ I just read your
message in MMIAS guest book about your darling son
Eric. My heart is aching for you, I feel your pain
and your infinite love for your son. I thought
I was the only one who could love so much, so
deeply, so unconditional and the only who could
suffer so much......but we are proving me
wrong..just as millions of other mothers are proving
me wrong. We are walking the same road, each of us
alone, but the same road never the less.It is
unfair, it is cruel, it is beyond any understanding,
it is beyond the natural order of life.......however
it is So. I am so glad to see you are
keeping Eric alive and your letter and web-site are
a beautiful tribute him. I really think that
the bond mother-son never dies, if anything it is
made stronger by the pain of their physical
loss. Do I make any sense? I
hope you are finding life a little easier to bear. I
am at the very early stage of my loss, and it feels
like I will never be sane again!!!!
With kind thoughts, Manya Kellou ~ Tarik's
loving mom
My Dear Manya; Please,
please forgive the long time - apparently,
without
response from me? I really do a lot of mail and I
don't know if I answered you and somehow it
didn't get entered into the guestbook log or
what - and it seems that this is true of more than a
few of you - during the time of my surgery and
recovery. I am only slowly catching up
now. Every message is a treasure I cherish.
Thank you so very much for blessing me with your
kind and loving thoughts and words. I
would like to hear more of your experience and hope
that as you continue on your way through the shadows
in this valley of death, you will remember
that I am here and I care very much and will
always respond promptly and hopefully, be a
blessing, comfort or source of strength if you need
me in any way... I am here. If it were
not for the injury and subsequent immobility
thereafter and then the surgeries - there
would not have been any delay at all in my response
to you. I have been almost four years with this
grief support site and never, until now, have I had
to be away from the computer for an extended period
as in the last two months. ~ I
know exactly how you feel about that "never
being the same" (though you referred to
it as `sane'... I know that feeling! And
as for the closeness after our loved one is no
longer in this realm with us.... Ah.... How well I
understand that feeling too - for we carry them
within us now and there are no conflicts or
negatives - we carry them in love and cherish what
they were and only the good remains to share
and give of them to others. We become more than just
ourselves - we become them (in a small way) as we
share them. ~ I hope that you are continuing
to do well and will write to me any time you feel
like it and know that I will care and respond in a
much more prompt time than this reply! *S*
~ You sound like such a loving and gentle
soul... I rejoice that we were brought together in
this way, time and place. Love and hugs,
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
Dear
Nina, How are you doing with all
this stuff that happened to you? I hope
you are recovering well of your injury and
surgeries. Is it another test of your strength? How
much can one person endure? I admire
your courage and draw a lot of strength from
it. ~ I am only responding
now to your letter received on Feb 22nd
because my schedule was so busy, my mood so
unpredictable, and the rest of it.
YOU know what I mean!! The
last few weeks have been a nightmare of pain, the
reality finally sunk it that my darling son will
never come
back.. regardless of how long I kept his clothes
stored at my place. I had to give in to
the sad, irreversible situation.
He is gone ! It hurts
and hurts and hurts! I remember reading
your poignant words about the loss of your precious
son, spoken from the depth of your heart
and soul. I can relate completely
Nina. ~ Thank you for your
kind words, your understanding and your
willingness to share your thoughts with
me. It has been an amazing
journey for me since my son's death. So
many people have offer their love and compassion and
most of these are total strangers... met over the
Net brought together by our loss and sorrow.
Although our children are gone they certainly have
left us with this unconditional love they taught us
to experience. Now that same
unconditional love is shared with others in need and
in pain...l ike you, me and some many
more. Many thanks for taking the time to
write. I have to go now because I am at
work.. but I will get back to you as soon as
possible. I hope to hear from you
... just a quick note to say
hello. I am thinking of you and
wish you a very prompt recovery.
~ Hugs, Manya
Hello Manya; Nice to hear from
you again. Being busy is good for us - I
am glad your job is keeping you out with others and
busy! ~ Re: your sons'
clothes. I am, even
now, wearing one of Erics' denim
shirts (because of the chill this
morning.) Sometimes I just need
comforting presence of it over the back of my chair
or hanging on the doorknob of my
room. I have given many of his
clothes to those people that chose various
items. His grandfather was the same size
and took many of the shirts and especially cherishes
and always
wears (when it's cold) the green Air Force jacket
which Eric held so dear and loved
wearing. That sort of thing
pleases me.... for I feel fulfilled in a
responsibility (self-appointed) to "adopt
out")" his things where they will be
appreciated most.... My fiance' is also
Erics' size and chose some of his shirts and
the few pieces of jewelry ) tie tack and cuff-links,
he had. He looks great in them
too. ~ For almost two
years, I had his denim pants and shorts and shirts
that we washed `as usual' from his dirty
clothes basket when it arrived home via the friends
who went to the college and cleared his room for me
and brought his things home.... all folded and just
sitting on the cedar chest next to the wall beside
my bed where I could see them and feel a bit of the
presence of their `owner'....
~ I guess it is because he used to plan
his purchases for months each year (on
summer vacation) and then he would order in time for
going back to college... He liked PENNYS' (big man)
catalog (merchandise) because he could read all
about each item and if necessary, check it out
at the Mall store. ~ I also have
one bookcase filled with his books (those latest
acquisitions - not the childrens' books which,
raising three children, left us with most of their
classics as well as the school monthly "book
club" purchases we always made...).
Those books fill an entire wall and part of another
rooms' bookcase (all our rooms have bookcases!
*g* ! ~ Eric loved
Civil War books, poetry and philosophical as well as
literature favorites.... and, a large collection of
Garfield books (he loved that audacious
cat!) ~ Some of his
Star-trek memorabilia/collectibles as well as `The
Jets things' he liked to acquire now and then, and
some other little things, remain `his'... Now and
then a friend comes by to visit and some ask for a
particular book or CD or T-shirt not yet
"adopted"... and I am pleased to see them
leave in caring hands and hearts who love and
remember their good friend, Eric.
~ So, you see... I'm sharing how
`normal' it is to continue to hold on to some of
what remains. It has been 4 years next
Saturday, since Eric graduated this life on his
"Eternal Life Birthday"... but in
the bathroom, his favorite Batman towel still hangs
on his towel-bar... The stick deodorant which I now
and again use, is still not empty!
His favorite glasses (to drink from) - have
graduated to become pencil holders and such around
the house - at least one in every room.... Treasures
to this day, cherished by us because he loved them
above others. I am comfortable with the
memorabilia, memories and comfort I absorb from
doing such things. On the anniversary
of his death - we bake gingerbread and take to
FREESOUL rock and scatter what remains after we have
what we want of it... to let the little critters
help us celebrate the one who by now is a part of
every tree and plant growing there where they have
their little `homes' and habitat in that beautiful
and serene place. This year,
after being there, we (family) are meeting at our
local Outback Steakhouse, (opened only two years
ago)... in honor of how well he loved their
offerings... and we will each be sharing our
favorite memories or anecdotes of Erics' life and
our relationships and experiences with
him.*s* ~ It is comforting to all
of us and we leave with a strengthened sense of what
Eric gave to us and to the world he lived in and of
the `wonderfulness' of his passage to that place we
all look forward to... where we will be reunited and
there will be no more partings and no more tears or
even memories of painful or horrible `former things'
of our mortal existence. ~
This is a rather obsessive month for me... the forth
"countdown" of all the last things
we did and said... but I find that I cry less and
feel more of the genuine gratitude for the reality
and the parting so that he could be
"there". ~ I
hope that I have helped you with this
sharing. ~ Our loss is
painful - but their gain is glorious and peaceful
and if given a choice for him - I would not bring
him back from there... It is a difficult thing to
see prophecy and evil manifestations all around us
and know the weeping and gnashing of teeth to
come... (to those who have not been born
again). It is happening even now around
the world. ~ Our sons
are safe and spared all of that.
~ ~ ~ I am walking unassisted. I no longer use
anything for pain except Jacuzzi baths which are
miraculous in the recovery and in alleviating pain
(even of Arthritis). ~
Once you undergo having your knees replaced -
life changes for the remainder of our time in
this mortal flesh. I am blessed
that I have good
therapists and care aiding in my restoration of
quality of life to an acceptable mobility, toning-up
and strength. Friends and family
support me with their love and presence and special
things we do during this lengthy recovery
period. ~ As for the trials
of life and endurance - I do love that wonderful
quote, "That
which does not destroy us, makes us stronger"
and the similar
spiritual one - "Life
can make you either bitter, or better"
- and YOU get to
choose! ~ Write whenever you
have time or inclination. I hope that
the upcoming holidays will be bearable. I find them,
perhaps because they were the first two right after
Erics' death (Easter and Mothers' Day)... to be
quite melancholic for me... I repeat over an over to
myself - "Rejoice in all those years he was
with you... rather than grieve over those since he
no longer is here in a physical sense.... (but ever
present in spirit soul!).
~ Take care of you, Love and hugs
to a "mourning
sister/mother",
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy,
(Nina)
From: "Manya
Kellou" mkellou@atlastravel.ca
Subject: First spring without Tarik!!
Dear Nina, My thoughts were with you on
Saturday, remembering your darling son
Eric. Hopefully you had a peaceful day,
filled with softness and lots of hugs from your
loved ones and friends. Glad to see that
you are sort of mobile again. Thank you so
much for sharing with me your thoughts about Eric's
belongings.
I can see that all of us heartbroken moms agonize
over the same issues. It is
reassuring that I am not alone. I
have been wearing his jacket since his
death... Canadian Motorcycle Club brand,
and boy do I get questions .
Am I a biker? What is the connection
with his famous club? I answer the
same every time.
It is my son's jacket! Not more, not
less... unless I know the people I don't give out
details. I also wear his denim
shirts and sweatshirts, some of the socks I bought
him from France... Bugs Burnny and Garfield cartoon
characters stiched on th side of the socks...he
loved them. Now I wear
them...although a little too big for my size 7
feet!!!!! Tarik too adored that fat,
lazy cat Garfield. He has all the books,
and when he was little he loved watching it on
TV. He also loved the Simpsons!!!
There are still boxes and boxes of his things in
storage. It might take a few years to
get through them all. I am glad of that,
because it feels like I am releasing a little of him
at a time. *
Nina, this might be the last email for
awhile. Today is my last day of work for
a few months. I decided to take a
medical leave until I feel a little
better. Since I do not have a
computer at home, it might be difficult to
communicate. Should you have the
inclination to write the old fashion way, please do
not hesitate My address is Manya Kellou -
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I will take leave now, with my warmest thoughts
during this yearly painful reminder of your
loss. Many thanks for your kind words
and your strength on which I draw when I feel really
low. May God bless you and your
family. ~ Manya
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From: DiAnn
Warren
warrenwarriors@tds.net
Subject: You Have A Beautiful Site
Just wanted to let you know that you have
brightened my day. I have been feeling so alone and
sad. I decided to check out some inspirational
websites, if I could find one. You
really surprised me! I lost my beloved
husband to cancer 14 weeks and now I find myself a
widow at the age of 39 with 2 small children and
today has been a rough one for some reason, but you
have made me feel so much better. And the wierd
thing is that as i signed on to e-mail this, the
song in the background "Wind Beneath My
Wings" was "our song" so I must thank
you for helping me to realize that I will be O.K.,
and that he is with me in my heart, and that I will
see him again some day. Thank you for helping me
today. God Bless You. ~ DiAnn
Warren
Dear DiAnn; Whenever a visitor
such as you, begins my day with the news that
God has used my loss, pain, and abiding trust and
faith to bless a fellow sojourner - I rejoice again
that He inspired and sustained me to learn,
create and maintain the site. I remember the grief
that separates us from others for a time while we
tend to find the most strength and solace
principally from other grievers. ~ In
the first year we are so sorely challenged in facing
all the "first-times" without our beloved
one.... Certain "special' days are still
challenging for me.... like Erics' earthly birthday
and his Eternal Life birthday.... We celebrate
his life at both times. We take
"birthday" cakes to Freesoul and we eat
some - and most of it is scattered and tucked
into rock crevasses to "share" with those
who live right around that special beloved
place. ~ Remember that God has
especially promised to be with widows and the
fatherless children... He is close by you.... more
so than at any other time.... He even led you to our
site where we could meet and share. I hope that you
will check out the Master Index and explore the
variety of content which grew as I kept going and
enjoying the new means of creativity and sharing
with others. ~ You have
blessed me today. At this time of year,
I seem to go through a "countdown" (I call
it) - and I find myself reviewing through the
memories of the last things we did or said and the
approach of another April first.... This year it
seems incredible that it will be the
fourth! Sometimes it seems longer
- sometimes like just yesterday...
~ Thank you so much for writing to me. I
hope you will remember that I am here and will be
blessed to be of any help to you as you grieve - or
as you celebrate the life, experiences and joy of
the life and the relationship with your husband you
shared as well. *s* It's odd, but it seems that most
"others" begin to be discomforted by after
a while,when we reminisce. Never heed others who
counsel you to "move on" or "let
go". The memories are beautiful and
comforting... Love never dies just because flesh
fails to live... He lives in your heart and in the
hearts of his children... the love you shared will
wrap you in itself and support you in times when you
feel alone without him. ~ Gee,
I - didn't mean to "go on" so here -
but your fresh loss, combined with this years'
"countdown" having already begun.... had
me open to somehow really feel your new pain,
loneliness and loss with you... and I hope that you
will write if you feel lonely or in need.
~ I embrace you with love in Christ and a
sister in mourning, ~ Yours because I'm
His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
The4Lowes@aol.com
Subject: Your site
I came upon your beautiful site while
searching for poetry on abortion.
You
see, I am the Director of a Crisis Pregnancy Center,
and I do a lot of speaking on abortion. I
needed something to add to my speaches, so I
came looking. I was very touched
by your site, and can't wait to come back and
continue looking!
~Sherry, Ohio
Dear Sherry; I, too, am a
supporter of our local Crisis-Intervention
center. Thank you for being a part of
the group effort to save these small souls and help
meet the needs of the parents where they need our
emotional, mental and physical support.
~ You are welcome to use anything you wish to
share or use from the site as
well. Thank you for writing to me,
I am blessed whenever a visitor sends word and
appreciation of our existence. When I first
set the site up when my son, Eric, was killed, it
was to share his writings and the tragic waste of a
life, love and talent which came about due to the
carelessness of a homeowner and building
materials. I told of the accident in
hopes that our sad story would perhaps prevent
another such bizarre accident and save lives
and dreams from being so senselessly shattered and
forfeit. Eric loved to write and I shared his
work so that his fervent desire that his work be
read and known by others would not die with
him. Love and hugs,
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
happycamper31@webtv.net
Subject: PEACE
I just happened upon this website by pure
accident. I'm left with a very warm calm
feeling. May u heal by the warmth of unknown
friends. ~ Thank you for
sharing. Peace, Donna
Dear Donna; Thank you for
writing and letting me know that you were blessed
in your visit. It is very healing and strengthening
for me to hear from visitors and each time, to be
reminded that our God is using even the worst
and most painful of tragedies, (in my own life) -
for good in this world and in His time. You
have
blessed me today in hearing from you. I
hope you may return and visit more of the site
(which is almost 400 pages now!).
Yours because I'm His, Your Gypsy,
(Nina)
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From:
JoeandDawnSweda <sweda1@mail.acninc.net>
Subject: AWSOME WORK!!!!!!!
I just wanted to tell you what an AWSOME site this
is. I have only begun to looking
at a few of the choices and it has already touched
my heart in so many ways..... I've laughed and
cried! What beautiful and
creative work, this is an awsome tribute...
God Bless !! ~
Sincerely~ Dawn Sweda ;-)
Hello Dawn; Please forgive the
length of time before this response to your kind
words. I got very far behind while in the hospital
and then recovering from surgery. Still trying to
keep up with the current mail and doing some of the
backlog each day as well. I'm almost
caught up now. I hope that you continue
to explore and enjoy our cyber-home from time to
time. I haven't been working with new additions yet
this year but soon I will be.
Love and Hugs, Yours because I'm
His, Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From: "austin
shamblin" <austin@icx.net>
Subject: In His Mercy
Meger words of comfort will fall far short in
filling the void left by the passing of your loved
one. Let me, in recognition and deep sensitivity to
your grief, point out that God has given us two
things to help us over these times of
bereavement: First: He gives us time. Time has
a way of bringing healing even if it doesn't bring a
full understanding. As time passes the hurt
decreases. ~ Second: God has
given us himself in the form of his son Jesus who
beckons -- "Come unto me all ye that labor and
are heavy laden and I will give you
rest." ~ My prayer is
that Jesus will wrap his loving arms of comfort,
peace and understanding around your shoulders during
the next few days and weeks of your
loneliness. ~ Austin
Dear Austin; Thank you
for writing to me your spiritual words of comfort
and
uplifting from The Word. You are right. He sustained
me from those first terrible moments when I was told
until now and He will forever continue to support me
as I continue to serve Him until that glad day
and forever of reunion and eternal life
begins. ~ It has been almost four years
now - and still.... I grieve and long
for that reunion with Eric and with our
Father. ~ Please forgive the long delay
in responding - I am only now just "catching
up" with my page mail and updating the
guestbook. I was most of January in the
hospital and rehab-center (a bilateral total knee
replacement surgery). I cannot sit for long yet as
the new knees prefer that I be moving about.... This
too will pass... Thank you again for your message,
Yours because I'm His, ~
Your Gypsy, (Nina)
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From:
Some1Special@webtv.net (Blue Eyes)
Mrs. Baker, I do not know how you
lost your precious child I only know that he is gone
and for that i am truely sorry! I saw
the web page you made and must encourage you to make
many more. It was a blessing
to my eyes. Thanks ~
Some1Special
Hello Some one special; Thank
you for writing to me and extending your condolances.
The whole story of how and when Eric was killed, is
online already.
I don't know which section you read, but also, there
are some hundreds of pages already created - so if
you return, you will find that I have continued
adding pages and cagtegories for four years. I doubt
I will stop as long as I am able to continue, for I
have found much solace and healing in reaching out
to others and in the creativity of webmastering.
~ Currently, I have just returned from a
three week hospital stay after having both knees
totally replaced. It is a long way from here to
productivity at this point - so forgive the untimely
response - I usually reply within a few days.
Yours because I'm His, Your Gysy,
(Nina)
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