Kari planted a seed...
Kari planted a seed, a seed so rare The Charter Ladies tended it with loving care Did you ever imagine just one year ago How your wonderful idea would bloom and grow? When I hear LOTH, it's a joyful sound I know there is always a sister around Someone to listen, someone to care Someone I count on to always be there Someone to laugh with or sometimes share tears And it's only been here one short year! Kari, I wonder, did you know at the start? You created a family in "Ladies of the Heart"   Thank you dear Kari and Charter Members Happy Anniversary Sisters! Sandi/Wren    

 

Some people come into our lives and quietly go. Others stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same.   Author unknown   Kathy/Maeve

     

 To My LOTH Sisters   Like fragrant pretty flowers Your love touched me.. Your kindness has powers To brighten dark hours. Your faith gives me strength Your praises lend a warm glow. Beautiful spirits, tender souls For those in need feeling low.. I look about and this I see A family of LOTH angels Shimmering around me.   Written by Silver/BarbT  Summer 1997 With warm rainbow scented hugs, Silver/BarbT  

   

We have on Earth a special gift; A special gift called Friends. Like scattered seeds amid the wind, True friendship never ends. Like a blanket on a winter's day, Your smile is warm and bright; Sweet words you say to cheer me up They never fail to hold me tight. What can fill these empty arms, When I feel all alone? A hug from you is all I need, It warms me to the bone. When times are rough and life is tough, I always think of you. The comfort that you give to me, Is what they call true blue. The smile you give with lended ear, Is all you need to do, To make my heart sing songs of love, And pass it on to you!   --Blue Wolf, 1997    



  LOTH is  a soft shoulder to lay a sorrow-filled head upon an uplifting, encouraging word when we worry a warm lap to curl up in when we are too weary to continue a strong hand to pull us up when we have fallen a steady pat on the back for a job well-done a brisk "high five" to congratulate our success a happy hug from outstretched arms LOTH is a mother, a sister, a precious daughter Together, we laugh and we love And bring to each other  The BEST that life has to offer   Mary Hansen from the LOTH sisters at Virtual Nurse    




  FOOTPRINTS

One night a man had a dream. He 
dreamed he was walking along the 
beach with the LORD. Across the sky 
flashed scenes from his life. For each 
scene, he noticed two sets of footprints 
in the sand: one belonged to him, and 
the other to the LORD. 
 

When the last scene of his life flashed 
before him, he looked back at the 
footprints in the sand. He noticed that 
many times along the path of his life 
there was only one set of footprints. He 
also noticed that it happened at the very 
lowest and saddest times in his life. 
 

This really bothered him and he 
questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, 
you said that once I decided to follow 
you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I 
have noticed that during the most 
troublesome times in my life, there is 
only one set of footprints. I don't 
understand why, when I needed you 
most you would leave me." 
 

The LORD replied, "My precious, 
precious child, I love you and I would 
never leave you. During your times of 
trial and suffering, when you see only 
one set of footprints, it was then that I 
carried you." 
 

Author: Margaret Fishback Powers 
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