Sometimes
'thank you' just isn't enough
By
DAVID EPPS
Pastor
There are times
that a simple "thank you" is terribly insufficient. In most
cases, the passage of time is necessary for a person to truly understand
what sacrifices some people have made on his or her behalf. For example,
when my father had to work several jobs, my grandfather, my mother's
stepfather, stepped in to take up the slack. Hardly a weekend passed
by that he didn't take me fishing at Warrior's Path State Park or at
Boone Dam or at some other eastern Tennessee lake. It wasn't until he
was gone and I had sons of my own that I began to understand how he
had extended himself to me. I thanked him each time he took me fishing,
or digging for worms, or puttering in the woods-but the thanks were
never enough.
It
was a Thanksgiving that almost wasn't, thanks to a special knife
By
Rick Ryckeley
Fayette County Fire & Emergency Services
The early morning
sun came through the bedroom window blinds, warming my face. A slight
breeze slipped past the cracked window and tickled my neck, trying to
awaken me. Turning over to avoid the light I glanced at the clock. "That's
strange," I thought. "Its eight-thirty I'm gonna be
late for school."
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