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A Miracle (A post to my own challange)
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A Miracle (A post to my own challange) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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 A MiracleI held a miracle in my hands, and watched as life began. My lungs cried for air as I waited for you to take your first breath. My ears listened and my heart rejoiced as you took that first cry. My eyes beheld frailty and shed tears of joy as your tiny eyes opened, to see me, for the first time. My hands shook as your tiny hand reached to clasp my finger. And in my hands, in the miracle of your birth... I held love. "I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me , this has always been enough." ~Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook [This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (edited 01-02-2000).] |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Oh, Ruth. The picture compliments the poem so well. They both speak to my heart. I have tears running down my face right now. Absolutely beautiful! It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
So precious, Ruth. Definitely a picture of a thousand words. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Well damn this one makes me misty-eyed Ruth. I have witnessed this miracle 4 times and each time it has proven to me that miracles DO happen! Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© ------------------------------------------------------- "Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change..." Count Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (Marquis de Sade) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Beautiful, Ruth! I side with everything in life is a miracle! And birth is at the top of the list! I love the picture! Denise |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
The birth still fresh in my mind, this poem says it all So beautiful, Ruth Liz |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
My my Ruth.....your a Atom bomb...Just wnen I think you have reached your top....you blow it all away and rape my landcape clean and I find my self standing there wondering where it all went again. They say the after shock is the most powerful....so I can't wait for that....Until then I will know better and keep my head down as you get better and better  Being in love with someone is more than just saying "I love you" |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Tara, Dream, Elizabeth, Denise & Balladeer...thank you all. I absolutely loved the picture and thought if nothing else, it needed to be shared David...that's quite a compliment...not sure if I'm deserving of it or not, but thank you |
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Tamera Member
since 1999-12-28
Posts 121 |
Hoot, What a picture! And your poem is yet another amazing piece of work! Yes, I have tears, again! Tamera |
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jaxjoy Member
since 1999-12-14
Posts 112Texas |
Beautiful piece. I especially liked the lines: My eyes beheld frailty and shed tears of joy as your tiny eyes opened, to see me, for the first time |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you Tamera and jaxjoy |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Hoot:...Hmmmm, what can I say apart from both the picture, your words put together with the images in my mind, made me cry.. HUSG Don't ask me where I'm going, just listen when I'm gone and far away you'll hear me singing softly to the dawn. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thanks RG ...sorry, didn't mean to make you cry  |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Ruth, this is beautiful, broought tears to my eyes. What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
You have a brilliant mind Hoot and great poem! Nathan |
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moonmoon Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 277TX , USA |
Gosh, I am so glad I didnt miss this one. The picture and the poem compliment each other so well. And what a great job you have done in tugging at our heart strings..!!! ***BRAVO*** girlfriend.. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
DA, NateDog and Moonmoon....thank you |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Well, it doesn't get much better than this Ruth... Breathtakingly beautiful.. I especially like the lines "My lungs cried for air as I waited for you to take your first breathe." and "And in my hands,in the miracle of your birth....I held love." A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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Bojopy Member
since 2000-01-03
Posts 391 |
I was not sure I should even read this one....... Thank God I did it was a complete masterpiece!!!!! Is there other pictures on here to write about?? |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Beautiful Ruth! In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Bijopy...thank you...and in answer to your question....there are lots of challanges to write about under poetry challange Pepper....you're a dear, thank you Martie...thanks |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Wow Ruth, this is stunning in its simple grace and love. Beautiful I think your poems should adorn the walls of where you work - what d'ya reckon? K'...I want to be free - free to know people and their backgrounds - free to move to different parts of the world...' Sylvia Plath |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Severn, I am seriously considering it with this one...thanks for the idea |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Ruth, geez ok just make my reply to the challenge look horrid =o) But then again, tis a whole different image portrayed in my mind. Quite a beautiful poem about a wonderous thing such as a miracle!! *clap clap clap* Brought tears to my eyes as well! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ |
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manalive325 Junior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 21 |
Ruth, wow, as you can see by all the replies, this one struck a real chord. I'm glad I came back and found it. Being in healthcare like you, I have seen and experienced this in many forms. But, you have a way of bringing it to the moment. Thanks |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Echo...thank you so much Manalive...yes, I understand how differently it is to see haelthcare from another side. Thanks for your kind reply |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Tis picture and poem hit me square between the eyes. Dont' get me wrong. It's okay. My twin babies, born on September 25, 1970, looked so much like this tiny one. Neither of my babies lived long on this earth. But I always have joy, mingled with the pain, when I see pictures that remind me of them! Thank you for the picture, and the poem, both! One of my babies was born alive, (Aimee Cosette) one was born still, (Patrick Joel). I loved them dearly, and love them still. If they were born today, chances are, they might have lived. But life is like that. Then, many years later, came other losses ... ...Living is ever like crossing rivers; finding a new life on each shore ... RJG |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Rosemary, I am so sorry for your loss. Have seen many parents dreams shattered in a heartbeat and it doesn't get any easier the more I see. May God bless you and keep their memories dear to you. Hugs Ruth |
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