On April 30 a bunch of us attended The Little Lighthouse Garden Party. It's an annual event to raise money for the school which is for children with disabilities. It's a wonderful place and the event is always so touching. We always go away from it teary eyed. The kids learn so much that they can't get anywhere else in the Tulsa area. We first learned about it when our own little grandson Timothy was diagnosed as blind when he was an infant. WELL...miracles later...Timothy sees well enough now to attend a regular school. And I just want to jump up and down and try to help the others who can't see, walk, comprehend, etc.
Anyway, this is my 5th year to make a quilt for the silent auction. Calista helped me this year and last year. The first one was a group effort with my stitch group.
Here's the quilt. And it was bought by good friend Crystal Grantham. Here she is with her lovely daughters, Katherine and Julia.
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| Did I mention that this is a fancy affair with hats and dresses? |
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Here's the group that sat at my table, thanks to the generosity of my husband. Included are his secretary Melissa , his former secretary Annette and another lady from his work, Jessica; my two daughers, Calista and Andrea; my bff Leslie;
and Crystal, Katherine and Julia. We had a wonderful brunch and a great time. Lots of money was raised for The Little Lighthouse. Notice some of us have stuffed animals. Another part of the fund raiser. |
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| While my hat is not as elaborate as Leslie's and Calista's I DO have my grandmother's brooch pinned in it! |
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| Calista won the prize (potted plant) for the most creative hat. She crocheted all the roses. I was impressed since there were hundreds and hundreds of people there. |
I must end with the best part of the party. Someone had donated a play house for the live auction. It was huge. Something you would put in your back yard for your granddaughters (if you had any--I'm just sayin') Tall enough for adults to stand up in. It was pink with gingerbread decorations and copper on the roof. It was no ordinary play house. The value was placed at $10,000 and the crowd went wild when it was sold for $30,000! I've never seen anything like it....until....a few minutes later it was announced that the person holding the winning bid had donated the house back to The Little Lighthouse for the kids!!!! Then the crowd really went wild! Imagine...in these tough economic times....there are still people out there doing great things for those who are disadvantaged! What a blessing!
2 comments:
Oh, what a great post. Your quilt is lovely -- and such a great cause. And the donated playhouse just makes me smile.
The gods tempt people for which they are most weak. Artificial Intelligence will create desire in people's minds for the following sins:::
1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Preditory "earning"
4. Homosexuality
5. Gambling
6. Something for nothing/irresponsibility (xtianity)
7. Polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny (Islam)
Much like the other prophets Mohhamed (polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny) and Jesus (forgiveness/savior), the gods use me for temptation as well. In today's modern society they feel people are most weak for popular culture/sensationalism, and the clues date back to WorldWarII and Unit731:TSUSHOGO::The Chinese Holocaust.
It has been discussed that, similar to the Matrix concept, the gods will offer a REAL "Second Coming of Christ", while the "fake" Second Coming will come at the end and follow New Testiment scripture and their xtian positioning. I may be that real Second Coming.
What I teach is the god's true way. It is what is expected of people, and only those who follow this truth will be eligible to ascend into heaven as children in a future life. They offered this event because the masses have just enough time to work on and fix their relationship with the gods and ascend, to move and grow past Planet Earth, before the obligatory xtian "consolation prize" of "1000 years with Jesus on Earth" begins.
Your job as a future mother is to learn the god's ways and to help your child understand despite the negative reinforcement and conditioning of today's society. Without consciousous parents the child will have no hope, and may even exaserbate their disfavor by becoming corrupted in today's environment.
Your ultimate goal is to fix your relationship wiith the gods and move on. You don't want to be comfortable here, and the changes in Western society in the last 100 years has achieved just that.
1000 years with Jesus is the consolation prize. Don't be deceived into thinking that is the goal.
The Prince of Darkness, battling the gods over the souls of the Damned.
It is the gods who have created this environment and led people into Damnation with temptation. The god's positioning proves they work to prevent people's understanding.
How often is xtian dogma wrong? Expect it is about the Lucifer issue as well.
The fallen god, fighting for justice for the disfavored, banished to Earth as the fallen angel?
I believe much as the Noah's Flood event, the end of the world will be initiated by revelry among the people. Revelry will be positioned to be sanctioned by the gods and led for "1000 years with Jesus on Earth".
In light of modern developments this can entail many pleasures:::Medicine "cures" aging, the "manufacture" of incredible beauty via cloning as sex slaves, free (synthetic) cocaine, etc.
Somewhere during the 1000 years the party will start to "die off", literally. Only those who maintain chaste, pure lifestyles will survive the 1000 years. They will be the candidates used to (re)colonize (the next) Planet Earth, condemned to relive the misery experienced by the peasantry during Planet Earth's history.
If this concept of Lucifer is true another role of this individual may be to initiate disfavor and temptation among this new population, the proverbial "apple" of this Garden of Eden. A crucial element in the history of any planet, he begins the process of deterioration and decay that leads civilizations to where Planet Earth remains today.
Only children go to heaven. By the time you hit puberty it is too late. This is charecteristic of the gods:::Once you realize what you have lost it is too late.
Now you are faced with a lifetime to work to prepare for your next chance. Too many will waste this time, getting stoned, "Hiking!", working, etc.
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