Jim & Gitte Jim is still teaching on the Army Post at Fort Jackson. He is such a wonderful instructor. At the end of every class there are critiques, and the students say it all. Understanding, patients,loyalty duty and selflessness. These are not my words. I am so proud of Jim. Jim is also our Instructor of the Quarter, for the 2nd Quarter. He is also in the running for Instructor of the Year @ Fort Jackson. I am at home taking care of our family and pets. We have 3 Sons, Martin, Jeffrey and our wonderful adopted son Jamie. Martin and Jeffrey are both here in Columbia and working hard. Jamie is in Mannheim Germany. Jamie got married to a wonderful girl also from Alabama, and yes, they are expecting soon. This will make it the second child. Vanessa is such a sweet girl she is 6 years old. . Jim & I wish we could be with them in Germany. Such a wonderful City and Country. Jamie & Sheri just love it there. We are so proud of our children. We have 2 pets, 1 Peek-A-Poo (Dog)(Just promoted by our Veterinarian to Staff Sergeant)SSG Pepper 16 years old. Our Cat is Miss Jingles (Missy Prissy) is now 2 years old years old. She is a black longhair persian. Great pets!! Jim & I both love working on the computer, and discover new and beautyful things. We hope you all will like our pages. Please comment if you like, we still love to hear from you!

Growing into A Beautiful Butterfly! Hello Everyone,we have been trying to work on our own personal webpage for 2 Year now. Several friends became great webmasters. We learned a lot from the other webpages all around the net. Our favorites are still inspitational poems, Lovely angels,firefighters, inspirational pictures, and clean and funny jokes. Let's not forget we love cats & dogs too. ************************************************************ I received this story from my Rheumatologist, Dr. J. Fant, as an advice about a worry with one of our children, it really helped me make the right decision. A Butterfly A man found a cocoon for a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. Something was strange. The butterfly had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never able to fly. What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand, was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the smallopening of the cocoon are God`s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go throughall our life without any obstacles, that would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Not only that, we could never fly. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ A Little Angel Love If we have faith and love That we are in God's care, Then we can believe His angels Are with us everywhere. Guardian angels have been sent To protect us from any harm, And to teach us about love and peace, And keep our spirits calm. You're so very special to me Each and every day, That I asked the angels to bring A little more love your way. Author Unknown Have A Blessed Day! www.Spiritsup.Com ******************************

La, la, la,la, I Love to Sing! What a Lovely Poem! Where There Is Love Where there is love the heart is light, Where there is love the day is bright, Where there is love there is a song To help when things are going wrong. Where there is love there is a smile To make all things seem more worthwhile, Where there is love there's a quiet peace, A tranquil place where turmoils cease. Love changes darkness into light And makes the heart take wingless flight. Helen Steiner Rice ****************************** ****************************** Prayer for Parents Dear Heavenly Father, Make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to them and contradicting them. Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me. Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children and to ask them forgiveness when I know that I have done them wrong. Grant that I may never vainly hurt the feelings of my children. Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule as punishment. Let me not tempt my child to lie or steal. So guide me hour by hour that I might demonstrate by all I say and do that honestly produces happiness. Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me. May I cease to nag, and when I am out of sorts, help me O Lord, to hold my tongue. Blind me to the little errors of my children, and help me to see the good things they do. Give me a ready word to honest praise. Help me to grow up with my children, to treat them as those of their own age, but let me not expect of them the judgements and conventions of adults. Allow me not to rob them of the opportunity to learn for themselves, to think, to choose and to make decisions. Forbid that I should ever punish them for my selfish satisfaction. May I grant them all their wishes that are reasonable, And may I have the courage always to withhold a privilege which I know will do them harm. Make me fair and just, and considerate and companionable to my children that they will have a genuine esteem for me. Make me fit to be loved and imitated by my children. One of my husbands students sent this beautiful prayer to him. I thought you would love to read it. God Bless! Amen. ************************************************************ This Inspiration a Friend sent to us. It fit so well for todays world. Rules for Being Human You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "Life on Planet Earth." There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. "Failures" are as much a part of the process as "success." A lesson is repeated until learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it -- then you can go on to the next lesson. If you don't learn easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the universe gets your attention. You will know you've learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing. "There" is not a better place than "here." When your "there" becomes a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that again looks better than "here." Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself. Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life -- or someone else will. You always get what you want. Your subconscious rightfully determines what energies, experiences, and people you attract -- therefore, the only foolproof way to know what you want is to see what you have. There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn't help. Judgments only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best. Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts, where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more than you have heard or read or been told. All you need to do is to look, listen, and trust. You will forget all this. You can remember any time you wish. ************************************************************ Talk Awhile Hello God, I called tonight To talk a little while I need a friend who'll listen To my anxiety and trial. You see, I can't quite make it Through a day just on my own... I need your love to guide me, So I'll never feel alone. I want to ask you please to keep, My family safe and sound. Come and fill their lives with confidence For whatever fate they're bound. Give me faith, dear God, to face Each hour throughout the day, And not to worry over things I can't change in any way. I thank you God, for being home And listening to my call, For giving me such good advice When I stumble and fall. Your number, God, is the only one That answers every time. I never get a busy signal, Never had to pay a dime. So thank you, God, for listening To my troubles and my sorrow. Good night, God, I love You, too, And I'll call again tomorrow! Try to pray, it will do wonders! ************************************************************ ****************************** We made up these little survival kits for a ladies meeting at our church. Items Needed: Toothpick, Rubber Band, Band Aid, Pencil, Eraser, Chewing Gum, Mint, Candy Kiss Tea Bag, Why??? 1) TOOTHPICK - to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others 2) RUBBER BAND - to remind you to be flexible, might not always go the way you want but it work out. 3) BAND AID - to remind you to heal hurt feelings, or someone else's. A verbal wound is as bad a physical one. 4) PENCIL - to remind you to list your blessing everyday. 5) ERASER - To remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and its OK. 6) CHEWING GUM - to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish anything. 7) MINT - to remind you that you are worth a mint 8) CANDY KISS - to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or a hug everyday. 9) TEA BAG - to remind you to relax daily and reflect on all the positive things in your life.