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This first issue for June of the Global Express we're focusing on
 Folks have looked about in their corner of the globe to let us know what local legend what their claim to fame is.
There are pictures & quotes relating to legends; as well, on the Laughter page I found some humour about the stuff legends are made of.
On the Pictures page I've featured some videos about three famous legends, and finally on the Last Page, I included a definition (according to Wikipedia) of legends.
Hope you enjoy.
On a personal note, I am moving on June 5th, and I will be without interenet for a few days, therefore, there will be no Global Express for June 8th. But I promise a bigger & better issue for the following week.
Anyone whos still has my sympatico addy, please remove it as that account will be closed.
Bye for now, see you in two weeks.
I have to be honest, since my husband dropped the bombshell a few weeks ago, that he wanted to separate, I've been operating in a fog.
When I'm not packing I come on the computer to work on the newsletter, or just plain surf the net. anthing to stop myself from thinking.
So truthfully I haven't been readin many of the posts on the Google Board. However, when Cindy's post, a response to Lizzie, was brought to my attention, it certainly gave me food for thought. And when Sharon suggested that Cindy be this week's Good Global Citizen, I heartily agreed.
I just want to say, Cindy, your message touched me deeply, and will help me make my journey into the next phase of my life, just a little easier.
Thank you.
For those who haven't read it, here it is.
Lizzie,
I've been where you are. I know what a lonely place it is to be. But you have to know it will pass.
Within a 10 year period I lost my mother in law, (whom I was very close too). She had many things wrong with her and I had been taking care of her.
Then I lost my Dad, (whom I adored) to lung cancer. A very tough one for me!
The next year in Jan. my house burned flat to the ground! We lost EVERYTHING!! Thank God everyone was safe though! It was tramatic!
Then I lost my father in law after a long battle with stomach cancer and many hospital stays.
Then I lost my husband of 31 years. He was in and out of hospitals for pretty much the ten years previous to his death, between his heart problems and then he developed Multiple Myeloma. There is no cure for it, but we battled with chemo and radiation till he couldn't stand it any more. It was the hardest thing I've ever gone through. He was my rock and my first love, the father of my children and a wonderful man!
I was working nights at a local nursing home. My youngest son was still home and cared for his dad at night. I worked 11-7 and would come home and take him to Worcester about 50 miles away for his treatments. We'd get home in the afternoon and I'd get a couple of hours sleep and get up and get him his supper. Then I'd get him to bed and grab a couple of more hours and then off to work again. When I look back I don't know how I did it, but I was determined to take care of him myself.
I had been in love with that man since I was 11 years old and it was the most horrible loss of my life!
My youngest son moved out. I told him to get on with his life. He'd given up enough for us. He's a wonderful kid!
My second oldest son and his wife and 3 kids moved in after a while. It helped us all.
It was like I was walking around, but not feeling anything. I forced myself to every day get out of bed & get dressed. I told myself that I had to live! I couldn't die with him so I had to put one foot in front of the other, because I didn't like this lonely feeling of such heaviness. It was like trying to walk with a big weight on me.
It took me over 2 years of praying and deciding DAILY that I was going to go on, before I started to come out of it.
I finally decided I didn't want to be alone forever. I needed to interact with people my own age etc. I eventually started seeing an old friend and we even got to the point where he had bought a house and we were fixing it up and were in the process of moving in. He said good bye one morning and went off to work and when he was late coming home, I got worried. His brother showed up and announced to me he was dead!!!
What a nightmare! He'd had a heart attack and they'd taken him to the hospital where he died!
It was like I was in a dream! I could not believe this was happening!
I won't go on about the details, but I'm here to tell you that I MADE IT!!! It was very rough and I've barely scrapped the surface,but I MADE IT!!!!
Eventually I pulled myself up from that and decided to try to meet someone new. I went online and met my now husband of 3 1/2 years, Vern.
I'm really making a long story short, but my point is, Happiness is a decission! You have to decide to force yourself to take each day a step at a time. Look for any good thing in your life. I used to go outside and just listen to the birds and look at the sky and my flower gardens etc. Be grateful I could hear and see and walk. Anything I could to be aware of the life I still had left in me.
It's ok to cry and get it out, but also remember the good things about those you've lost and what kind of a person you've become because you've had them in your life. Be thankful for what they've given you and who you are because of the love they've given you and allowed you to give them.
The things we go through make us who we are. We get to choose whether we use them to grow and go forward or not.
I will be praying that God will show you the way. He did me. Allow Him to work in your life. I am in one of the most peaceful and happiest places I've ever been in my life right now. When I look back I can see how what I've been through has formed me into the person I am today. And although I wouldn't have planned my life that way, I'm actually grateful for every bit of it!
I just lost my Mum in Jan. She was visiting my sister in N.C.. She had appeared in good health. She went to bed and thought she had an upset stomach. She had a heart attack and died in her sleep. That was a big shock! I am now the oldest living member in our family. Loosing my Mum has hit me hard. This coming Fri. is her burial and I'm not looking forward to this! We had her funeral in Jan., and of course they couldn't bury her then. She is in N. H., which was her home state and there was major flooding this spring, so they are just getting around to the burial now.
One thing I do know is that after surgeries depression is a factor you must deal with. I had both my knees replaced 5 years ago and I went through a real bout with depression then. We were in Alaska at the time and I felt very alienated from my family! I cried constantly! Vern finally said "We're going home!" He is such an
understanding man!
I'm now facing a hip replacement surgery hopefully in August. I'm in major pain all the time and I'm really sick of having to deal, once again, with the affects of pain killing drugs. My husband finally got a job with a decent insurance plan and it should cover my surgery by then. So I'm trying to live with the pain till then. I can't walk much and have to use a cane all the time, and I don't get much sleep.
Today is a beautiful day though and I'm listening to the birds singing outside and smelling my beautiful lilacs as the wind blows the fragrance into my home & I think how blessed I am!
I am reminded how in the Bible it asks why do we question that God can take care of us when he takes such good care of the sparrows. He has always taken good care of me in spite of me! I know I haven't always made it easy for Him to do!  Please know that in this group we will all be praying for you! Everyone has had their problems here and we all care about each other. We're glad to have you on board. 
Remember  And So Do I!
Without firther adieu, please join Sharon & I in congratulating our newest recipient of the Good Global Citizen Award.
Conratulations Cindy!!!
Good Global Citizens Awards Recipients
Kin-Z Francis Nov 10/06
Pami DeFraiaNov 17/06
Jeanette Lane Nov 24/06
Norma Wilcox Dec 15/06
Jami Erikson Dec 22/06
Diane & Elaine Cairns Jan 15/07
Emma Murray Jan 26/07
Charla Linder/Simmons February 2/07
Kirk Feb 9/7
Daphne Lunda Feb 23/07
Jan Brine March 9/07
Ruth Hokanson March 16/07
Carol Foster March 30/07
Sharon Greene April 6/07
Pat MacMicken April13/07
Wanda Harvell DeeSkye ( Deanna Zimmer ) April 20/07
Barb MacArthur. May 25/07
Cindy Lussier June 01/07
“As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, all my dreams, come back to me.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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