My county is involved in a debate over whether or not it should remain a dry county. No matter what your position is, watch the following video. Warning: graphic images.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
I Have Had It
Okay, once and for all, I'm TIRED!!!
I have had it with sickness in my family and with myself.
I have had it with people being mad at me because of my job as an editor and reporter at a newspaper!
I have had it because people don't like the editorial stance that I have taken against a liquor referendum!
I have had it with people calling me names behind my back!
I have had it with people calling me names to my face but, at least, they have the guts to call me those names to my face!
I have had it with people calling me at home on my own time to complain!
I have had it with people calling me at work to complain!
I have had it with people who think they know it all!
I have had it with people who act like they know nothing!
I have had it with being sick!
I have had it with being tired!
I have had it with being sick and tired!
I have had it with having to miss work and lose money because of it! I get paid by the hour and if I don't work, I don't get paid. I will have to miss at least parts of five days on my next pay period!
I have had it with not making any more than I do!
I have had it with not having any money!
I have had it with sickness in my family and with myself.
I have had it with people being mad at me because of my job as an editor and reporter at a newspaper!
I have had it because people don't like the editorial stance that I have taken against a liquor referendum!
I have had it with people calling me names behind my back!
I have had it with people calling me names to my face but, at least, they have the guts to call me those names to my face!
I have had it with people calling me at home on my own time to complain!
I have had it with people calling me at work to complain!
I have had it with people who think they know it all!
I have had it with people who act like they know nothing!
I have had it with being sick!
I have had it with being tired!
I have had it with being sick and tired!
I have had it with having to miss work and lose money because of it! I get paid by the hour and if I don't work, I don't get paid. I will have to miss at least parts of five days on my next pay period!
I have had it with not making any more than I do!
I have had it with not having any money!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Mortality
Mortality
As a senior in high school, I was shocked when an underclassman was killed while driving to school.
I was not the only one shocked. The whole school was stunned. We were faced with our own mortality.
I imagine the students at Suwannee High School in neighboring Live Oak felt much of the same shock that my schoolmates and I felt so many years ago.
His name was Chris. I first met Chris when he attended the homecoming at my church last October. He came because his then-girlfriend, Mary Pate, invited him.
From all accounts, from Mary, her parents and Chris’s house parents, he was a super nice guy who never got into trouble despite being a resident at the Florida Sheriff’s Boys Ranch.
Chris was 17 and, like most 17-year-olds, Chris liked to play and, occasionally, show off; after all, he was a teenager.
Chris was doing backflips off the bridge at Suwannee Springs on Friday afternoon, having a friend videotape him with the friend’s digital camera. One of the flips went wrong and Chris drowned.
A memorial service will be held for Chris on Sunday, August 24, at 2 p.m. in the chapel at the Boys Ranch, located at 1813 Cecil Webb Place, in Live Oak.
I know that Mary and her parents were shaken by Chris’s death. I am also sure that Chris’s own family and his fellow students at the Boys Ranch are also hurt. I can tell them that time will help, but it doesn’t necessarily heal. The best thing to do is to remember the good times shared with Chris.
For those who have been struck by the fact that they are mortal, I encourage them to embrace the mortality and, for those who haven’t accepted Christ, to give their hearts to Jesus Christ, who will grant them eternal life in Heaven with Him.
As a senior in high school, I was shocked when an underclassman was killed while driving to school.
I was not the only one shocked. The whole school was stunned. We were faced with our own mortality.
I imagine the students at Suwannee High School in neighboring Live Oak felt much of the same shock that my schoolmates and I felt so many years ago.
His name was Chris. I first met Chris when he attended the homecoming at my church last October. He came because his then-girlfriend, Mary Pate, invited him.
From all accounts, from Mary, her parents and Chris’s house parents, he was a super nice guy who never got into trouble despite being a resident at the Florida Sheriff’s Boys Ranch.
Chris was 17 and, like most 17-year-olds, Chris liked to play and, occasionally, show off; after all, he was a teenager.
Chris was doing backflips off the bridge at Suwannee Springs on Friday afternoon, having a friend videotape him with the friend’s digital camera. One of the flips went wrong and Chris drowned.
A memorial service will be held for Chris on Sunday, August 24, at 2 p.m. in the chapel at the Boys Ranch, located at 1813 Cecil Webb Place, in Live Oak.
I know that Mary and her parents were shaken by Chris’s death. I am also sure that Chris’s own family and his fellow students at the Boys Ranch are also hurt. I can tell them that time will help, but it doesn’t necessarily heal. The best thing to do is to remember the good times shared with Chris.
For those who have been struck by the fact that they are mortal, I encourage them to embrace the mortality and, for those who haven’t accepted Christ, to give their hearts to Jesus Christ, who will grant them eternal life in Heaven with Him.
Labor Day Birthday
When Monday comes, I will be another year older -- Monday night to be more precise, at approximately 9 p.m. Monday will also be Labor Day.
I was born the day before Labor Day, but my mama said that I was born on “labor day.”
I have labored throughout my life. I have worked. I have attended school and college. I have been labored for myself and for others. There are many jobs that I enjoy doing, others I hate doing.
The one thing that I will always love doing, no matter how hard it might be and no matter how much I might seem to hate it at times, is helping my family.
My family needs me and I need them. My father needs me. My brother Danny needs me. My sister Abbie needs me.
Daddy just suffered a broken hip but he does all that he can. Danny has lost all his vision in one eye and has problems with his feet due to his diabetes, yet he works a full-time job and helps around the house, cooking and cleaning. Abbie is mentally challenged, yet she is there to lift our spirits. I have had my own health problems, but I go. I work a full-time job. I get Danny to the eye doctor and to work. I get Daddy to the doctor. When he was doing physical therapy, I visited him every single day. When he was in Gainesville, I visited him almost every day.
I don’t believe that it’s just enough to say that you love someone. I believe that your actions have to back it up. My family and I show our love for each other through our actions.
I was born the day before Labor Day, but my mama said that I was born on “labor day.”
I have labored throughout my life. I have worked. I have attended school and college. I have been labored for myself and for others. There are many jobs that I enjoy doing, others I hate doing.
The one thing that I will always love doing, no matter how hard it might be and no matter how much I might seem to hate it at times, is helping my family.
My family needs me and I need them. My father needs me. My brother Danny needs me. My sister Abbie needs me.
Daddy just suffered a broken hip but he does all that he can. Danny has lost all his vision in one eye and has problems with his feet due to his diabetes, yet he works a full-time job and helps around the house, cooking and cleaning. Abbie is mentally challenged, yet she is there to lift our spirits. I have had my own health problems, but I go. I work a full-time job. I get Danny to the eye doctor and to work. I get Daddy to the doctor. When he was doing physical therapy, I visited him every single day. When he was in Gainesville, I visited him almost every day.
I don’t believe that it’s just enough to say that you love someone. I believe that your actions have to back it up. My family and I show our love for each other through our actions.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sorry I Haven't Posted Lately
Danny's eye is improving. He has gone back and forth to Tallahasse every week since I last posted. He saw Dr. Ford's partner, Dr. Kenneth Kato, last Thursday. Dr. Kato said there is no infection left in the eye and that he could have the stitches, which have the eye sewed almost completely shut, taken out this Thursday by Dr. Ford.
My cardiologist appointment went well. The only problem is a left bundle branch block.
Thank you all for your prayers.
My cardiologist appointment went well. The only problem is a left bundle branch block.
Thank you all for your prayers.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Latest Update on Danny's Eye
Dr. Ford told Danny yesterday afternoon (Friday) that he could lose his eye, which will have to be replaced with a prosthesis (glass eye). Danny has lost all vision in the left eye. I still believe that God can and does perform miracles and, if it is His will, He will in this case also. Danny has to go back to Dr. Ford Tuesday morning.
I have an appointment to go to a cardiologist in Gainesville on Wednesday. I hate to keep having to miss work, but Danny is my brother and I have to take care of my health, too, in order to be able to help other family members.
I did get a bit of good news today. My nephew, Ryan, went for an interview at FAMU with the baseball coach there. He said that he will find out Thursday if they offer him a scholarship to the college.
Please continue to remember my whole family in your prayers.
I have an appointment to go to a cardiologist in Gainesville on Wednesday. I hate to keep having to miss work, but Danny is my brother and I have to take care of my health, too, in order to be able to help other family members.
I did get a bit of good news today. My nephew, Ryan, went for an interview at FAMU with the baseball coach there. He said that he will find out Thursday if they offer him a scholarship to the college.
Please continue to remember my whole family in your prayers.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Why?
I haven't written much lately. I have been posting videos on here. I have a site entitled www.leefloridatv.com that I am trying to get up and running. Go there and visit if you have a chance.
Today, I carried my brother Danny to his ophthalmologist Dr. Jerry Ford in Tallahassee. Dr. Ford sent him to another eye doctor (Dr. Logan Brooks) who discovered that Danny has a severe form of glaucoma. Danny has a better chance of losing his left eye than they do of saving it. Dr. Brooks said that prayer would be the key to saving Danny's eye. Danny has to go back to Dr. Ford tomorrow for a follow-up.
Everything seems to keep happening to my family. I had emergency stomach surgery in March and then threw two blood clots which almost killed me because they got in my lungs. Daddy broke his hip last October. My sister, Abbie, has her own medical problems. But still I believe that God is good and that He will sustain us.
The health problems have been bad and the money situation has been very bleak. I have had to miss work with my health problems and also to help carry Danny to Tallahassee, as well as take Daddy back and forth to the VA Medical Clinic in Lake City. If I don't work, I don't get paid. Still, I know that God is good and He will help us.
I'm exhausted. Everyone in the family is exhausted. Still, I know that God will give us eagles' wings to help us.
God will be there. Please remember my family in your prayers.
Today, I carried my brother Danny to his ophthalmologist Dr. Jerry Ford in Tallahassee. Dr. Ford sent him to another eye doctor (Dr. Logan Brooks) who discovered that Danny has a severe form of glaucoma. Danny has a better chance of losing his left eye than they do of saving it. Dr. Brooks said that prayer would be the key to saving Danny's eye. Danny has to go back to Dr. Ford tomorrow for a follow-up.
Everything seems to keep happening to my family. I had emergency stomach surgery in March and then threw two blood clots which almost killed me because they got in my lungs. Daddy broke his hip last October. My sister, Abbie, has her own medical problems. But still I believe that God is good and that He will sustain us.
The health problems have been bad and the money situation has been very bleak. I have had to miss work with my health problems and also to help carry Danny to Tallahassee, as well as take Daddy back and forth to the VA Medical Clinic in Lake City. If I don't work, I don't get paid. Still, I know that God is good and He will help us.
I'm exhausted. Everyone in the family is exhausted. Still, I know that God will give us eagles' wings to help us.
God will be there. Please remember my family in your prayers.
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