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Desiderata

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

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The Alley Dog

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Thus began a friendship that would lead us through some pretty good and pretty bad times. Homeward bound for boy and dog. As timeless a picture of Americana as there ever was. Friends for life. The Young Family Genealogy Archive. Twelve Generations of Youngs. This Page Last Updated: 15 October, 2013. Contact Joe M. Young.

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In God We (Still) Trust

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Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. In God We (Still) Trust. September 29, 2003. I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. But what about the atheists?

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The Good Soldier

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We stood on the grass freezing in the late December afternoon as the six soldiers placed the casket on a lowering mechanism then stood down some yards away. The scene was very dignified. Six comrades of the fallen hero standing rigidly as silhouettes against a beautiful pink, orange and blue dusk sky. That soldier was and is a hero in every sense of the word. My family and I will always be so proud to know that he was one of us. He was and still is the pride of our family. Here's to our hero,...The best ...

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My Friend John Lemon

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John and I had been friends for 29 years having met when I went to work at Phil Long Ford (Now Tuttle Click Ford) in the Irvine Auto Center. John was born and raised in London, Ontario, Canada in September 1943. One of four children, John spent his youth growing up in an environment that most can only wish they had had. His father was a family man, owned and worked their farm and held down a custodian job at the school district. His mother was a homemaker who watched over the four children. Several of Fo...

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I Love You The Bluest by Amanda Lemon

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I Love You The Bluest. I love you more than the blue sky on a sunny day. I love you like I love the nice ocean with a quiet wind. I love you like a Bluejay on a cold winter day. I love you with the feeling of a big hug. I love you with the feeling of the tickle on my foot when I. Awake in the blue, crisp morning. I love you with feelings of the blue twilight in midnight sky. I love you the bluest. The Young Family Genealogy Archive. Twelve Generations of Youngs. This Page Last Updated: 15 October, 2013.

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Golfball Field

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I was so worried about not being a good father to Nick because I never played sports or any of the things most other boys' dads do. But it turned out okay because Nick and I just loved hanging out being us. Like he used to say all the time, Best buddies together forever right dad? Right you are Nick. The Young Family Genealogy Archive. Twelve Generations of Youngs. This Page Last Updated: 15 October, 2013. Contact Joe M. Young.

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What Happened to Jose?

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We all knew there had to be more to the story because it had been very mild weather out in the desert that weekend. No colder than about mid-fifties in the night and eighties during the day. Not enough for someone to die from exposure. What Happened To Jose? At the time of this incident Jose was working in the Brake and Front End department with a guy named JC (I cannot remember his last name but I couldn't pronounce it even then). JC was the team leader. JC and the team leader from Driveability ...One w...

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Sarah Mclachlan's Version of "In The Bleak Mid-Winter"

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Sarah Mclachlan's Version of In The Bleak Mid-Winter. By Joe M. Young. Sarah Mclachlin's Version of In The Bleak MidWinter has to be so far and away better than any version I've ever heard it should be in a class all to its own. In case you are not familiar with the song, or even if you are, her lyrics are included below since sometimes her arrangements make it difficult to hear her words. If you want to listen to her version, you can do it. Here Your browser does not support the audio element.

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If I Die Before I Wake

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If I Die Before I Wake. At any given point in my life, I’ve always felt that if I died that day, then I had lived a good life. Some people will say they had the most fun in their lives in high school or in their twenties or thirties or pick a time. But I cannot choose one over the other because my whole life has been good. In my forties, I continued to grow in my career and toward the end of that decade of my life I hurt myself at work and had to stop doing that kind of work but found my second life&rsqu...