tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062777672434332413.post8615420495854327451..comments2024-03-04T02:43:55.369-08:00Comments on Learning to Hope: Radiusscotvixenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03934172691552719646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062777672434332413.post-89542363796851783812012-01-30T08:51:06.983-08:002012-01-30T08:51:06.983-08:00Hi - just found your wishlist. You should recieve...Hi - just found your wishlist. You should recieve them by 2/1. Hope you and Wash enjoy.<br /><br />Many prayers and hope sent your way,<br />Kellykjcreagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735676886611510629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062777672434332413.post-40977043700378688242012-01-28T00:14:55.392-08:002012-01-28T00:14:55.392-08:00Tashi, your "awesome Social Worker," (wh...Tashi, your "awesome Social Worker," (who has been battling the Arizona Department of Economic Security for you & Wash), sounds just............ *A.*W.*E.*S.*O.*M.*E.*!! I've had some (rather flamingly-strong) opinions about the financial/other hoops the Arizona DES has made you & Wash jump through, including EVEN ignoring, (i.e., at least at one point), the professional opinion/input of Wash's Oncologic Neurosurgeon (!!); but right now, however, I just feel like sendin' some *e.n.c.o.u.r.a.g.e.m.e.n.t.* TO your Social Worker, who just might be one of those good folks described----(i.e., perhaps from An Arizona That "Used To Be"?)----in this poem:<br /><br />************************************************<br /> OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS<br /><br />Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,<br />Out where the smile dwells a little longer,<br /> That's where the West begins;<br />Out where the sun is a little brighter,<br />Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter,<br />Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter,--<br /> That's where the West begins.<br /><br />Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,<br />Out where friendship's a little truer,<br /> That's where the West begins;<br />Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,<br />Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing,<br />Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing,--<br /> That's where the West begins.<br /><br />Out where the world is in the making,<br />Where fewer hearts in despair are aching,<br /> That's where the West begins;<br />Where there's more of singing and less of sighing,<br />Where there's more of giving and less of buying,<br />And a man makes friends without half trying,--<br /> That's where the West begins.<br /> <br /> <br />---Arthur Chapman<br />************************************************<br /><br />(((*Hugs*))) and prayers to you and Wash both ~Rosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290435002631069643noreply@blogger.com