<BR>Lesa's husband will be at her house soon. He's flown in from Alaska and should be on his way there now. She's really having a hard time. She needs as many thoughts and prayers as we can send her!<P>(((((HUGS LESA)))))<BR>Mitzi

{{{{{{{Lesa}}}}}}}}<P>I will be thinking of you! I hope things go smoothly! I'm here for you! Take care!<P>Woozy

Thanks for letting us know Mitzi.<P>I'll be sure to pray for Lesa & her family.

Lesa you know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. Sorry I didn't post earlier but I was at work, but you were on my mind! <P>Hey everyone....more prayers are needed for Lesa....after not seeing her H for nearly 8 months or so he came and only stay for less than an hour!! She's not doing so good!! <P>------------------<BR>"If you can learn from the mistakes of others, you won't have to make them youself."<P>lady_divine77@yahoo.com

{{{{{Lesa}}}}}<P>I'm so sorry. Please post and let us know how you are. Thinking of you and your kids and praying for you also. Take care.<BR><P>------------------<BR>Allen<BR>sparky_dog_mb@yahoo.com

I got an email from Lesa. She's not talking much. I only got one sentence from her. Her H came to see the kids and stayed for less than an hour.<P>Come on guys, she really needs us right now! <P>

Lesa,<P>I don't hardly know 'ya, but I'll give you a hug and a prayer. Heck, we all need these don't we?<P>{{{{{{{{{Lesa}}}}}}}}}}}}}};-)<P>Brent

thank you every one for the thoughts and prayers,as jamie and mitzi said I'm not to great right now, H didnt even talk to me and left within an hour to go be with his brother while I held our D while she screamed for her daddy to come back, he didnt even look back,( I have a room here where he could stay)I tryed to talk he wouldnt say any thing but to ask me what D was saying,I dont know if I posted it or not but our S learned to ride his bike just to show his dad today,dad acted less than thrilled, it took longer for him to drive over here and back than he stayed, I do not know this man, I dont know what to do if the next ten days go like this.<P>------------------<BR>"It took me quite a while to realize that <B>the real deal</B> is to be able to be enough of a person your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you"<BR>----Stevie Ray Vaughan<P>"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and<BR> lean not unto thine own understanding." -Proverbs 3:5<BR>Take care and God Bless.<P> lms20ish@jobe.net <p>[This message has been edited by LMS (edited March 15, 2000).]

{{{{{Lesa}}}}}}<P>Oh Lesa,<P>I am so sorry! I had been hoping things would go better than that! I don't understand men! You have my prayers! I wish I could give you a real hug!<P>Woozy

Lesa,<P>I'm sorry that things are getting off to a sour start. I hope that it will get better. Just to let you know, I'm thinking about you & praying for your family too.

hi again guys I am in no way going to be able to sleep so I am listing to the Delilah show (mine and H's used to be fav past time)on this thing and crusing her web site and came across this it made me feel a litle bit better I hope it can help my friends here.<P> God's Plan<P> A man found a cocoon of 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 that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. <P> So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the rest of the cocoon. <P> The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. <P> Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. <P> 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 tiny opening were 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. <P>Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in<BR>our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives<BR>without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would<BR>not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!<P>I asked for Strength .... And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.<P> I asked for Wisdom ... <BR> And God gave me Problems to solve.<P> I asked for Prosperity ... <BR> And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work. <P> I asked for Love ... <BR> And God gave me Troubled people to help. <P> I asked for Favors ... <BR> And God gave me Opportunities.<P> I received nothing I wanted ... <BR> I received everything I needed. <P><BR>I thank all of you for your support I hope I can make it through this,and I know wih your help and prayers I have a better chance than I do alone.<P>Lesa<P>------------------<BR>"It took me quite a while to realize that <B>the real deal</B> is to be able to be enough of a person your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you"<BR>----Stevie Ray Vaughan<P>"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and<BR> lean not unto thine own understanding." -Proverbs 3:5<BR>Take care and God Bless.<P> lms20ish@jobe.net <p>[This message has been edited by LMS (edited March 15, 2000).]

That was beautiful Lesa.<P>Will be praying for you daily<P>Keo<BR>

Lesa,<BR>You have been in my thoughts & prayers all day. I hope the visit gets better, maybe he needs some time to re-adjust? <BR>Thanks for sharing that story. I love Delilah, but I don't get very good reception where I live, so I don't get to listen unless I'm in the car.<BR>Let us know how things progress in the coming days.<BR>Butterfly<BR><P>------------------<BR>There are deep sorrows and killing cares in life, but the encouragement and love of friends were given us to make all difficulties bearable. <BR>-- John Oliver Holmes<P>The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.<BR>-- Elie Wiesel<P><BR>

((((LMS)))))<P>I hope the next ten days get better.<P>I love that story, that is what I chose my user name based on.<P>------------------<BR>Cat<P>catfrommb@yahoo.com

thanks guys I finally passed out on the couch last night some time my son woke me up getting ready for school I ask him why he didn't wake me and he said I knew you were crying last night and might be sleepy. well I couldn't hold back the tears and held him so tight he told me I was squishing him and reminded me the bus would be here soon, well he is coming over in a little while I pray it goes better. I will let you all know tonight.<BR>love you all<BR>Lesa<BR><P>------------------<BR>"It took me quite a while to realize that <B>the real deal</B> is to be able to be enough of a person your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you"<BR>----Stevie Ray Vaughan<P>"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and<BR> lean not unto thine own understanding." -Proverbs 3:5<BR>Take care and God Bless.<P> lms20ish@jobe.net

Lesa,<P>Prayers and hugs are out to you today, and I loved that poem too. I have been thinking of getting a small tattoo when I get divorced, something really nice, not something I'll regret. I was thinking of a butterfly and that poem, made me decide that would be it. That was a beautiful poem, and that along with Mariah Careys' song butterfly as well.<P>{{{{Lesa}}}} Sending hugs and prayers, Dana<BR>

Hey Lesa,<P>Just got home from work today and wanted to check in to see hoe you were. Hang in there my dear friend!! I'm praying for you and you are in my thoughts. Mondo Hugs to you CHIN UP!!<P>------------------<BR>"If you can learn from the mistakes of others, you won't have to make them youself."<P>lady_divine77@yahoo.com

hum where to start....<BR>well I don't know what happened, he was almost normal tonight, today things were forced and odd feeling (he knew I was pi$$ed about last night)we went grocery shopping came here and had a nice sit down dinner with the kids and my parents and them some coffee then we took Raymond to family night at the school (by the way my baby made the honor roll!!!!!) we came back and tucked the kids in bed and went to my room to do a little bit of talking well I laid on the bed and he kneeled beside it and we talked about friendship and love and why the legal aspect of a divorce was so important since both of us are not seeing anyone or plain to, we talked about him staying with us when I get my own place and I even told him a few things I had to say, like I miss being his friend most of all and I still have hope that in the future it may be far future but anyway that if we can become good friends again then who knows we might find our way back to a marriage, and yes I still had hope for that but right now I just want his friendship, and that I would now and always still want to do things I know he likes or makes him feel good, not because I fell like that is a way to get him back but because I want too and It is something he likes. we are going to talk more Saturday when we take the kids on a who knows where we will end up drive, (something we have always done to spend time together) I told him I was sorry for the pain I caused him over the years and he admitted that it was not the act I done it was keeping it from him for a year when he had complete trust in me that has made him resent me,(something he has never admitted to before)I ask him to read SAA not to "fix" our marriage but to help him maybe find ways of letting the resentment go so we can be friends and he even says no one knows day to day what will happen and who knows <I>maybe</I> someday.<P>now I am in no way thinking he is turning around in his decision but we may be on our way to a good friendship. and every one here knows the best relationships start as true friends first.<P>but I continue to have no or at the least very low expectations to keep my self from getting crushed again.<P>I think I can sleep tonight so I am going to go to bed.<P>love you all<BR>Lesa<P>P.S. we have made a"date" to watch a movie with the kids then the X-mas tape I made for him and then him and I watch a movie together...I must say I am looking forward to it....by the way guys I got my hug ... and I smell like him I think I will sleep in this shirt <P><BR>------------------<BR>"It took me quite a while to realize that <B>the real deal</B> is to be able to be enough of a person your own to know when somebody loves you and cares about you"<BR>----Stevie Ray Vaughan<P>"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and<BR> lean not unto thine own understanding." -Proverbs 3:5<BR>Take care and God Bless.<P> lms20ish@jobe.net <p>[This message has been edited by LMS (edited March 16, 2000).]

Oh Lesa,<P>I am so happy it went better tonight! At least he is talking to you now! It hurts the absolute worst when they won't talk. I am praying for you that he will have a change of heart about the divorce! Thanks so much for the update! <P>Woozy

Ditto what Woozy said.<P>I've got a big smile on my face now... <P>Keo