tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post411494075371837326..comments2024-02-26T08:02:05.002-05:00Comments on Nitty.Gritty.: Happiness on the heels of tragedy...Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338865463777681078noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-75870026185512865912007-04-20T17:07:00.000-04:002007-04-20T17:07:00.000-04:00A favorite song of mine as well, and it sums up ho...A favorite song of mine as well, and it sums up how grateful I am for a God who is there despite the evil around us. Your blog is inspiring, encouraging and profound. Thanks for your bold witness!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934191542691368904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-79395335293639070132007-04-20T08:35:00.000-04:002007-04-20T08:35:00.000-04:00It is nice to see that someone actually cares abou...It is nice to see that someone actually cares about the things going on in the world today!<BR/><BR/>I for one, can't seem to find out why deep down things like this don't bother me. Perhaps it is because they don't affect me directly.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is also because I feel that if something like that also happened to me, no one would give a flying fig (please pardon the expression) about poor old MrsT.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. Your blog is sweet, just like whipped cream straight outta the can!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-61063120853843428372007-04-20T01:39:00.000-04:002007-04-20T01:39:00.000-04:00I am fairly new in the blog world. I clicked on t...I am fairly new in the blog world. I clicked on to your blog from Adreienne's blog. I know nothing about the scrapbooking community although I am an artist. I layed awake during nap time today thinking about your "scrapping dare" thread. I have a Teagan and a Brock.... Zoe, age 2 and Henry, 6 months. I am a spirit filled christian and am struggling with some post partum depression. I have always wanted at least 4 kids, yet am overwhelmed with physical exhaustion right now. I constantly think about what I would do if something happened to one of my kids. Your blog has taught me that I am not in control and I ultimately have to lay my children at the Lord's feet and trust Him. I have also witnessed the Lord using the death of a child in your life and others to strengthen and refine and press the wine of "pure joy" out of the grapes of tragedy. This gives me comfort and strength to trust. I guess I wanted to make a comment on the "not so anonymous" people who criticized you on that thread. You need encouragement and support from your community and family. I feel the "Jody focused" comments are very immature. Clearly, those people must be greiving the loss of Teagan, too, but they've got it all wrong. Teagan needs no sympathy, she is dancing with her king. You are the one still here on earth working out your salvation and healing with fear and trembling. Be encouraged and strengthened. Anonymous: Please realize that words have power to build up or tear down. Don't tear Jody down for the victories she has had in learning from her tragedy. We must build up, pray, encourage, and love.Laura Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576200795364011757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-71831168896114833632007-04-19T19:45:00.000-04:002007-04-19T19:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for caring Jody......! You are so right......Thanks for caring Jody......! You are so right.......<BR/><BR/>Susan - VT '83OP SuZ Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515566752249828200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-90689097914636834572007-04-19T16:53:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:53:00.000-04:00I'm speechless, thank you!AllisonI'm speechless, thank you!<BR/>AllisonAllisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02254911692448682386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-34840840800504802562007-04-19T16:46:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:46:00.000-04:00Hi Jody,I've really been enjoying reading your blo...Hi Jody,<BR/><BR/>I've really been enjoying reading your blog in the last week or so. Thank you for sharing your honest thoughts with us. I really appreciate your perspective and the truth which flows from your mind and your heart. I emailed you last week and I hope you got it! :) You're an inspiration.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you,<BR/>Melody in MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-27040463159437890682007-04-19T16:26:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:26:00.000-04:00jody.....i really needed this today...THANK YOU!!!...jody.....i really needed this today...<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>you have nailed it right on the head...just perfect...thank you so much for the inspiration!<BR/><BR/>love you girl! xoxoxo giGigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672025264541678754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-24855473407996990612007-04-19T13:35:00.000-04:002007-04-19T13:35:00.000-04:00jody-i'm trying to refer to your past posts re; '...jody-<BR/>i'm trying to refer to your past posts re; 'joy', and when i click on 'joy', nothing happens.<BR/>can you help me?<BR/>thanks,<BR/>roseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-80915350558041494682007-04-19T13:33:00.000-04:002007-04-19T13:33:00.000-04:00I've been checking in on your blog since I saw you...I've been checking in on your blog since I saw you at the MOPS group here in Gaylord-- and I just thank you. I know you blog for yourself. But my husband and I just moved here from Blacksburg Virginia. I was a graduate student at Tech last fall. He worked on campus- I worked on campus. My family is there, my friends, my coworkers, my classmates. We don't know why God brought us to Gaylord Michigan. Why we left the comfort and proximity of family and friends to start a new life in small town Michigan. I trust God has planned it all. All I can do is trust in God's design. <BR/>Out of all of the connections we have to the University we lost- No family, no friends, no classmates. Our list includes one man, a professor that my husband had never met- but had a connection to his work. I THANK and PRAISE God. In all honesty if this had been in the same building on Tuesday- I wouldn't be able to say I hadn't lost classmates. If he had gone in the building next door- where my office was- I would have lost coworkers and family. I know there is hurt for the families that have lost loved ones. but there is praise for those who have not. There are many students who are professed Christians on the list- and I pray each day that their families would hold onto that faith and other people would be ignited for Christ through this. I'm sorry to to "blog" on you- you're writing is an inspiration. Thank you.Tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505819885424328488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-86938374230439235002007-04-19T13:09:00.000-04:002007-04-19T13:09:00.000-04:00Jody,Trenton loves that song. It is so amazing to...Jody,<BR/><BR/>Trenton loves that song. It is so amazing to here a little two year old sing, "Lord you never let go of ME!" <BR/><BR/>BeckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-44098316860936463682007-04-19T11:27:00.000-04:002007-04-19T11:27:00.000-04:00Just getting ready for "lunch break" and I wanted ...Just getting ready for "lunch break" and I wanted to thank you for the good input in last night's "Why Bloggers Blog" Part III-A post. <BR/>Then I read this insightful post on the news of the week. You're right. Making sense out of senseless acts is beyond us, but maintaining our sensibility, with God's help, is within reach. You and Chip and your dear family are proof..Tom Kapankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431717152727352230noreply@blogger.com