tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post1319446996554594644..comments2024-02-14T19:56:44.720+11:00Comments on Barbara's Blog: Random Journal Day - September 4, 2015Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-17316330429912476672015-09-09T03:40:27.966+10:002015-09-09T03:40:27.966+10:00DUPLICATE comment.DUPLICATE comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-46554630818471066762015-09-09T01:55:51.401+10:002015-09-09T01:55:51.401+10:00Don't you just LOVE that quote?? Yes, time re...Don't you just LOVE that quote?? Yes, time really DOES heal the wounds of trauma; perhaps not the memories, but the wounds for sure! So pleases to call you friend as well...appreciate your reading and commenting on my posts. Love keeping in touch with you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-6068697908881044422015-09-08T22:42:12.759+10:002015-09-08T22:42:12.759+10:00A few bad chapters does not mean your story is ove...A few bad chapters does not mean your story is over: love that! I personally was gladdened to hear that time does heal the wounds that trauma leaves (thank you for offering this comfort). Am so pleased to call you a friend, Barbara, and so proud of you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099745639992217438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-56892265880695466582015-09-07T05:15:31.244+10:002015-09-07T05:15:31.244+10:00I guess I never put it all together how "time...I guess I never put it all together how "timely" my experience was to what is happening in our times...it is so hard to hear about so much violence - and a lot of them in our area are kids, and the police officers and...well, you know as well as I do, Miss Kathy! It is just way out of hand!<br /><br />I pray that anybody who does read this post - and others I may share from that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-64048017693285818572015-09-07T04:14:12.482+10:002015-09-07T04:14:12.482+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Miss Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535864559101763980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-71044834337999908152015-09-07T04:14:06.428+10:002015-09-07T04:14:06.428+10:00What a timely post, Barbara! It sounds like the he...What a timely post, Barbara! It sounds like the headlines of today or the shocking stories that come up on my FB newsfeed. Some of those stories really seed fear and panic in me. I can only imagine what you felt in your traumatic moment--but you were faithful to record your journey authentically so that not only you--but others in turn--can read and learn faith building principles in God's Miss Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535864559101763980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-84748169292346557902015-09-06T12:43:26.986+10:002015-09-06T12:43:26.986+10:00Thank you for reading and commenting! God IS love...Thank you for reading and commenting! God IS love and sometimes we have to be shown in different ways! I do - and DID - know this; but what happened, well, it just reinforced that He "has my back"!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-56437207720370969962015-09-06T06:16:25.980+10:002015-09-06T06:16:25.980+10:00Barbara: Thank you for sharing this intently pers...Barbara: Thank you for sharing this intently personal story. We serve a God of love. He was there with you. quietspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086016141181470311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-1564158785437782882015-09-05T23:17:12.342+10:002015-09-05T23:17:12.342+10:00Thank you so much for your words, Carolyn...yes, 1...Thank you so much for your words, Carolyn...yes, 17 years seems long ago...yet, sometimes just yesterday! I have been able to write about this event, and it does make it easier. I no longer think about the trauma or the time it took to "get over" it...we don't really ever "get over" it though. My memories now dwell on the after; those who were there for me; what I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-37744398444478617292015-09-05T14:52:16.752+10:002015-09-05T14:52:16.752+10:00Thank you for sharing this. I bet that 17 years ag...Thank you for sharing this. I bet that 17 years ago seems a mere moment ago sometimes and a million miles back usually. Thankfully you've written your way out of that traumatic event. I can't imagine what it took. I pray that you can no longer imagine either. I thank God for you, and for what journaling has given you, and what God has done in you through it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468122155512428886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-22726466607496002272015-09-05T13:21:03.487+10:002015-09-05T13:21:03.487+10:00Thank you so much, Kel! I wasn't sure if I wa...Thank you so much, Kel! I wasn't sure if I wanted to share this; I've shared some of it under word prompts like "Fear" and "Brave" or "Courage"... There is much more journaling (journalizing?!) that I have done; and maybe one day some of it may work its way into my blog...but for now!<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-4082280843303317322015-09-05T12:36:30.518+10:002015-09-05T12:36:30.518+10:00Barbara- What a testimony of God's care for yo...Barbara- What a testimony of God's care for you...I think journalizing is a great word to describe how God carried thru this incident in your story and how God has carried you to this day...I am honored to get to read and be a part of your story through this online communityKel Rohlfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09103229343668393867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-31427627351079655582015-09-05T04:39:17.709+10:002015-09-05T04:39:17.709+10:00Thank you, Dawn! I really pondered whether to sha...Thank you, Dawn! I really pondered whether to share this one or not - this being the "anniversary" month...I had originally thought to share something I wrote for a contest MANY years ago when I was a teenager - complete this..."I'll never forget the day that I..." and I wrote "...discovered that brothers are people, too!" Well, needless to say, that didn'tAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-89795523916713706722015-09-05T00:38:04.101+10:002015-09-05T00:38:04.101+10:00Barbara, I am sitting in the car place waiting for...Barbara, I am sitting in the car place waiting for some car repairs/ maintenance and reading/commenting from my phone. I am so thankful for your courage and grateful that you have shared this tender memory and journey of victory in His grace. I am wowed, humbled and just floored with this horrible act committed against you. It breaks my heart to think of your surprise, shock and ensuing pain at enthusiastically, dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491170202082863992noreply@blogger.com