tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post3018022161869894794..comments2024-02-14T19:56:44.720+11:00Comments on Barbara's Blog: FAB-RUARY 10th and 12thAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-87225492371687690252015-02-14T08:52:47.835+11:002015-02-14T08:52:47.835+11:00Thank you, Carrie! It's been a journey - 16 y...Thank you, Carrie! It's been a journey - 16 years is a long time and I do still think about it and remember each time I journal about it...but life goes on too and I have come to not let it bother me as much. He was there for my then, and as I share the story, he is with me now.<br /><br />I appreciate your reading and commenting. Amazing? Thank you, Carrie; but I am just blessed and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-83720604814583202102015-02-14T04:29:42.277+11:002015-02-14T04:29:42.277+11:00Barbara - I think this is such a testament to the ...Barbara - I think this is such a testament to the strength we can receive from God. I pray that if I'm ever in any kind of awful situation that I can be as brave and rely on that strength and faith to get me through. You are an amazing survivor and I think sharing your story can help to build that loving strength in others. I know it definitely touched me! I think you were brave to even sharecarrie@northwoods scrapbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337824046780952876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-44034041811061233732015-02-13T02:32:25.072+11:002015-02-13T02:32:25.072+11:00Thank you, my friend...I am also thankful it wasn&...Thank you, my friend...I am also thankful it wasn't any worse. And, there are so many others that could have been in that place at that time that were much older than I that would NOT have over-come such a beating. I am thankful it was I instead...the woman who was filling in until we could get a full-time minister was in her 80's; but had just left. The organist who found me was (I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-90293051779732945802015-02-13T02:28:57.809+11:002015-02-13T02:28:57.809+11:00It wasn't easy to get back to work in that pla...It wasn't easy to get back to work in that place; in any place. And it tookme a while to even want to go out at night alone, even though it happened in the middle of the afternoon. It certainly isn't something I would wish on my worst enemy...<br /><br />Yet, I did survive...I AM a survivor; and life goes on. 16 years later, I am still surviving...it isn't the same as someone who Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954512718777249848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-74874284309459275752015-02-13T01:05:07.995+11:002015-02-13T01:05:07.995+11:00Oh Barbara, I cry every time I think of you like t...Oh Barbara, I cry every time I think of you like this, beaten and hurt.....I'm so very sorry you had to live that experience but am so thankful you kept your head and that the outcome was as positive as it was....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981848627199169771.post-40183731350549229192015-02-12T20:02:52.629+11:002015-02-12T20:02:52.629+11:00I cannot imagine the trauma of what you have been ...I cannot imagine the trauma of what you have been through, Barbara; and I admire your courage both at the time and now ...alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789464804911391774noreply@blogger.com