Hope ❤️

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops” Emily Dickinson ❤️

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Hope springs eternal! 🙏👏👏👏👏🎯

[20PeteG16]

Yes I read this posted on the wall at the Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC yesterday.Try reading from Paul's letter to the Romans chapter 8...

PeteG

[Hidden in reply to 20PeteG16]

Thank you Pete, I will read it today. ❤️

[Lrv44221]

Thank You. this is beautifully said. I have always had the desire and belief that circumstances in the future will be better.🌹

[Hidden in reply to Lrv44221]

I read all of your stories every day, I don't know where you all find the strength to keep going, including my husband Jim, but you do....its called hope, it keeps us living i guess, wanting to laugh again and be strong like before.

[monte1111]

Quoth the raven "Nevermore." Edgar Allan Poe

[Hidden in reply to monte1111]

just read the entire poem, thank you monte, I remember this poem and just saw another one that I loved...Annabel Lee. How about it, the words mean so much more as we get older?!

[monte1111 in reply to Hidden]

I remember that I really liked Annabel Lee when I was young. I liked all things about Poe when I was young. I believe he is credited with inventing the modern detective genre. He is quite the opposite of Emily. It was an attempt at sarcasm. He was found in a gutter outside of a bar and died at age 40 of, as one doctor said "a massive insult to the brain." His works are much too depressing now, to a man with prostate cancer. I would much prefer the collected works of j-o-h-n.

[Hidden in reply to monte1111]

Haha “Marijuana John”, yep, we don’t need depressing!

[j-o-h-n]

You gotta have dope..... all you really need is dope........(I forgot the rest)...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 12:56 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Just look at j-o-h-n in the mirror..... j-o-h-n in the mirror..........(I forgot the rest)...

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

As a very small child, my nickname was "Marijuana John"..... the reason for the nickname was because "I was a little dope from a white poppy"......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 5:13 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Are you sure it wasn't Mary j-a-n-e?

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

Now I know why the teacher insisted I go the girls bathroom instead of the boys... Thanks for clearing up that mystery.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 5:39 PM DST

[CAMPSOUPS]

The house is gone but it sure was mighty fine while it lasted.

youtube.com/watch?v=FVSZ527...(Not working as expected?)

[Hidden in reply to CAMPSOUPS]

😂👏👏👏👏🕺🕺🕺

[j-o-h-n]

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction......

When I was a young whipper snapper I would play badminton against my female cousin "Hope" who was a two year older than me whipper snapper. She would always beat me (sob sob). One beautiful day I was beating her (first time ever) with the score 20 to 19 (my favor). Sure enough she served the shuttlecock (a/k/a the "birdie") which caught me off guard and sure enough went into my mouth and down my stomach. Those feathers were tickling me to death and everyone there panicked. I was gagging and no one knew what to do except for my cousin Hope. With speed of lightning she grabbed a bar of soap and placed it in my mouth and started rubbing it against the inside of my mouth. And sure enough I spit it out the birdie like a rocket over the net and won the game 21 to 19. (Party time).

So I leave you with this morale of the story....... You gotta have Hope but you also need Soap.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 5:36 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

You should have your mouth washed out with soap on a regular basis.

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

I do, every time I find myself sucking on a birdie......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 6:00 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Your words, not mine.

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

I said a birdie not a cockatoo......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 6:39 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Ok, you win. Again.

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

It's not whether you win or lose.............. it's how you cheat........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 6:49 PM DST

[j-o-h-n]

Anytime Bloke......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/15/2022 5:46 PM DST

[monte1111]

See how j-o-h-n circles back to Hope? He has an awesome writing staff.

[monte1111]

Very funny.

[monte1111]

Cool guy indeed. I guess he shines a lot of knobs.

[Hidden]

Time to turn the knob and close this door, boys!lol

[CAMPSOUPS in reply to Hidden]

Well if you haven't experienced it before it is an unintentional thing we refer to as "My post got hijacked".I know I and others appreciated your intentions.

[Hidden in reply to CAMPSOUPS]

CAMPSOUPS, it’s all good, I loved it!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

So sorry Miomarrito! Guys joshing around happens . No offense intended ! ✌️

[Hidden]

Lulu I wasn’t offended at all, really! I thought I fit right in by telling you to turn the knob and shut the door. Believe me, there is not too much that I can’t handle. You all are so brave and have been through so much, I see it with my wonderful husband, he never complains , just keeps on going!