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2 Perry Daily Journal - Friday, June 24, 2005
A little peace of heaven...
by Abigail Van Buren
Continued from page 1 so mad at God and raised her fists in the air
they were so beautiful. The light, the light and began shaking them boldly, saying , "God,
was indescribable, it was so pure, it was some- I’m angry with you!
thing words could not describe. Linda kept ask- Please give me back to me!” In a small amount
ing, “Lord, where am I?’ of time balloons of memory started coming back.
After walking awhile, Linda came to a dirt This time they were better than ever before,
bank. She walked down the bank to the most She could remember things she never could. God
beautiful stream. The sand, if one could call had restored her brain and her memories.
it sand, was pure like crystal. Following the return of her memory, she heard a
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WOMAN’S INTUITION MAKES HER THINK The water was so clear, you could see right to the voice in her ear, “I showed you that to tell people.”
TWICE ABOUT MARRIAGE bottom. Linda waded out in the water, cupped She knew what she had to do. She began trying to
DEAR ABBY: I am a 37-year-old woman who’s en- her hands and let them fill with the crystal compile a book. She told each of her daughters to
gaged to be married. It will be a first marriage for clear water. The water didn’t feel wet, it write down what they remembered of that fateful
both of us. I love my fiance, “Gill,” very much, but I absorbed into her body, and gave her strength, day. .
have a gut feeling something is not right. Since our She said that she felt she had just been in After a year she still hadn’t finished her book. Then
engagement I am noticing things I either didn’t see what the Bible calls the “River of Life.” one night at 3 a.m., Linda awoke, she went to the
or ignored before. Soon she saw two figures sitting on a log in the kitchen and began writing, in that one night she
Some examples: Gill recently moved back to his river, her grandparents. Linda said she knew wrote about 20 short chapters.
home state, so we talk on the phone every other day. in her mind that her grandparents had died in For seven days Linda awoke at the same time each
When we talk, he has to make whatever we talk the ‘70s, but that didn’t seem to matter. She night until her part of the book was complete. Linda
about sexual. Not that I have anything against sex was just happy to see them. They looked exactly said she knew she would write the book, it was just
- it just annoys me that Gill can’t think beyond his the same as they always had. in God’s time. .
zipper when I’m trying to talk about a movie I just She began to approach them. As she moved Linda said she doesn’t expect anything out of this
saw. ' through the water it was like walking on land, there book except for people to realize God is real and he
He also never really has discussed his family or was no resistance. As she got about halfway there is coming back. She wants people to know He loves
his past. He has met the majority of my family, but she was suddenly not interested in them. us and He died to save us. She says we should just
I have yet to meet anyone from his. She turned, and there on the bank with arms wide love people. That is what she has learned through
Gill makes a point of saying, once we are married open stood Jesus Christ. Linda said in that moment this wonderful experience.
he firmly believes the man should be “the head of He, “knew instantly what I had done.” “He couldn’t Linda and her husband, Robert, were visiting
the household, the decision maker.” I told him that I see my sins, and his eyes were piercing and dark. Perry to see their daughter, Sherry Treece and
don’t believe in that “caveman, cavewoman” men- They were penetrating, but not a guilty type of pen- her husband, Rex. The couple is from Flourance,
tality and for him to get over himself. etration. More like the strongest love anyone has MS. The entire ordeal happened back when Linda
Although he has never verbally or physically ever felt. was 50. Today she is a heathy 58, and she has
abused me, I’m getting strange vibes, and I’m ready She said, “I knew it was all for me, no one else was been getting heathier every day. They were so
to call off the engagement. Am I being paranoid or a there. He really loved me and it felt so good.” Linda happy to share their story and hope it will
NERVOUS BRIDE-TO-BE? said she knew at that moment Jesus died for her. help the lives of others as it has helped them.
DEAR NERVOUS: You’re not being paranoid. Lis- Even if she were the only one on earth, He would It is not required that one believes Linda’s
ten to your intuition. For allofthe reasons you have have died just for her. That is how intense His love story, or believe in God, but a wise man once
stated, you should not marrv this man without ex- was for her, she said. . said, “What is the harm in believing in some-
tensive premarital counseling. She couldn’t wait to bow down before Him, not be- thing that betters your life? Why not live life
***** cause she had to, but because she was so “wrapped for God, if there wasn’t a God, then what did
DEAR ABBY: I am 10.1 was born in 1994. My prob- up completely in His love.” As she started to bow it hurt?”
lem is I really, really wish I had lived in the ’80s. I He held his hands out in a “stop” motion. She With so many wonderful stories about God being
know this sounds stupid, but the style was awesome knew at that moment she had to go back. She real, why are there so many people out there that
_not skanky. The music was great__not rap. The didn’t want to, but she had to. It was God’s still question Him? Sometimes, some things are
’80s seem awesome! I mean, they had good songs will, not meant to be answered. That is why we have
like “She Blinded Me With Science.” The ’80s seem She turned back around and went through the wa- FAITH!
so cool — at least people are always saying so. ter. Unlike when she entered the water the first time,
Help, Abby, please. I’m sitting here listening to '80s this time it was not as easy. She had to drag herself ........
music now. I wouldn't admit this to anyone else ex- back to the water and struggled to the bank. She
cept my mom or dad. — BORN IN THE WRONG had to physically crawl up the bank. T. • • •
g RA This was the story Linda had to tell. Even though R TICT T2 • C C Th A1 C • fi
DEAR IN THE WRONG ERA: I can’t “fix” your she couldn’t speak she knew it had to be told. This CpIVD YOU
problem, but it may comfort you to know that many from a woman who couldn’t even remember her own a
people feel the way you do about various eras— name. OL 1.1..A CO
and that includes the roaring’20s, the romantic’30s, As time went on, Linda regained her ability TOT
the fashionable ’40s, the revolutionarv ’60s, the ex- to talk, and started remembering things from AUA CD & Ue
perimental ’70s, as well as the “awesome”’80s. her past. As she continued to recover, she
When you’re older, you’ll be able to satisfy your never forgot what God had shown her. She knew Continued from page 1
“itch to live in the 80s by collecting music, clothing she had to spread the word. Jesus died for us, Virginia-based Space Adventures, which has made
and accessories from that decade. Its not exactly a he is alive and he loves us all. He is coming a name for itself by coordinating trips for million-
trip back in time, but it will capture the nostalgia. back. .j aires to travel on Russian rockets, is in negotiations
***** One day while Linda was walking in her garden with Rocketplane to buy a block of tickets to sell,
DEAR ABBY: I have always had my election bal- she was still having trouble remembering. She got Urie said.
lots sent to my mother’s house. (She lives only three It will be a contract valued at “tens of millions of
dollars,” he said.
As years pass, trips to space will become more af-
fordable, Urie assured.
“We expect to take two directions with the busi-
ness within three to five years after the initial
launch,” he said. “The first will be to offer the same
Thomas Lee Underwood, 70, of Cushing, Okla- trip for less money, and the other will be to offer
homa, died Thursday, June 23, 2005 at Cushing Re- moreextravagant trips for more money. The sky s
gional Hospital, Cushing, Oklahoma. Services are not trie limit here. n ,
pending with Brown-Duoger Funeral Home of Perry Company officials chose the Oklahoma s spaceport
penning win Brown Dugger - unerai Home or retry, at the old Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base because
of its resources, including the nation’s fourth-long-
blocks away.) While I was out of town on a recent
business trip, my mother requested an absentee
ballot in my name and then voted for me without
my knowledge. When she told me over the phone
what she had done, I told her it was illegal. I am
less concerned about who and what she voted for
than the fact she did this at all. Other than my wife,
no one knows because I have kept this issue dis-
creet. What should I do? — TROUBLED IN CALI-
FORNIA
DEAR TROUBLED: Contact the registrar of vot-
ers and give a change of address to the house in
which you reside. That way your voter information
and sample ballots will no longer be sent to your
mother’s address, and she won’t be tempted to com-
mit voter fraud again.
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