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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
He Will Win finished second in the contest "2-4-2"
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 March 9, 2022 at 2:10PM
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| Cedar: Congratulations Linda, your uplifting poem could not have come at a better time...take care...Bill
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March 11, 2022 at 10:51AM
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lyenochka: Congratulations!!
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March 11, 2022 at 11:25PM
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| l.raven: Thank You Helen and Bill...smiling big...love xxoo
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March 15, 2022 at 12:42AM
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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
Mother Nature At Her Best finished first in the contest "5-7-5 Poem"
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September 26, 2021 at 3:10PM
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| Anne Johnston: Congratulations on winning. Well done
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September 26, 2021 at 3:49PM
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| sandramitchell: Yay!! Big congratulations, dear Linda!! It was a beautiful poem. 🥰😘 xx
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September 26, 2021 at 5:25PM
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| Pam (respa): Congratulations on the win, Linda. it is very well deserved!!!
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September 26, 2021 at 7:45PM
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l.raven: Thank You so very much Anne, Sandra, and Pam
for your wonderful Congrats...I am honored...
love all xxoo
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September 27, 2021 at 12:41AM
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lyenochka: Loved your poem, Linda! Congratulations!!
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September 29, 2021 at 1:26AM
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| l.raven: Thank You Helen...so sorry I missed this one...love you...xxoo
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November 15, 2021 at 12:21AM
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Cedar: Hello Linda,
I'm sorry that I missed this one..That picture is awesome...Congratulations on a great win...Bill
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March 3, 2022 at 10:19AM
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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
Unconditional Love finished third in the contest "5-7-5"
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September 15, 2019 at 2:10AM
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| Cedar: Congratulations Linda. This one definitely deserved to win a ribbon. Keep it going...Bill
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September 16, 2019 at 8:40AM
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| l.raven: thank you Bill so very much...love xxoo
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September 16, 2019 at 8:57PM
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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
Autumn Picture Show finished second in the contest "5-7-5"
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January 19, 2018 at 5:10AM
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| Cedar: Congratulations Linda. This was a great entry and deserved to win a ribbon...Bill
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January 19, 2018 at 9:58AM
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| l.raven: thank you so very much Bill...xxoo love
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January 20, 2018 at 1:08AM
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Dean Kuch:
Congratulations, Linda.
Nice writing.
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January 20, 2018 at 5:54AM
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| l.raven: Thank you Dean...xxoo love
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January 20, 2018 at 8:18PM
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| RPSaxena: L. Raven. CONGRATULATIONS! You deserved much more, but worry not. The road is still open and clear. With best wishes, RP.
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March 22, 2018 at 7:02PM
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| Janet Foor: Congratulations!!!🎈 I lived this one.
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February 22, 2019 at 9:01PM
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| l.raven: thank you so much RP and Janet...smiling big...love you...xxoo
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May 2, 2019 at 7:15PM
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| l.raven: Thank You Meia...smiling big...love you xxoo
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August 18, 2021 at 1:40AM
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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
Amber Alert finished third in the contest "1-7-1"
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January 26, 2017 at 2:10AM
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| Cedar: I thought this one would do really well in the contest. It's not only a great short poem, but it serves as a reminder to those with children to be aware of all the dangers out there. Congratulations Linda...Bill
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January 27, 2017 at 8:25AM
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| l.raven: thank you so much Bill...I'll take third...that is good my friend...xxoo love
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February 5, 2017 at 1:16AM
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FanStory wrote to l.raven:
Jump finished second in the contest "1-6-1 poetry"
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November 10, 2016 at 1:10AM
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| Cedar: Hello Linda...Congratulations...It almost won. Take care. Bill
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November 10, 2016 at 9:39AM
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| l.raven: thank you my sweet friend...I am happy with second place...so good to see you...love xxoo
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November 10, 2016 at 8:34PM
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| Joan E.: Kudos on your poem being well recognized. Enjoy the early, but we'll-deserved Christmas present. Huge smiles- Joan
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December 14, 2016 at 10:20PM
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| Irish Rain: congratulations!!!
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January 10, 2017 at 10:54PM
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| RPSaxena: Hi L. Raven, After a long time I opened it and luckily found such good news. Really I'm very happy to know the same. Congratulations! & Best Wishes for times to come.
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March 22, 2018 at 7:09PM
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May 9, 2014 at 11:25PM
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| Carolyn 'Deaton' Stephens: hi there dear Linda, just stopping in...thinking of you and hoping you are having a great day.. I think of you often and pray along with you for our dear friend Maureen and her sweet family.... love you, Carolyn
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October 13, 2014 at 1:18PM
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Lovinia: Thinking of YOU! Sending smiles, hugs and boxes of chocolate and baking cupcakes ... and none of these contain calories. :)))
Love ya! Lovi xoxo
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October 23, 2015 at 6:13PM
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| l.raven: Oh Lovi, thank you so very much...made me smile...wish I could reach in and eat this picture...LOL...thank you sweet girl...love ya Linda xxoo
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October 26, 2015 at 8:07PM
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| l.raven: thank you so very much Dawn...just saw it...beautiful...now you know...go crazy girl...LOL...love xxoo Linda
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January 13, 2016 at 2:51AM
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| Cedar: Hello my friend: Just dropped by to say hello and to tell you how much we all appreciate you around here. Thanks for keeping us posted on what's going on with all the sick members here at Fanstory. You're a very caring person. The world wouldn't be in the shape that it's in now if there were more people like you. Take care my friend. Bill
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August 31, 2021 at 10:37PM
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l.raven: first of all...you aren't even close to perfection when it comes to spelling...or writing sentences correctly...remember ...glass houses...
and when it comes down to it...children's wellbeing in New Zealand was given an F...their education and health...I would say that goes back to the teachers...somewhere along the way...the teachers level of education in New Zealand is lacking when it comes to teaching these children...young adults...
so stop criticizing others...and take care of
the problems in your own country...your education rating suck...
courtesy from the UNICEF...
New Zealand also ranked 33rd of 38 for educational inequality across preschool, primary school and secondary school levels in UNICEF?
UNICEF New Zealand is calling for significant investment and policy change to address deeply embedded and terrifying childhood trends around obesity, suicide, as well as declining proficiency in reading and maths,
Out of 41 EU and OECD countries, New Zealand ranks 35th in child wellbeing Meanwhile only 64.6% of 15 year olds in New Zealand have basic proficiency in reading and maths.
UNICEF New Zealand Executive Director Vivien Maidaborn said these poor grades showed New Zealand was failing its children.
The Report Card gives New Zealand an F for failure when it comes to wellbeing outcomes for children," she said. New Zealand?s youth suicide rate is the second worst in the developed world at 14.9 deaths per 100,000 adolescents.
?New Zealand?s high suicide rate is influenced by a constellation of other factors, such as colonisation, the bias of teachers in schools which exclude children, socio-economic background, poverty, cultural influences and inequality," says Ms Maidaborn.
Ms Maidaborn also highlighted New Zealand?s long standing commitments to both UNDRIP (a declaration with a particular focus on the survival, dignity and wellbeing of indigenous peoples) and UNCROC (a convention aimed at protecting the rights of children). ?Right now, New Zealand is failing in both commitments,"
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February 17, 2022 at 11:04PM
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l.raven:
Bush: Russia takes Georgia.
Obama: Russia takes Crimea.
Trump: ???
Buden: Russia takes Ukraine.
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February 25, 2022 at 7:52PM
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l.raven: Train Your Children
Train Your Children
Scripture: Proverbs 22:6
Key: F
Time Signature: 4/4
Hymn Status: Partnership (An agreement between the hymn writer and R.J. Stevens Music, LLC.)
Terms of Use: This hymn is free to use for display and print but with the following exception(s):
1. The hymn writer does not want this hymn and its arrangement altered in any way.
2. The hymn writer does not want this hymn accompanied with instrumental music.
Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16
Lyrics
Verse 1: Precious gifts that come from God, Our dear children whom we love. What a blessed privilege we have, Molding hearts for heav?n above.
Verse 2: Fathers you must lead the way, Dai ly teach and with them pray. And the mothers too, with tender hand, Kindly guide them lest they stray.
Verse 3: Sweetest home Christ has prepared Where no tear will dim our eye. And our faithful loved ones there can sing Grateful praise to God on high.
Chorus: Teach your children! Love your children! Train them in the way of God. What a sweet reunion there will be in our home eternally.
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April 8, 2022 at 3:49PM
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l.raven: To: l.raven
Dear sweet Linda,
I am sitting in the airport waiting on my flight to Ukrain for Doctors Without Borders reading a journal that dad wrote in as he travelled all around the country and I found something that I would like to share with you
" On FS I have met a wonderful caring friend in Christ, I feel we will become good friends as time goes by. The lord led me through this poem from chatting with her. I feel it not appropriate at this time to give it to her, maybe one day perhaps " those are his exact words and I feel the time is right to share with you what he wrote. I hope that you find it just as beautiful as I did.
Moonlight ballet
Touching the spark
of a burning flame
she would feel
No pain
in a world of
complete havoc
around her
in the darkness
she would unravel
And scream into
nothingness
numb she once
was
sleepless she
has been
After midnight
when our
worlds would
become two
and the clouds
were still
she would dance
Adagio in the
cool frost of the
moonlight
with a pale
expressionist frown
of the pale
dim light
In the darkness
she unraveled
her soft gracious
ballet dance
screaming into
nothingness
nobody heard
her or saw the
gracious nighttime
performance
Her silo wet
reached among
The bare damp
ground
her tears fell
into a small
pool that
sparkles under
the starlight
Her pale expressionist
face with no
audio tone
from pink faded
lips
numb she was
sleepless she
has been
her days awake
spent in the dew
of darkness
tapped in two
worlds that awoke
after midnight
dancing Adagio
trying to find
her way
As the night
became day
she would
slowly fade
away
as a deafening
scream echoed
into the empty
air
But no one heard
her
No one saw
her sublime
performance
numb she had
become
with her
pool of tears
sparkling in
the after
life
In one single
red loving
rose
screaming where
she danced from
The depths
of her
soul
August
I do hope that you don?t mind me sharing what I found in his journal
Take care sweetie
Blessings
Love
Amber
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