That’s why I’ll stay at the places that DO allow full public participation, like FR, at least until you and the other bloggers open it up.

There on FR at least a reasoned minority opinion has a chance.

“Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things.”

What an amazing statement.

Yes it is! I saw this video here shortly after I had hung the phone up with my husband and jokingly told him that I would be beating my head against a brick wall if he needed me for anything.

We are facing what feels like insurmountable troubles right now with a serious bone fracture injury during OCS training. Also one week to the day prior my son called from Iraq to report he would be the getting a Purple Heart… not what I wanted to hear. 2 soldiers, 2 wounds, 1 week, and my husband’s is career threatening. Thank God my son’s was minor.

Brick walls, huh? I guess my guys must really want to be soldiers since they decided to plow forward and straight through the mess.

I do think that it is an incredibly wonderful gift that this man is giving his children. They will be able to look back on his videos and see their dad reminding them that even death can not steal your determination.

I’m using the Imperial “we”. I mean “me”.

*We* see we have run afoul of your belief systems. The nasty, vicious and ad-hominem reaction is an strong indication that *we’ve* cut certain cherished yet false beliefs to the core.

What could they be? Think on that and answer without acrimony and bitterness if you can. It seems the bitterness you ascribe to *us* is your own, sir. The nastiness of responses is the tell.

Ad Hominem:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html

There is nothing any of the bloggers can say to change you, but only Yahweh can reach the depth of your blackened soul. Either you can come to Him as a friend or face Him as your judge, and believe that the followers of Yahweh on this blog will be judged to have been “good and faithful servants” for reaching out in Christian love to you and DD.

Professor Randy Pausch will be missed, and Michelle is to be commended for bringing his story to light, and will continue to keep Dr. Pausch’s family in my prayers.

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That’s the lesson I took from him…we think that maybe, I can afford to be mean or rude to someone because I can make it up some other time. I can let someone down because maybe later I’ll make it up to them. Well, sometimes you won’t have that time to do it in. You make everything count, and never have to worry about how you’ll be remembered. We don’t all get second chances…it’s best to make the first one count whenever you can.

A month ago I traveled to see my favorite aunt who was dying from ovarian cancer. I wanted to say goodbye. She wanted to see me. She had been a big part of my life as a teen and even as I grew up and moved far away, we kept in touch and we cared deeply for each other.

Even as death was overcoming her, she inspired me. She was barely able to speak, but she did, telling me how she had always loved me and even recalling some good memories we had. She never complained, cried or even acted distressed except at what was obviously visible to me.

I looked at her and found new meaning in the word “brave”. We hugged and kissed goodbye and she passed on a week later.

Sorry to digress with my own story, but the story of Professor Pausch reminded me of how wonderful it is to be able to share your last days on this earth in such a positive way with those we love and care about. Many of us have experienced loss of someone we love or care about without a chance to say goodbye, or even blow a kiss.

Thanks, Michelle.

I still think bvw’s posts in this thread are in poor taste, but he is his own keeper. I still consider him chode-like in his behavior.

You are right about the members of this site…they are, from what I can tell reading posts, genuinely good people (trolls excepted). In the future, you don’t need to stand up for people like bvw. We believe in personal responsibility here and we are expected to stand by our own comments, not make excuses for ourselves or others.

BT

Gunslingerpatriot, great post.