A good cure for most anything is the salt water of tears, sweat or God's blue ocean. Friday
April 6, 2018 You've got some heavy lifting to do and God is your spotter. May you be blessed with strength and endurance as you work out life issues.
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THE BOY WHO LIVED ON EDGES
"Many of us head to the high peaks in search of something we hope to find there. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.”
Early one morning in 2016, a few days after Christmas, the phone rang in the office of the Northwest Avalanche Center in Seattle. Scott Schell answered.
Schell is the center’s executive director, and he was anticipating a busy day. The night before, at a dinner party, he was informed that Washington’s first avalanche death of the winter had happened. A man who’d gone out of bounds at the White Pass Ski Area, southeast of Mount Rainier, was buried in a
slide.
He wasn’t surprised that he recognized the victim’s name. About two dozen ski areas dot the mountains of Washington and Oregon, and hundreds of thousands of skiers visit them annually. But the universe of intensely passionate Pacific Northwest skiers and snowboarders is a curiously small one. On discussion boards with names like Ski Sickness and Famous Internet Skiers, men and women gossip, argue, and swap snapshots of their latest descents. If they don’t know each other, they
usually know about each other.
Schell had often heard of the dead man. At 31, Adam Roberts was one of the most aggressive freeskiers in the Northwest. A ski model and an aspiring professional who’d attracted the interest of gear companies, Adam seemed to be everywhere in the mountains, the graceful sine wave of his turns interrupted only by long drops from tall cliffs. He was of modest height, with a weight-room torso and a voice so gentle it could sound feminine. Mutton chops thick
enough for gray jays to nest in bracketed a wide smile. He frequently wore nail polish, sometimes dyed his brown hair, and rarely pursued money. People who met him often came away using the word “charismatic.” Some thought him reckless.
The caller that morning told Schell he was a friend of Adam’s who’d heard about his death. “I know you can’t tell me detailed information,” the man said. “But I’d just like to ask one question... READ MORE/LISTEN TO AUDIO
The Lord is my protection, my security, my sanctuary.
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MY FAMILY, OUR LOVE
Pray the Good Lord will look over the process of my son's application to work overseas is successful and he finds employment. Also pray that he is granted strength, courage and peace of heart, mind and good health for all his plans to be successful. Always trusting in God. Thank you.
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We worked with a shelter that had a dog that was there for years because he seemed to not want to leave with anyone.
After five years he was a
permanent fixture and my husband worked with the cats a lot and often kittens would get loose. The dog, huge mutt, would go get the kitten in his mouth and gently bring it back to my husband. My husband got him a collar that said “Assistant Cat Co-coordinator” on it.
The shelter got a grant of some kind, can’t remember what, but a local news crew showed up
to film the hand over of the check and the dog is showing off his collar to everyone so he ends up in the segment. After it airs a guy calls up claiming the dog.
The shelter told him he has to come with a picture of him and the dog. The guy shows up but before he can get out of his vehicle the dog is out the door on top of him slobbering all over him. His dog had been missing seven
years.
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