Hello everyone... sorry I haven't been here for a "few minutes" when things happen here.... things have to be done in a different way... my not being here was one of those things. OK, so moving on... here is a poem I wrote for a Polish nurse I fell in love with while I was in Saudi Arabia. We had a great and clean relationship for three months that ended and life went on. But I think this one is cool because it uses her name and a phrase in the Polish language. I hope you enjoy it.

 Pasted it... read it.... and realized I need some PHONETIC spellings for you....

Piekna = pea ak na (which means You are Beautiful)      Bozena = Bo zeen ah (her name)  OK, so now that I am finished I see there was only two words... oh well... now you know!!

PIEKNA - BOZENA

I SAY PIEKNA                                YOU SAY BOZENA

YOU ARE LIKE A FLOWER IN BLOOM

YOU SAY YOU ARE ONLY A SEED BEGINNING TO GROW

YOU LIGHT THE NIGHTS LIKE THE MOON

YOU SAY YOU ARE ONLY A STAR BEGINNING TO GLOW

 YOU ARE THE SWEET SMELL OF THE EARTH

YOU SAY YOU ARE ONLY THE GRASS ON THE LAND

YOU ARE LIKE A GENTLE MOTHER WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH

YOU SAY YOU ARE ONLY A BABY LEARNING TO STAND

YOU ARE A WOMAN VERY SPECIAL TO ME

YOU SAY YOU ARE A FRIEND ALWAYS TO BE

I SAY PIEKNA                               YOU SAY BOZENA

BY Chris Dunn    1991

Something happened to the posting ability and I had to type this one in by hand. I hate that when you hit enter it drops down two lines. BUT I LOVE THE SITE!!!! NO worries I am sure you can read it.

TTFN!!

 I have been writing to people who have been so generous to us here as often as I can. I always try to let them know about me... call me crazy!! Well this last time I did... I like the detail yet conciseness of it. SO, I saved it and was going to send it to all my NEW friends... then it hit me that I could cover more ground here... so this is me... in a nutshell!!!

Me... I am a Son of a Marine/Minister with combined years of 46! He did 20 as a marine and 26 as a minister. He passed away on 2002 of a massive heart attack.... while he slept... PRAISE GOD! The minister who spoke at his memorial said; "Like Enoch, Jerry got so close to God, God just took him home." Almost let the tears flow just then. I am such a softie! My Mom worked off and on through many jobs and supported him all the way... even his THREE (count em 3!) tours to Vietnam. I called her the other night to tell her that I extended and she said she knew I would, but she wanted her Baby at home. MOMS... go figure!  I have four siblings... The three oldest are two boys and a girl in that order (the girl is seventeen months my senior) I am an OOPS (Grams always said a Blessing, but she was prejudice... I was born while my Mom was boarding at my Grandparents house). My biological (f)ather was also a Marine, who supposedly was a womanizer so, I also have a SISTER who is SIX months older then me... yes, that makes her a HALF sister! I have never met either of them.  My (f)ather sent Mom home to my Grandparents and told her to stay there. I don't think EITHER of them knew about me at that time. HE found out when he got the child support notice for FOUR kids and NOT the three he sent home with her. WHICH means... I was almost born a California BOY! Home by the way is right where I belong SOUTH CAROLINA... I was born in Beautiful BEAUFORT By The SEA! My Mom married my Dad when I was three and they had a boy two years later. He is my Brother and the closest one to me. So, although I have a half sister ALL my brothers are WHOLE!

My Mother only raised ONE idiot... and that was me! I am the Black Sheep in the family... just like MOM!! My three older siblings all have only TWO kids each and my little brother (who is ACTUALLY bigger then me, not only was I an “oops”, I am the smallest except for my sister and she is a GIRL!!!) who only ever had two dogs! I have FIVE (count em 5) kids and they are two girls and three boys with the oldest and youngest being girls. My wife and I both came into the marriage with at least one rug rat. She came with ONE and I had three. I had been a single parent for the prior ten years which began when my kids were 3, 2, and 1 years old. They are Erica, Christopher and Michael. LYNN, my wife, brought into the marriage a three year old “Red Headed Step Child”, Joseph… who is now 17! He will be moving out soon and then there will be ONE! YEAAAAAAAAA!! That one is Christalynn Michelle… remember, I am Chris and my wife is Lynn. Did you get it? Chris plus Lynn equals Christalynn!

OK, I have bored… or thrilled you to death! I said all that just to say thank you for the letters you've written and what you have done for us. I hope and pray that God will bless you all for blessing us. May your wings never droop and your halo always lay straight!

Hi Chris,

You are never boring.  I love reading all that you write and it is extra special to hear a little about you personnally.  I hope all is well with you.  Thanks so much for sharing yourself with us.

Donna

Thank you for sharing a littlet bit of your life with us.  You are not boring, I love to read your postings. 

Here is an OLD one!!

                  SMILE

By Chris Dunn

1985

The funny thing is.... it STILL lets me edit it! So I tried AGAIN and it came out like this minus the underlinning. I added that to show you where the next sentence is suppose to begin.  Oh well, what can ya do?!!

TTFN!!

Love it! Keep 'em coming!

Carol

well....... I just don't understand what is the matter with the way the poem is saving. I copied and pasted it from my "stick". I posted it. I opened it and it was brought together like a paragraph. Well I edited it and retyped the thing so it was line and then next line DOWN, posted it BUT might not have checked it... and NOW I see it is jumbeled!! Anyone got any ideas why I USED to be able to get them to look right and now I can't?

Hi Chris,

I know the position of the poem helps the reader read each line with the proper pause, etc.  Your writings are so good, the placement simply doesn't matter to me.  I love it.

Thank you.

""""OK, I have bored… or thrilled you to death! I said all that just to say thank you for the letters you've written and what you have done for us. I hope and pray that God will bless you all for blessing us. May your wings never droop and your halo always lay straight!"""

Hello Chris........WOW!!!!   So good to see you back and know you are safe and doing well.    Glad that Easter pkg finally got to you all and that you all enjoyed it a bit late(r)........hope the chocolate didn't melt!!!   But, like I just said, so good to see you back here and that you are well.    Now, for the above paragraph......does my "halo always lay straight".   How about being silly!!!!  or crazy!!!!   I thought........gosh......sometimes my halo isn't always straight

As always enjoyed the posts, stories and poems.........keep them rolling.....

Love and peace.......Anne Marie

Irish,

Well... I have gotten some compliments on my poems over my lifetime but that is the SWEETEST compliment I have ever gotten. THANK YOU!!

Hi Ann Marie!

Crazy... Silly..... OUTRAGEOUS.... it doesn't mater.... your halo rides on the air above your head... so, even when you "fall down and can't get up" your halo is still perfectly straight! At least for anysoldier supporter angels it does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY THE WAY.... have I ever told you.... NO? Well here let me tell you a little bit about it.... I actually answered a question for my Sister-in-law, who I have been giving some advice too. If you like what you see feel FREE to use it!

OK,

Scales for weighing on... SCALES are NOT created equally. Many of them will have a weight variance. Have you checked your scale to see if it is TRUE? take forty pounds of weight (the more the better but you have to KNOW that it is a true weight object... like your dumbbells) and put them on the scale. Adjust your scale so it weighs what ever weight you have on it CORRECTLY... FORTY pounds should show on the scale for forty pounds of weight. It doesn't matter that when you take you weights off the scale the scale no longer shows ZERO... if it was a pound or two off before you adjusted it… it won’t say zero ever again! Who cares what it says when there is nothing on it? We only care what the scale says when the PRESSURE (hee hee) is on! So, once you get your scale to show true weight, check it monthly to make sure it is always showing true. AND, use IT as your guidance for your weight.

When you go somewhere (gym, doctor, friends house) and you get on that scale DON’T worry about if it is FIVE pounds different then yours…. And DON’T get EXCITED if it shows five pounds LESS then yours. Several things are possible. 1. Weight change SINCE the last time on your scale. 2.Your scale needs adjustment again. 3.The scale you are on (wherever you are) needs adjustment. 4.YOU are on your period (if it is heavier weight). There are  too many variables and that is why you should only use yours. BUT if you must step on a scale (phy weigh loss for example) and yours said you weighed 150 and you get on theirs and it says 158… don’t even mention it. The next week when you get on their scale again and at your house it said 148 and at PWL it says 156 you will know you have lost two pounds! Weather you weigh 500 pounds and loose two pounds or 1000 pounds and loose two pounds… you still lost TWO pounds. Don’t stress about the scales accuracy… just see if it goes up or down as you use it continuously. By the “weigh”… I am sure you know that muscle weighs more then fat. To loose weight you can simply shed pounds by eating less. BUT, if you are shedding pounds by DOING MORE, then you ARE building muscle. You start off by strengthening what you have and at some point you will start BUILDING muscle. Now look at me (well alright then THINK about me) I have hit the weights and hit them HARD and I have never became an Arnold Smoozermuscle! So, don’t STRESS… your muscles will NOT get TOO big! BUT as you add a little muscle it  will mask SOME of the weight you are loosing. A VERY good reason NOT even to bother weighing your self.

Let’s say you are a size 15, and you start eating right and working out right and you weighed 250 pounds. Then your scale broke… and ALL the scales in the world broke, but you kept working out. A year goes by and although you have WONDERED what you weigh you haven’t STRESSED about it. OK, now it is the years end and you go to buy a new out fit. You have done VERY WELL with your eating and your working out. So, you get measured for the outfit and you find that you are now a size SIX! Does it matter how much you weigh? Won’t you know by your body that you HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING?

No stress! Not about what you eat JUST about how much, but DO try to eat the right things ALWAYS. Don’t stress about the distance, just do as much as you can now and increase it to do more as OFTEN AS YOU CAN. Don’t stress about the scale, look at your body and the size of your clothes… you will know! You’re off to a great start! Keep doing what your doing, keep asking questions, keep reading for knowledge, go online and join any FREE or almost free weight watchers or exercise group. Keep a journal of EVERYTHING you are doing. A page a day should be good… eating, working out, snacking, how your feeling, highs and lows… the more detail you have on YOU the better you will know what works or not!

THAT SHOULD HOLD YOU FOR A WEEK OR TWO!!!

LOL!!

TTFN!!

Well AS.com... what do you think? Was it worth the read? DId you ENJOY it? I hope so. Let's share some info about eachother and the process of getting our selves in better shape for ourselves and the ones we love!!

Have a great day EVERYDAY!!!

Hello Chris and everyone

Wow.....what a READ!!!!   But most enjoyable......and I say that in the true-ist of words.   You see I have a sister who walks 2-3 miles a day (and yes increases it a little bit every few weeks).   She is my encouragement.......a year and a half ago she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.........She is a survivor!!!!!   And  a mighty strong one at that.   Her philosophy is that cancer didn't take her off the planet and neither was her weight.   Since June of '07 she has lost over 100 lbs......and going strong.   She eats what we all should......more veggies and fruits.........and I do believe the exercise helps.   As I said she is my encouragement.    I was gonna just PM you Chris.......but I wanted everyone to also know that staying healthy is IMPORTANT!!!!    So, Chris....thanks for the reinforcement that my sis gives and you just gave.   Now I just have to fit it in when I'm watching the grands!!!!  

Blessings to all...............LOVE AND PEACE...................ANNE MARIE 

WAY TO GO ANNE MARIE! AND COGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SISTER!! PRAISE AND THANKS TO GOD!!!

I am sure that more then AS.com supporters will also read this and say yep thats nice... but not want to comment thinking they don't have anything to share. But we all have stories! Some of wins and some of losses. Some of trials and some of errors... you see my thing is... I am addicted.... to reading and writing in AS.com!! You all come here for a good read, and I bet all of you would like to put fingers to keys to have your say... some of you just need a little prodding PROD! PROD! PROD! Well there... now you have been prodeed... so let your finges tickle those ivories - that are really cheap black plastic tabs - share what you think about being healthy!

AS.com-mers say what???

no1dunn:

AS.com-mers say what???

I also say BRAVO to AnneMarie's sister. That's amazing!

And I have to say thanks to no1dunn for sharing your words of encouragement. I can definitely relate, and wish I had a few more "cheerleaders" to help in my own struggles with getting healthy. But I know ultimately, I have to be my own best cheerleader.

So: YAY, ME!