Friends Wedding and a Good time had by all

Hi Everyone,

I’m home again, Ross and I had wonderful time, we saw so much, but the highlight of our trip was, to be at the wedding of a net friend, who I’ve known for many years, but had never meet in person till we got off the plane in the Philippines. If any of you ever get the change to meet a friend who you got to know on line, please do it, it may change your life, for

“Friends are the Family God lets Us pick”,

S.M. Mac Arthur ©

William and Myla

The Four of Us

William and Myla

William

Ross and I

Ross, William and Me

Ross, Me, William and Myla's Mum and Dad

Friends to meet,off to the Philippines and Singapore

Hi Everyone,

This is just to let you know I’m off on holidays, Ross and I are going to the Philippines to meet a Canadian friend, I have been talking to him on line for about five years but we have never meet, this will be the first time we will be all it the same room at the same time, while we are there, we are going attend his wedding to a lovely young Lady who has change his life in so many way and all for the better.

This will be my first trip overseas and I’m so looking forward to it, we fly to the Philippines on the 15^th of September for five days and then on to Singapore for four days then home.

We hear about all the bad things that go on, on the internet, but like many of you have found there is so much good too, many friendship are made here on the net, friendships, that change people life’s, in many ways. Sometime those that start out as friends, become much more, they become family, I truly believe the saying “Friend are the Family God let Us pick”

I’ve always said if I win Lotto I would travel the world and meet as many of you as I could, so if one day there a knock on your door, and there this strange lady standing there , who talk funny, it will be me.

Please look after your selves while I’m gone and stay safe when you are out and about.

Sue

P.S Could you hold off sending Email’s till I get Back, Thanks

S.M. Mac Arthur ©

Father's Day 5 September 2010

What Makes a Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so,

He called it ... Dad

~ Author Unknown ~

I would like to wish all Dad’s out there a

“Very Happy Father’s Day”

I hope you have a wonderful day with those you Love.

Take care

Sue

Always Know That!!

ALWAYS KNOW THAT..

Your presence is a present to the world.
You are unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be.
Take the days just one at a time.

Count your blessings, not your troubles.
You will make it through whatever comes along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be strong.

Do not put limits on yourself.
So many dreams are waiting to be realized.
Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
Reach for your peak, your goal and you prize.

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.
The longer one carries a problem the heavier it gets.
Do not take things too seriously.
Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.

Remember that a little love goes a long way.
Remember that a lot … goes forever.
Remember that friendship is a wise investment.
Life’s treasure are people together.

Realize that it is never too late.
Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
Have hearth and hope and happiness.
Take the time to wish upon a star.

AND DO NOT EVER FORGET ….
FOR EVEN A DAY
HOW VERY SPECIAL YOU ARE !

Long Tan Day

The Battle of Long Tan was one of the major battles that Australian soldier where involved in, in Vietnam.

The newly arrived 1^st Australia Task Force establish its Phuoc Tuy base in 1966 at Nui Dat on high ground surrounded by a rubber plantation.

On the 16^th of August 1966 Viet Cong fired a barrage of shell in to Nui Dat, wounding twenty four Australian Soldiers, from a rubber plantation nearby, there plan was to get the Australian to move out of the base, in the path of the waiting Viet Cong, where they would be out numbered.

On the 18^th August at about 3.15pm D Company of 6RAR was patrolling the area around the Long Tan Plantation when they encountered a small group of Viet Cong; they fled leaving behind one of the number killed by the Australians. The Patrolling continued until, the main body of the Viet Cong 275 Regiment was found, the Viet Cong attached vigorously with mortars, rifle and machine guns.

In pouring rain, the Australian returned fire from where they where and with artillery fire from Nui Dat some five kilometres away. Close air support was ask for but could not be use as the enemy could not identified accurately.

The Commander of D Company, radioed to be resupplied. Two RAAF helicopters which happen to be in Nui Dat to transport a concert party flew at tree top level into the battle area to drop much need boxes of ammunition.

The heavy fire from D Comany and the aggressive artillery fire from Nui Dat, turned the battle in favour of the Australians. But the Viet Cong continued fighting trying to gain the upper hand.

A Company of 6RAR where ordered to move in to support D Company, they did so in armoured personnel carriers, they found the enemy and two Platoon of A Company dismounted and moved forward to meet the enemy, who turn and fled.

The Viet Cong could be seen massing in the diming light. At 6.15pm the relief force from D company arrived in the area and the enemy could be seen melting in to the darkness.

The Australian consolidated their position for the night and started to fly out there wounded by helicopters. During the night the Viet Cong removed many of the wounded and died from the battle field. For some Australians it was a terrifying night as they lay there wounded with Viet Cong moving around them.

When the Battle for Long Tan was over.

Morning showed that the Viet Cong force well beaten, Questioning of prisoners ascertained that the offensive force comprised the Viet Cong 275 regiment and the D445 Battalion, a total force of two thousand five hundred men, two hundred and fifty Viet Cong bodies where found on the battle area.

D Company number one hundred and eight men, eighteen where killed and twenty four wounded.

Lest We Forget

S.M MacArthur. ©

18^th of August Long Tan or Vietnam Vets Day, most people who know me know that Nam Vets hold a place in my heart, be they Vets I know or ones I’m yet to meet, for I know what some of these men have been through and what some of them are still going through.

Has it got any easy for these man over the years, for some of them No, a lot of them are still fighting to get the help they need, most of them just want help, with the medications that they need, for some the medicines each month cost the so much, it just not funny, these man are not asking for a hand out, they asking for help.

In every DVA office there are men passing judgment on these soldier, “ yes this one should get the pension, not this one shouldn’t get help with his medical” and so on, they are carrying on like it there money they have to use to help these man, well it Not it our money, we are the one’s paying our Tax’s and it our Tax money that use to help these men.

You know what really worries me, what going to happen when those who are now fighting over sea come home, what will it be like for them. Will it be the same as the Nam Vet and what will they have had to put up with, will it take them years to make the Government see that they need help.

It is our Government who send these young men and woman to war, they are Australia very best, and they go and do what ask of them.

Some of these young men and women are killed fighting for this country and our Pollies go to their funerals and so they should, all Respect should be given by not only the Pollies but everyone in this country to those who died for this country.

But the same Respect should be given to those who have come home, there fight should end when they step foot back in this country, they should be give the Respect in the form of the help they need, they should not have to come home and start fighting all over again.

If I had my way, everyone who leave this country to fight for this country, would be look after when they get home, for they have laid there life on the line for this country, they should all get the medical help they need and they should all get the pension, they should not have to fight for it.

To the Nam Vet’s I know and those I’m yet to meet,

God Bless each and every one of you and “Welcome Home”.

S.M. Mac Arthur ©

Only One You

Only One You

There are promises and poems
Silly rhymes and songs
There are storms and rainbows
Sunshine and sometimes snow . . .

There is draught and there is rain
And dances that do the same
There are flowers and blue skies
And a million reasons why . . .

There are fantasies and dreams
Surprises and many schemes
Three are waterfalls and seas
Mountains and many trees . . .

There is laughter and there is pain
Scars that will always remain
There is happiness and sorrow
Hopes of a new tomorrow . . .

There are seasons to behold
Many stories to be told
There are folks who are blessed
There are those who have less . . .

There is uncertainty and fear
Love for those we hold dear
Yes, those for whom we care
And lift up in our prayers . . .

There are moments we are down
And many dreams to be found.
When all comes into view
I realize my friend, that . . .
there is .

Thank you for the gift of you!

© Steve A. Politte

Age

I talk to many people on line, and one of the things that keeps coming up is age, I can’t understand why people worry so much about their age; to some it seem a big deal.

To me age is just a number that people use, it like telling the time, you need numbers there, so the clock works, well people need to count off the years, and to me that all it is, a way of counting time.

So why is it a big deal to some people, dose our age make us who we are, dose it define us in some way, I don’t think so, I know it doesn’t stop us from doing things we want to do, sometime we need to do them a new way as we get older but we still do them.

Even with babies, we put an age on things, baby is eight months old, he should be sitting , have teeth, standing or whatever the book say, doesn’t baby always do it when he ready, sometime sooner sometime later, but he always does it in his own time.

Why should people retire at any given age? If someone feels they can work longer, why should they retire, some people still have so much to offer as they get older, something’s are learnt from year of experience, not from a book or the net, if they are in good health and want to keep working a bit longer, good on then, it keep that active and out amongst people and that good for everyone.

Today when I was in town, I had done my shopping and was waiting for Ross, who was off seeing a mate, I sat chatting to a man of I thought of about seventy, he and his wife where in town for four days they were going north to the warm weather for the next two months as their home was down south.

He told me, how he nearly lost his wife to a brain tumour twenty years ago, we agreed he was very lucky to still have her, then he said it was her birthday next week and she would be seventy nine, and that every year they when away for their birthdays, I sat there wondering if his wife seventy nine just how old he was so I ask, he said he was eight five, he told me when he was home he still when to work two days a week, because he like to be with them “young ones” and that he enjoy showing them things that he knew how to do.

This is why I think he looked and was so well for his age, this man enjoy life and what he did, being eighty five should not stop him from doing, thing he liked.

Age does not make us who we are, what make us who we are I think is how we see ourselves, who we are is what in our mind , body, heart and soul, it not in our age or how others see us.

“Age is just a number we use to count the passing years”

S.M. Mac Arthur ©

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Kris

Nikki

Some of you may have read this before on WLS, but Im having a Mum moment

For Nikki and Kris with Love

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Once there where two women, who never knew each other,

One you do not remember, the other you call Mother,

Two different live, shaped to make your one,

One become your guiding star, the other become your sun,

The first gave you life, the second taught you to live it,

The first gave you the need for love and the second was there to give it,

One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name,

One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you aim,

One gave you emotions, and the other clamed your fears,

One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears,

One gave you up it was all she could do,

The other prayed for a child and God lead her straight to you,

And now you ask me through your tears, the age old question through the years,

Heredity or environment, which are you the product of ?

Neither, my darling neither, just two different kind of Love

Author Unknown

I first got this poem twenty four years ago, when our first gift of Love Nikki, come from Korea, to this day I am grateful to the two Birth Mum, who gave us our wonderful Children, for they gave us the greatest gift in the world, they made us a Family, I think of them often and hope they have found Happiness and Love

S.M. Mac Arthur ©