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Izea Forum
Have you visited the Izea Forum yet? If not, you definitely need to go visit the boards. Why? Well, first of all, they just completely redid them. They have a brand new look. It is a tad different looking than the old boards, but it only takes a little while to figure our your way around there. Another reason to check them out is because of the community. Izea posters are an awesome community to be a part of. These are some of the kindest most caring people I have ever met. Some of us have met in real life, but the majority of us have never seen each other ever. However, if you are having a problem with an opportunity you took, problems with your blog, or even problems at home, there is someone who is willing to give you a hand. For free. I know, it is hard to believe, but it is true. When I was pregnant with Will, there was even a thread guessing when he was going to be born! (I forgot who won that one — Amy, maybe?). All I know is that I have met some of my very best online friends on there. Another cool feature on the new boards is that you can report people if you have a problem with them. Instead of a discussion turning into a flame war, you can get a moderator to put a stop to it and reign everyone in. Speaking of moderators, I am one there, so that alone should make you check it out. LOL. In all seriousness, the Izea forums is your one stop shop for both information and community. Go check it out!
Weird Coincidences
This is just weird — really not too scary.
When I got married, my mom was sad because her mom (my grandmother) could not be there. (I was in 7th grade when she died.) When it came to the point in the ceremony to light the unity candle, Bill and I did so. We went to blow out our tapers and somehow blew out the unity candle. Yes, everyone in church laughed (I was freaking out in my head). Fast forward to last year. My sister swore she blew out her taper at the wedding. However, the flame did not go out. It looked like it relit itself. After my wedding, my mom wondered if that was my grandmother saying “Hey, I am here”. After my sister’s wedding, she was sure. We have one more weird candle happening. When Will was baptised this year, the priest had a really hard time getting his baptismal candle to light. My mom, sister, and I all looked at each other and smiled.
Weird Coincidences – Part II — I realized this in the hospital before we ever went home with Will. Madison was born 1-7; Will was born 6-7. Madison was 3 days early. Will was 3 weeks early. Madison was born at 1 in the afternoon. Will was born at 1 in the morning. Just enough coincidences to be weird.
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Wednesday Hero — From last week
I messed up and missed posting this last week when my computer exploded. I am posting this today and will have another hero up for tomorrow.
21 years old from Irving, Texas
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
October 14, 2004
Louise Vandertulip fussed at her son about his spending. He bought wild, overpriced hats that had flames on them or horns coming out of the top, she said.
While in Army basic training, he bought portraits of himself. His mother told him to save his money.
She’s glad he didn’t listen.
The hats and the pictures are all a part of her memories now.
Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip was killed in Baghdad when his patrol came under small arms fire.
Josiah Vandertulip joined the Army right after his graduation from Irving High School in 2002. He spent a year in South Korea before being stationed at Texas’ Fort Hood in February. Against his mother’s advice, he volunteered to go to Iraq. She told him to wait, to go to college.
“When he was determined to do something in his heart, he would do it and hell or high water couldn’t keep him from it,” she said
By going, he knew someone else with a young family could be saved from serving, relatives said.
He always had the important things right, Louise Vandertulip said.
“There’s a lot of rest in knowing that he died doing what he believed in and doing what he thought was right,” she said.
“We have a much more real sense of the cost for the freedom that we enjoy now,” said his father, Robert Vandertulip.
“Josiah was the first brand new soldiers I recieved as a dismounted team leader in Korea. He was one of the Best soldiers I have had the honor to train and work with. He loved being a soldier as much as any guy I have met. He was a great leader in the absence of his superiors. I could always count on him to make sure the mission was accomplished. I watched him change over the year I had him from a goofy kid, to a hard charging soldier.”
Sgt. Nickolas Faul
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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