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{Straight From the Heart}   *The Haircut*  7/6/00
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HAIRCUT

By:  Sue Pasztor
 
      I had just gone through life saving surgery.  Brain surgery to be exact.
      I came home from the hospital stay and surgery with a bald head and
 metal sutures all around my skull.  I looked like Frankenstein and felt so
 low and depressed.  I would not let anyone see me without having a scarf or
 hat on my head.  To tell you the truth, I didn't want anyone to see me or
 talk to me I was so depressed.
      Several days after being at home, I came out of my upstairs bedroom to
 go to the bathroom across the hall and did not have a hat on because I
 didn't think anyone was home.
      As I came out of the bathroom, lo and behold there stood my little
 three year old grandson.
      He looked at me and I looked at him and all of a sudden he got a huge
 smile on his face and put his arms around me and gave me the biggest hug.
 He then looked at me again and said, "Bubba (that is what the grandkids
 call me) you got a haircut!"
      I looked at him and said, "Yes I did."  He asked who cut it and I said
 the doctor did.  Well, that was fine with him.
      He made me realize I was still loved no matter what I looked like.  It
 was then I held his little hand and allowed him to take my downstairs to be
 with the rest of the family.  If it didn't bother him that Bubba looked
 like that I knew everyone else could accept it.  That little boy is eight
 years old today and I am still Bubba but with a little more hair.
      Thank you for allowing me to write this story about the unconditional
 love that children have in their hearts and how we often ignore it.
 
Sue Pasztor, also known as "Bubba"
Bubbapazz@aol.com

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A little bit about Sue:

I am married to a wonderful guy, 25 years to be exact on July 11th.  Together we have 
four children ages 26 to 31. We have four grandchildren and another 
due on July 14th.  I am a retired nurse who is now home with the g
randkids just being "Bubba."
I am relatively healthy but have recently developed another leak 
which is being watched at this time.  My life has changed dramatically 
after the "haircut" I quit working as a nurse and now spend all my 
time doing things that make me and my family happy.  God has blessed 
me so much.  He is a big part of my life.  The biggest part I am happy 
to say.  I don't take any days for granted anymore.  As a result of 
the surgery, I lost taste and smell but gained so much. 

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Thought For The Day:

"Faith is not a belief without proof, but trust without reservation."
(Elton Trueblood)

Verse for the Day:

"...I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to 
keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day."
2 Timothy 1:12

Kid's Thought For The day:

"Sharing isn't always the right thing - like when it's chicken pox."

Parent's Thought For The Day

"Adults are always asking children what they want to be when they 
grow up - they're looking for ideas."
(Paula Poundstone)

Coach's Thought For The Day

"They haven't matured enough so that their competetive juices 
overcome their excuses."
(Bill Nellville, former US National Men's Volleyball Coach)

Deep Thought For The Day:

In the oldies song, "Walk Like a Man," why do all the men sing like 
girls?
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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\  /    THUNDER27@aol.com   http://members.aol.com/Thunder27/index.html
/_/  \    "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
\_\/\ \   Christ lives in me.  The life I live in the body I live for the Son
   \_\/   of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."  Galatians 2:20	




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