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Faith-Hope.com

I’ve have created a website for Faith Hope at Faith-Hope.com. If you feel so inclined, please visit. At its start, there is little more than a gallery of photos, but as you will see, we have plans for more.

Hey Kid, Gimme Your Licensing Fee!

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The big bully on the block doesn’t want your lunch money anymore. He’s branching out, now he wants little Johnny to fork over a licensing fee for the honor and privilege of wearing a Cubs Jersey!

Major League Baseball is throwing its weight around, having sent letters to suppliers of little league baseball organizations stating that without the organization or the supplier paying a licensing fee to MLB, they could no longer sell and wear uniforms emblazoned with the official team names, logos, etc. Last I checked, little league baseball was about the kids, save for the groups of unruly parents who think they’re kids are the next Alex Rodriguez. With that being said, Little League Baseball is non-profit. I can remember playing little league baseball and having to sell fund raising candy just so the league could afford to purchase the uniforms. Who knows how much the licensing fee costs, it’s really besides the point. Tens of thousands of kids play little league baseball, most with the dream of someday making it to the big leagues, and also for most, the dream never comes true. For those few years in our innocent youths, little Johnny could say he once wore the same uniform the big guys wear. That moment in the sun won’t come for little Johnny anymore, unless we dish out gobs of money to the MLB machine that can’t even decide if we need instant replay to help umpires or if we just need to make sure they aren’t blind as a bat.

I will always love the game of baseball and I will always be the biggest of Cubs fans, but its stupidity like this that makes me sad for what MLB has become. Now, I’m not so narrow minded as to not realize that like anything else, baseball is a business, but is letting little Johnny run the bases, stand in centerfield or sit on the bench wearing Cubbie Blue and a big read ‘C’ on his jersey and cap really going to destroy Bud Selig’s bottom line?

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God Looked Around His Garden …

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God looked around His garden
     And He found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this earth
     And saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
     And lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful;
     He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering.
     He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
     Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rought,
     And the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids,
     And whispered “Peace be thine”.
It broke our heard to lose you,
     But you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
     The day God called you home.

I wanted to share with you this beautiful and fitting poem which was placed on the back of the memorial cards at the funeral services for Faith Hope. I would love to give credit to the author, but sadly, as I search the Web, the author is unknown.

If you are the author, or know who is, please let me know.

Pardon My Mess …

The previous theme, MassivePress, I used was fantastic. I just couldn’t seem to tweak it exactly to my liking. So, I think I’m back to using a previous theme that worked out nicely. The Morning After is a beautifully simplistic magazine style theme which I should be able to modify a bit more. So, please stand by as you will see some changes in colors, etc in the days to come.