Saturday, July 05, 2008

LOVE=?ISO-8859-1?B?rSA=?=Manifest Moments=?ISO-8859-1?B?gQ==?=, Issue 16

From Christine Harvey, WomenForWealth.com

Hi Team -  
Sue, Jamie, Lori Anne, Alice, Deborah, Heiderose, Rebecca, Noelle, Ann, Lloyd, Johanna, Cecelia, Madeleine, Kate (France), Karen, Louise, Theresa (South Africa), Leigh, Karen, Rose, Connie, Amanda Jane, Vickie, Laura, Jamie, Monika, Stacey, Liz, Flo, Viva, Trish, Noelle, Laurie, Darrin, Hilde, Tom, Tommy, and Walter (England).

Young Frank was only a teenager when this happened to him... However the event impacted his entire future, in fact his whole life – the way he’s related to his own wife and his children over the years – the way he’s appreciated every day of his life since that moment some 60 years ago when it happened.

As I heard Frank retell this story with the passion he felt, it made me feel I was there too. It’s impacted me, and I think it will you too.

Here’s Franks true story:

“Some friends and I wanted to make some extra money one summer in Iowa when we were teenagers, and so we went to old farmer John and asked to help with his hay. He hired us but insisted on driving the machinery himself, and leading the efforts in the barn. He was working hard, keeping up with us young lads.

“He even went up on the ladder and has heaving some hay up when suddenly he clutched his heart and fell to the ground below.

“We ran to the barn door and shouted to his wife to call an ambulance.  When she heard our shout, she practically flew out to the bard. She hadn’t stopped to call the ambulance.

“When saw her husband lying on the ground and shouted to him, ‘JOHNNY – WAIT FOR ME!’ What happened next shocked us all. We remember it as if it was yesterday. What she did next was to threw herself to the ground next to him, hold his hand and close her eyes.

“Within two minutes they were both dead,” said Frank. “Farmer John died with a look of total peace on his face, and she with a tranquil slight smile.

“Later, an autopsy showed that farmer John died of a heart attack, but his wife’s cause was listed as unknown.”

Can you image the impact of that event on the life of a teenager? Let’s learn through Frank’s experience. I’ve actually heard of lifetime spouses dying within weeks or days of one another, but this is the first time I’ve heard of such an instantaneous event. May each of us reflect on the power of love.

With love from ChristineHarvey@WomenForWealth.com


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