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Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 9:38:21 PM  1 votes
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Okay, so it's a corny title for this thread but I'm not feeling all that creative right now.

This is where I pour out my guts, telling the good and the bad, and encourage others to share what they'd like. I tend to write serious stuff more than anything else but goofiness is welcome. More than anything, I want to bring glory to God.

Welcome to friends, strangers and lurkers!

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 9:44:24 PM   
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WOW Maggie, I am honored, and do I get the first reply in this thread as well?

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 9:45:52 PM   
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It looks like you do! Welcome!

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 9:46:38 PM   
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Thank you Maggie, and I love the new title too!

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 9:51:43 PM   
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Thanks. I know there's nothing in the Bible to prove it, but church tradition has Mary Magdalene breaking the alabaster box of perfume over Jesus' feet. I like that connection but "Alabaster Box" has become somewhat over used in my opinion. I was at the hospital this morning and they have a beautiful new atrium at the front entrance. You probably couldn't build an atrium with alabaster but this is the Internet. We can do whatever we imagine. I actually own a couple of things made of alabaster. Years ago I bought a bust of Chopin for my piano. Just a few years ago a friend sent me an alabaster box with a hinged lid she bought when visiting Italy. I keep oil of spikenard in it. I love symbolism.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:10:50 PM   
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Very interesting Maggie!

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:19:55 PM   
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Hi Maggie!

I love it ... a bust of Chopin for your piano! That's awesome. My older sister plays, and she learned all of Chopin's work for her own personal enjoyment.

And I love the oil of spikenard in your alabaster box ... very cool! I can imagine the emotions you feel everytime you look at it.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:26:45 PM   
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Hey Sam! Welcome!

Your sister learned ALL of Chopin? Wow! I'm not that good. Or maybe I'm not that committed. But I love Chopin's music and he composed for piano only, which is cool.

My alabaster box is in my prayer room. Every morning when I go there, I take a bit of the oil on my finger and "anoint" my forehead with it.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:27:55 PM   
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Hmmm. I think I need to get out some Chopin and start playing again. It's been a long time. Too long.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:40:18 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: zondie

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Maggie wrote:
Everyone else in this thread knows that we have had a very difficult marriage.


Oh Maggie, I'm sorry! And I truly know about depression too. So I'll be praying for you in that area also. Hope you don't mind me asking, "Is your dh a Christian man?"

quote:

Maggie wrote:
On a more cheerful note, three of my sons are outside throwing horseshoes and having a great time together.


I love a good horseshoe game! Sounds like your sons are very active in their travels! (And yeah, I'm with you, when do we get our turn?) You're probably the typical mom and put your children before yourself, as most of us do. I hope they call and come by as often as they can though.


BTW: I'm glad your test on your lungs turned out to be good! (Thank you, Lord Jesus!)


Thank you for your prayers, Zondie.

When we married, I thought he was a very committed Christian. Turned out he wasn't at all. It was February, 2002 that he wanted to know why I was going for counselling. I (very fearfully) told him that I struggle with same-sex attraction issues. His conclusion to the matter was that he needed to start going to church and hasn't missed a Sunday since. And yes, he does more than go to church. He has committed his life to Jesus--at least as much as he knows how to do at this point.

I've got cool sons (I keep calling them boys but they're all in their twenties). They're pretty good about keeping in touch when they're not home--except for ds4 who lives in lala land most of the time. I've heard from ds1 twice already since he arrived in Paris yesterday and he'll show up in MSN and gmail at unexpected times while he travels. He spent two months in China two summers ago and was really quite good at checking in periodically.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:43:30 PM   
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She played for her own personal enjoyment. Both her boys are quite musical too.

My great grandfather was a composer. My sister came across a group of CD's with recordings of all his music! What a find!!

The music genes seemed to skip me, but my son has them. Little music dude.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:51:11 PM   
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Oh that's cool, Sam! Is your great-grandfather known in the music world? Surely you took music lessons of some sort as kid. What instrument(s) did you study? (Notice, I didn't say "play") And what does your son play?

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 10:59:40 PM   
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I wanted to come visit your atrium also, Maggie. Now I know why...

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Maggie wrote:
My alabaster box is in my prayer room. Every morning when I go there, I take a bit of the oil on my finger and "anoint" my forehead with it.


What an inspiration of devotion!

BTW: I love classical music! It soothes like an 'ointment'!

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 11:17:04 PM   
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My son plays the trumpet. But he can listen to any piece of music and tell you every instrument used ... down to the type. Amazing!

Me? LOL My parents made me take piano lessons, but I was so frustrated I couldn't do it, so they put me in ballet. I studied ballet for several years.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 11:18:57 PM   
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Hi Sam, where you good at it?

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 11:22:48 PM   
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The piano, no way.

Ballet? Yes. I loved it! It was just so incredibly time consuming. I had to stop in high school because I was in several advanced placement classes, and just didn't have the time to take lessons four days a week. But I still love the ballet, not that I get to go very often... it's such a beautiful expression.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 11:26:24 PM   
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Now I would let you all in on a secret when I was real young but its kinda embarrassing though. Well it shouldn't really be embarrassing but somehow it just seems so.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/2/2008 11:30:49 PM   
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Hey, is it more embarrassing than your father catching you on movie camera as a 2-year-old putting a frog down the front of your diaper?

Hmmmmm .......

Oh, and having had it converted onto tapes and passing them out the everyone in the family.

Yeah. Special moment.


Spill the beans

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 12:04:54 AM   
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Ok, not that embarrassing, just when I was little, I wanted to learn ballet is all. This was back in the 70's when it was thought of as being a girls only thing.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 12:25:32 AM   
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What an inspiration of devotion!

Hey Zondie! Thanks. God is so good.

Sam, that's cool about your son. How old is he?

Ballet is VERY demanding. Everyone has their gifting, artistically. Too bad you aren't able to go to the ballet often. We used to have season tickets years ago and I loved going.

Mike, ballet has always needed men.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 12:29:39 AM   
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Thank you Maggie, however I am not sure that I have the physical physique for ballet at this point. My nice round stomach would surely be a hit during the lessons.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 5:38:38 AM   
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 9:36:31 AM   
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Good morning all! I'd love it, if we had opportunity to go to a ballet, here.
But unfortunately, we'd have to travel at least 3 1/2 hours away to get to watch a performance. (Get to watch some on T.V. though.)

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 9:38:34 AM   
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Good morning Zondie, I can see the ballet right here in within the major city that I live near. Ironically I do not have much interest in going to the ballet though, go figure.

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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 5/3/2008 9:49:06 AM   
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Hi Mike. If it was the '70's now, would you change your mind and take ballet? And do you have any regrets by not taking the lessons? Maggie's right. Ballet can always use men! In fact, without a man in the performance (to accompany the pretty ballerina) it's not as interesting to me!

BTW: You may find that you would enjoy watching a live performance, if you attended once.

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