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Cha

(305,425 posts)
1. I love how Chipstar(as I call her) puts all these
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 06:41 PM
Dec 2012

historical memories together for posterity.

Thank you, she, for bringing them on board

Hugging Gabby in January!

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
2. I felt we needed a little peace in our lives right now!
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 07:02 PM
Dec 2012

I think you said Chipstick/Star was a DU'er...left to start Obama Diary?

Well Hell...one awesome lady! Her vids were fabulous!

Cha

(305,425 posts)
3. She is one awesome lady..
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 07:31 PM
Dec 2012

She lives in Dublin and attended Obama's frist Inauguration.. dunno know if she's going for the 2nd one. She really likes our President!

She was a poster on DU who always had great pic threads of his Presidency.. but, the haters were taking over and her Photo-journal threads would turn into a carp fest. So, she left and started her own blog.. as I said before, "Best Thing That Ever Happened!"

I knew you would like her site, she.

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
5. OMG that is Chipstar? I just watched and posted on NYC SKP'S OP!
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 07:52 PM
Dec 2012

Say hi to her for me....awesome pictures!

Cha

(305,425 posts)
6. Yeah, pretty neat coincidence, huh?
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 07:57 PM
Dec 2012

You get the whole picture.. of her service to our country from Ireland.

An aside.. We share the same birthday and when I found out this year.. I was on cloud 13 I'm like..wow!

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
7. Well Happy Birthday to you both...whenever that may be.
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:21 PM
Dec 2012
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!

Thank you Jackeens! Beautiful pictures. Truly beautiful.
If you still come by...Hello.


An Irish Blessing

Remembered Joy

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!
I follow the plan God laid for me.
I saw His face, I heard His call,
I took His hand and left it all...
I could not stay another day,
To love, to laugh, to work or play;
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
And if my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...
Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.
My life's been full, I've savoured much:
Good times, good friends, a loved-one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief—
Don't shorten yours with undue grief.
Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,
Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.


An Old Celtic Blessing

May the blessing of light be on you—
light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you
and warm your heart
till it glows like a great peat fire.
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there... I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow...
I am the diamond glints on snow...
I am the sunlight on ripened grain...
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you waken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of gentle birds in circling flight...
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry—
I am not there... I did not die...

Thanks Cha!

Cha

(305,425 posts)
8. Those are beautiful
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:41 PM
Dec 2012

Irish and Celtic Blessings.. I'm saving them! Thanks She

Chips would love to see this and SKP's thread.. I'll send her an email soon with links so she can see she's gone but not even forgotten!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
12. I wasn't either. Remember Kadie's pix? They were so good! Here's one:
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 09:32 PM
Dec 2012
"We Love You Barack" President Obama stops at the Common Man restaurant in Merrimack, NH - pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101772751

She kept us going most of this year with huge photo spreads. And her Journal is here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=journals&uid=140239

Anyone talked to her lately? She posted a few days ago, but I don't know where.




sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
13. We will Freshwest! We will take the Rain!
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 09:49 PM
Dec 2012

"I'll Take The Rain"


The rain came down
The rain came down
The rain came down on me.

The wind blew strong
The summer song
Fades to memory

I knew you when
I loved you then
The summer's young and helpless.

You laid me bare
You marked me there
The promises we made.

I used to think
As birds take wing
They sing through life so why can't we?
You cling to this
You claim the best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.

The nighttime creases
Summer schemes
And stretches out to stay.
The sun shines down
You came around
You love easy days.

But now the sun,
The winter's come.
I wanted just to say
That if I hold
I'd hope you'd fold Open up inside, inside of me.

I used to think
As birds take wing
They sing through life so why can't we?
You cling to this
You claim the best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.

This winter song
I'll sing along
I've searched its still refrain
I'll walk alone
I've given this, take wing
Celebrate the rain.

I used to think
As birds take wing
They sing through life so why can't we?
You cling to this
You claim the best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.


freshwest

(53,661 posts)
15. Yes, I had to google the lyrics and find the song on youtube and iTunes.
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 10:46 PM
Dec 2012

The video was so perfect for it!

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
14. "I'll Take the Rain"
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 10:36 PM
Dec 2012

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The last one. Powerful!












Cha

(305,425 posts)
18. Just saw February and March.. What stunning images
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 11:25 PM
Dec 2012

we have of President Obama's time in history. Obama's America.. With from TheObamaDiary~

Many many thanks, she, for posting~

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