Friday, April 09, 2010

Faith Enough To Limp...

I recieved an email from a friend today...he fowarded a reply from a co-worker who he's been sharing his journey with. This man lost his six year old daughter to cancer a few years ago, and his words to my friend were too powerful not to share....

Being in a cubicle it’s hard for me to have personal conversations on the phone but I do want you to know that you and your family are in our, and others, prayers. People that you don’t even know are praying for you and your family. Hopefully, that provides you a small amount of comfort.

My faith is pretty simple minded and there probably isn’t anything that I can share with you that you don’t already know. But this is what I believe…..no one cried more that God when Maddie fell ill….no one cried more than God when your mother fell ill….and no one cries more than God when he sees you, your father and others struggle. I don’t understand why he can’t take these pains away but I do understand that he cares. Perhaps his answer to our prayers is that he simply provides us the strength to limp forward…..and that is enough.


Don't know about you....but I needed to hear that today. Thanks, my friend.

Bracketology Challenge...Final Results!

Well, the tourney is over and, like Butler, I fell just short of the victory. Congrats to Scott Tuttle on the win....and your prize is the chance to gloat for the next year!
Here's the final results....and nice work, Todd...you were truly sucktacular!


Group Standings
Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 Scott Tuttle 231 40 231 40 Kansas (126)
2 Rob Henschen 227 39 227 39 Kentucky (165)
3 Seth Baron 226 37 226 37 Kentucky (148)
4 Thad Hunsberger 225 42 225 42 Kansas (144)
5 brenda gawthrop 201 38 201 38 West Virginia (123)
6 Joe Bennett 197 35 197 35 Georgetown (138)
7 Shelley Flickinger 195 37 195 37 Kansas (132)
8 Kindra Baron 191 36 191 36 Kansas (148)
9 Jim Mast 181 34 181 34 Kansas (151)
10 Dennis Owens 176 34 176 34 Kansas (145)
11 Matthew Schwartz 173 35 173 35 Kansas (154)
12 Mark Slabaugh 167 31 167 31 Syracuse (142)
13 Kent Norr 167 32 167 32 Kansas (153)
14 John Weldy 161 32 161 32 Kansas (135)
15 Dan Weiss 160 35 160 35 Kansas (138)
16 martha weirich 157 33 157 33 Kansas (150)
17 Jon Andrews 150 30 150 30 Kansas (157)
18 Terry Bley 144 32 144 32 Kentucky (149)
19 STEVEN BIRK 138 31 138 31 Kansas (141)
20 Todd Owens 132 30 132 30 Kansas (163)

See you all next year!
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