You are very welcome Jennie :-)

[Fast Water]

Enjoy the day and catch a fish tomorrow!!!

:grin:

[Fshklr]

From the front page april 30th
American Profile "Angling For Life"

April 30th, 2003

With a lazy yawn, on the last of my errands, I stopped off at the Bay City Post office. Slid out of my seat, and was hit by a rush of warm, spring air.
I have a couple angels that I look forward to seeing in my daily travels, and my post office gal is one of them. Always cheerful, always laughing, she leaves me with a message of hope that helps me through my day. I feel like the song, "You know they are a Christian by their love, by their love..." is so true, by the encounters I have with people. She is one, and one that I look forward to seeing. That's why I usually save the post office, for last.
With that note, I greeted her with a smile, told her I was a bit tired, a bit hassled, and headed towards my box. "I got a package!" I exclaimed. I always love getting packages, and lots of times, we open them together.
This time, however, I just headed to the truck. I hesitated. Open it now, or at home? NOW! I opened it up, with absolutely no idea what the contents could hold.
It was a tie dye shirt, with a nice note from ifish member, Fast Water, with a note that began,
"Here is a spring time gift to help brighten things up a bit. There always seems to be clouds over our heads during the winter and the harshness of the wind, and the rains of the season, can, at times, seem unrelenting and unfair.
But spring is here, and hope springs eternal! Flowers bloom, and birds return! Sounds of life reborn to life and rejuvenate the soul!
The electronic world can be a harsh and stark place to live in.. The only thing that makes it bearable is a community of people founded in common interests or beliefs. But are there seasons in the electronic world?
I tie dyed a bunch of tee shirts just before Easter and I would like you to have this one as just a knock around shirt.
Take time to enjoy Spring!"
I immediately ran back into the post office, with a huge smile, and renewed joy, and couldn't get the words out fast enough!
"Now, how can you have a bad day when there are people like this out there?"
She read the note, admired the shirt, all the while, her big, joyous "Isn't life a picnic!" attitude shining through.
Thank you, Fast Water! Thank you, Spring! --and Thank you, God, for Fast Water, and for the post office lady, who I have spent so much time with on rainy days, as we ponder situations, and on sunny spring time days, as we spend time sharing, and discussing your plans for our lives, our world, and Your Wonder!
Take a minute to read Stan's new column... speaking of Springtime... and bass!
I'm off to Portland to take Andrew into the doc-- then home, then back again tomorrow at 3:30 AM, sharp, to fish with Bill Monroe, and The Oregonian's embedded reporter in Iraq! FUN! He promised me a Springer you know... PROMISED!!!!

Way to be thinkin Fasrwater. That was a special moment you created and seems to have given Jen a well deserved pick me up. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]