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Pray

 It’s a little after 9:30 pm here in South Carolina. I happened to open up Facebook because I like seeing parents posting back to school photos. I’m childless and still a sucker for the photos. The smiles send me a warm and fuzzy feeling. I chase those any chance I can. Too much of this world is a depressant, and these children are a shot of sunshine. I expected more photos. I didn’t expect a post requesting urgent prayer. This prayer requires miracles. The only kind the Father can provide. I don’t know if He will answer as I’d like. I have to try. Throw the Hail Mary. So I’m launching.  Lord Do what You do And show The world How it’s  Done If you’d do me the biggest gift please pray. Thank you for your faithfulness. I saw someone post this, and it hit its target.  It said:  “Love others as Jesus loves you.   Thank you Regine from R's rue https://ift.tt/md8l6MX

Saigon

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Christian Maynard as Chris and Desdemona Cathabel as Kim Shirley and I went to see "Miss Saigon" at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this evening. It's not a musical I had ever seen before and I only had half an idea about its plot. It's mostly set at the time of the American retreat from Vietnam in the mid-1970's. For me, the show was like the proverbial curate's egg - good in parts. I wasn't knocked out by it and partly that was to do with the quality of sound. In my opinion,  it needed to be crisper and probably a little louder. There was some clever stagecraft and a  long metal staircase dominated the acting space. It was multi-functional  but at it its dramatic best during the airlift from Saigon with Vietnamese citizens clinging to the structure desperate to get away as helicopter blades whirred noisily overhead. Very well done. Written by by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr., the songs th...

Thoughts

 Breathe in Breathe out Stay calm It’s not worth  A meltdown Lord Remind me Of who  You are When I’m all  In my Own feelings from R's rue https://ift.tt/D3d2TVc