tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38745724887787298932024-03-13T04:48:13.312-04:00Saving Memories by D.K.FisherD.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-76223738391524493422012-04-12T13:05:00.000-04:002012-04-12T13:05:12.742-04:00Crossing the LineGod woke me up at 11:35pm last night and he wasn’t going to let me get any sleep until I wrote out these thoughts, so this is what came out of that wakeup call. Dana you have to find a way to cross the line. Figure it out and trust in me. I went to bed last night with these thoughts weighing on my heart. My physical human side is still wanting to "eat the stew" and my spiritual side wanting to put me out of my comfort zone.<br />
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Last night, Robert and I were at our church, (The Avenue church) watching the 2nd part of a series by Greg Groeschel called, " Get Weird, Love God", that’s all about being anything but normal and all about being weird and loving God. Robert and I have both been saved but are still very new in our faith and understanding of living for God and letting him use us for his purpose. We have come a long way so far in a short time and I know that we still have a long way to go and will never be truly worthy of the grace God has given us. Before I talk about what takes us out of our comfort zone, I would like to clarify that Robert and I both do pray privately, we have our own way of talking to God and do so frequently. I wanted to make note of that before my next statements.<br />
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Last night, we were both feeling out of our comfort zones. Bryan (our Lead Pastor), asked us to get into small groups and pray for each other if we felt comfortable, I panicked inside but quickly recovered when Bryan came prayed over our group. I know that this is God challenging us to step out in our faith and he woke me up to talk about it or should I say write about it. I know we are not the only ones that feel uncomfortable and awkward at these moments and I am feeling God’s push to ask the questions and do something about it. <br />
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Growing up in a non-Church going family and only being exposed to Church on rare occasions and hearing people talk about prayer I have a lot of confusion on proper prayer etiquette. I have heard things like always thank God first and don’t ever start a prayer asking God for something and other things that aren’t coming to me at the moment. All of these things have caused me to feel very inadequate to say an open prayer for fear of not praying to God in a way that honors him and making myself feel stupid too(human side). <br />
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So here is my list of things that are taking us out of our zone at church and things we want to overcome by knowing what and how we are to handle these different situations…<br />
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1.) Praying out loud in front of people – For myself, my thoughts race with… What will I say? How will I word it? How do I handle being asked to pray if it happens? My mind goes into a state of panic because that human side of me doesn’t want to feel awkward or stupid. <br />
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2.) Alter call - I wanted to go and have them pray for me, but once again that human fear of not knowing what exactly happens takes over with thoughts of...Are they going to ask me to pray out loud and pray with me? Do they just pray for me and not know exactly what I need prayer for? Or, do they ask me and then pray for me?<br />
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3.) Communion - I understand that this is done as a Christian, but I am once again uncomfortable with situation # 1 saying a prayer out loud and saying it wrong for this ceremony. (Janet gave me great comfort in this area just this past weekend and I do feel better about my personal prayer here. Thanks Janet!) I include this because I know how uncomfortable I have been and others are during the communion ceremony.<br />
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4.) Blessing a meal - I know this may sound ridiculous but to say a prayer from my heart and out loud at Thanksgiving I had to write it out and then edit it several times to get it to a point where I felt could read it and be okay with it. <br />
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Now, that I did get to go back to bed and get some rest I woke up, got ready for work, read what I had written so far to Robert and received his approval for including him in this posting, I got in the car and immediately called my life coach and best friend. I told her I needed a book called, “Prayer for dummies” and she reminded me, read God’s word. Sometimes it’s right in front of us and we have to be reminded. He teaches us through his word, when his disciples asked for him to teach them to pray in Luke 11: 1-4 and he responded with The Lord’s Prayer. <br />
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I know these are things we will eventually overcome with faith and experience but when and how do I "cross this line" and really step out in my faith. I know God has a plan for my life and I want to live by his plan. All of these things have weighed on me privately since finding our church home. Then, tonight, after wanting to go and have my church pray for me or with me and not going when I had that opportunity I was woke up with the need to write about this and post it for everyone to see. <br />
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I guess I am crossing the line in my faith after all. My pride doesn’t want me to let people see that I don’t know and that I don’t understand everything, but I also know, I can't be the only one that feels this way. So I am humbling myself today before him and the world and saying I am not perfect, I am a sinner, I am uncomfortable and it’s okay. He’s got my back and the right moment will come where I can step up and step out for him. I know he has a plan for me and this is another step to overcoming my fear of feeling inadequate and stupid. Like we have all heard the only stupid questions are the ones not asked. So this is what I had to ask today for Robert, myself and everyone else out there that hasn’t gotten to a point where they can ask. <br />
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Lord, Thank you for what you are doing in our lives and please continue to transform us into what you would have us to be for you. Help us feel safe to stand up and trust you to say and do what you would have us do in that right moment. Help us cross that line to show you our Faith!D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-80774213897678384902010-07-27T09:36:00.001-04:002010-07-27T12:51:57.066-04:00Scott Pallot sings Mary Jane's Last Dance "Live"<object height="295" style="background-image: url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/kqvUbmy_76U/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqvUbmy_76U&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqvUbmy_76U&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
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Saw Pallot, Porters & Miller Saturday night at "HUGS" in Eatonton, Georgia. My understanding is that they will be back sometime in August to play again there. If you get a chance to see them, it is well worth it. They have a great sound and 3 of the members sing lead vocals. All are awesome and have a great harmony between them. I will definitely be looking forward to hearing them in person again. You can hear more music on their myspace page, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pallotporter">Pallot Porters & Miller</a> . You don't have to have a myspace account to listen and view their videos. I will add them to my calendar at the bottom of my blog when I find out a definite date. <br />
Hope to see you there!D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-42881543595689584922010-07-27T09:25:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:25:10.255-04:00Copperhead Road by Scott Pallot "Live" at Harley Davidson of Macon<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xHgIkDuDuP8/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHgIkDuDuP8&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHgIkDuDuP8&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-34651960271879157362010-07-27T09:21:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:21:43.620-04:00Tom Petty cover or "Free Fallin" by Scott Pallot Live at Harley Davidso...<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5jm-hiAapqU&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5jm-hiAapqU&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-27845255397446224562010-07-27T09:19:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:19:45.514-04:00Heart of the Matter Pallot Porter & Miller<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/TTrUiJcawaQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TTrUiJcawaQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TTrUiJcawaQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-43410326829413132122010-07-27T09:17:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:17:46.761-04:00Scott Pallot sings Mood Ring Pallot Porter & Miller<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/IKzR0XFC10Y/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IKzR0XFC10Y&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IKzR0XFC10Y&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-16916846255007332462010-07-27T09:13:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:13:23.214-04:00Angel From Montgomery Pallot Porter & Miller<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/89sGmfzJ5DI/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/89sGmfzJ5DI&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/89sGmfzJ5DI&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-64094527907850869972010-07-27T09:09:00.000-04:002010-07-27T09:09:00.922-04:00Purple Rain by Pallot Porters & Miller<a href="http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=21704870&ap=1&albumid=15098296&songid=65583696&sms_ss=blogger">Purple Rain by Pallot Porters & Miller</a>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-84785585230036528972010-07-09T21:29:00.001-04:002010-07-09T21:31:27.195-04:00Where does the time go?Where do I begin? Birthday parties, photo shoots, Sunflower festival, 4th of July parties, work, and helping my sister type up 75 hours of lesson plans for a class, and Editing pictures. WOW! I can't believe I am still moving. I am exhausted but enjoyed every minute.<br />
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Spent an entire day in Shady Dale, Georgia the weekend of the June 20th, at the Chester resident enjoying John <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Morrell's</span> 60th Birthday. Met some great people, got some great pictures, and really enjoyed the cooking. John's and his family cooked a whole hog, made <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">brunswick</span> stew, and had lots of other goodies. It was a fun day and the Chester's were great host.<br />
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Sunday, Sunflower farm and photo shoot with niece Emily. What can I say, we got some great shots and had fun doing it. I don't get to spend much time with my niece Emily, so having the whole day with here was great. She is such a sweet kind hearted person and absolutely beautiful. She wanted her Aunt Dana to do her Senior pictures and what was I suppose to do but say....WELL YEA! Still have a few other locations to go shoot with her and now we will just have to decide which ones she wants to use. :) She is my niece...I can spoil her, Right!<br />
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Several other days that week I was able to capture a few shot of my niece Lovey, Allissa, and my sister and her family.<br />
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The 3rd of July, we spent at my Dad's and Gloria's for a cookout and day with the family.<br />
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Back to the Sunflower Farm for the Festival on the 4th and back again the 5th with some friends just to get more pictures of the flowers. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">After crying almost the whole plane trip back because I had to leave my family so far away...It was time to get back to work. Morning after being back home, I helped a friend shoot a wedding in Athens. It was beautiful and we all had a great time. Congratulations Tom and Dawn! My friend Dege is working on weeding through all the images and I think the couple is going to be very pleased. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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To View pictures after event go to <a href="http://savingmemories.dotphoto.com/">http://savingmemories.dotphoto.com/</a> click on the AmVets Defenders of Freedom Ride. Enjoy.D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-13902354376042392042010-03-25T08:40:00.000-04:002010-03-25T08:40:12.210-04:00Welcome Home Robert!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cKlTF-w6vozPTMuCyeDsA5msDbNRvdFP3So9d7lmj26QMRwFDR8eKxwUbusNQ_oOU2jnUDEmMnoQjP77AQaMAneiUgyuznaQ3pkPxqOE3cCxHSU4RcV7n_KQEEd16HSs5Ce664QTFZZ_/s1600/Roberts+Home2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cKlTF-w6vozPTMuCyeDsA5msDbNRvdFP3So9d7lmj26QMRwFDR8eKxwUbusNQ_oOU2jnUDEmMnoQjP77AQaMAneiUgyuznaQ3pkPxqOE3cCxHSU4RcV7n_KQEEd16HSs5Ce664QTFZZ_/s400/Roberts+Home2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-81504308759671209672010-03-14T17:54:00.000-04:002010-03-14T17:54:27.344-04:00Vacation<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last weekend, Robert and I made a quick four day trip to Lakeland. It was a great weekend. We were able to see <b>all</b> of his brothers and sisters this trip and were actually able to get a family picture with all the siblings with Mom and Dad. I believe this is the first family picture that included all of them. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I think there will be a few play dates in our future! Nothing like watching the imagination of children. </div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-80141209388336899382010-01-18T13:12:00.009-05:002010-01-28T06:04:24.772-05:00God, Family & Photography<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPi_jbEybD4UTMsa4pe1rbkIEuaBrkHEFIAT4tRpNX0PFTM6dGDvgp7INh8OxvPFz0CN2jvQiJjeBIBkAchbbbwn5tq790G7yQ4B-WvTjJj8-FNtGiH_FJFbMhgGEifp9MuZxA4VS-aaU/s1600-h/2009+collage1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428202725383228146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPi_jbEybD4UTMsa4pe1rbkIEuaBrkHEFIAT4tRpNX0PFTM6dGDvgp7INh8OxvPFz0CN2jvQiJjeBIBkAchbbbwn5tq790G7yQ4B-WvTjJj8-FNtGiH_FJFbMhgGEifp9MuZxA4VS-aaU/s400/2009+collage1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div>What a year! 2009 has come and gone and it was another year of great memories of being with family, and friends. This past year we have all had our struggles some worse than others but thankfully we all still have our jobs, homes, and each other. <br />
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<div></div><div>This past year I have tried to make every family event possible to capture those moments in photos. Birthdays, cookouts, kids award ceremonies, holidays with family, our travels, and graduations, to put together a slideshow for my family. This past year with pictures selected I have about 1300 pictures to put in a 3 part slideshow. I am working hard on getting my project done so I can share this with my family. The collage of photos is a small sampling of those photos taken. Part 1 is almost complete. Yeah! <br />
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<div>This year's photos I am developing a new stategy to organize along the way. My goal this year is to weed out all my bad photos before waiting until the last minute to trash them and also to orgaize my 2010 album now so as to drop all the very best shots of each event there and save myself some major headaches later.<br />
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<div>I have learned so much this past year with my photography and using my camera and I hope to learn even more this year. I will be taking a few photography classes this year and trying to get into more event photography to make some extra money. I could certainly use that...need to get a few more lenses. :)<br />
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<div>I know my family gets tired of having a camera around constantly and would just like to let them know... It's not going away! <br />
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<div>I know as soon as they view this slideshow they will truly understand why I love taking pictures. My husband has helped me select and put music to these pictures and I just can't help but to smile everytime I listen and watch this show. I see all those intimate moments that are preserved and not lost to time. I see those moments that made my family smile and cry that can be reflected on. I see what God has given us in each other and I thank him everyday that I am part of it. I love my family. <br />
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<div>I know that this year will surely have it's moments of greatness and hardship and I also know that we will get through them. I also know as a friend so kindly reminded me the other day and was brought up again in church Sunday that through good times and bad we are never alone as long as we believe in our God. He makes the great times better and he is always there to hold us up in the bad. I am going to make my personal relationship with him stronger this year and am hoping that my photography work will help inspire others to do the same. <br />
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<div></div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-12628299413782922142009-08-24T07:39:00.007-04:002009-08-24T08:35:15.660-04:00Class of 1990, Girls Night!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwz-3FQ_70CNYJ-Gj7yqOTzDRSiN7LnmFE5HsMjOQrhdq3vCqHNzxUnN-5SkupRJ4Svjtecvu7VHA6OZHYQkZPdZwwLuBvAi4SNSn6bIHKOifoo-GxHuMtBzkG4KYihz3TM2h04Vp3r20b/s1600-h/IMG_1500_edited-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373507072565067474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwz-3FQ_70CNYJ-Gj7yqOTzDRSiN7LnmFE5HsMjOQrhdq3vCqHNzxUnN-5SkupRJ4Svjtecvu7VHA6OZHYQkZPdZwwLuBvAi4SNSn6bIHKOifoo-GxHuMtBzkG4KYihz3TM2h04Vp3r20b/s400/IMG_1500_edited-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Saturday night I had the opportunity to meet with several ladies I graduated with for dinner. We had a great time. It was just for us ladies, no men. We were expecting about 15 people but only had 7 of us show up. It was so awesome to see everyone. I did not make our 10 year class reunion several years ago and don't know that I would have gone had I even knew that it was happening, I don't have the fondest memories of my high school years. I had very close friends that seemed to turn more into acquaintances and everyone seemed to go there own way. The ladies I met with Saturday were friends that never treated me any differently after getting to high school. </div><br /><div></div><div>I think so much of these ladies and admire them. After spending just a little time with them and seeing how strong they are in their beliefs and knowing I was still excepted for just being me, it was awesome. We have all been through a lot in our lives and we all have accomplished a great deal. This small get together has made me look forward to our next one and even has me considering attending the 20 year reunion that should be coming up next year. </div><div></div><br /><div>Thanks ladies! </div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-21704694066824789512009-08-17T17:18:00.005-04:002009-08-17T22:11:43.888-04:00Thematic Photography - Abandoned<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uqXOL94xsLuhiYInfE0sXxpnze2ySMg2FXbxKhY0S0VRACUxcp16x-xF8d10bpVsyzvCWvFawH48f8JI05rUp9t8dyHDKfNpYyXf_qQHYiX-RHTruqSZQKAKX7AZLjxqcTA0d5nuA1Q/s1600-h/IMG_0589_edited-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371034156763752354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uqXOL94xsLuhiYInfE0sXxpnze2ySMg2FXbxKhY0S0VRACUxcp16x-xF8d10bpVsyzvCWvFawH48f8JI05rUp9t8dyHDKfNpYyXf_qQHYiX-RHTruqSZQKAKX7AZLjxqcTA0d5nuA1Q/s400/IMG_0589_edited-2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRaRbYyKtRepoySqhyphenhyphenKrTtR_NpSqld1LlJDovBnewhR-v_lgVgNuoNiYxMqJmiyddlvpaNPEUZeYct8RFxfaLCJ0muSZt7BWC0sOavrCJBhLvzkvZGnJK54zflo3Z02-iQA9TIRCEOLw/s1600-h/100_3503_edited-1.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNdh-n_9TADKvvSkTtePCeI4RRLBkByHr-i9mIkjpp34VzScVR2bENbX_D3xUsgQDczRGDrKs1LghqlC7XRha5mEEL5pKpOKCa4flFq1Y30FXG9jxkdmIvDPC4hvm8gJMTYmp2XX0c-Y/s1600-h/IMG_1787.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371032576569701650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNdh-n_9TADKvvSkTtePCeI4RRLBkByHr-i9mIkjpp34VzScVR2bENbX_D3xUsgQDczRGDrKs1LghqlC7XRha5mEEL5pKpOKCa4flFq1Y30FXG9jxkdmIvDPC4hvm8gJMTYmp2XX0c-Y/s400/IMG_1787.JPG" /></a><br />Go check out Carmi's weekly <a href="http://writteninc.blogspot.com/2009/08/thematic-photographic-62-abandoned.html">Thematic Photography</a>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-42058503769567829542009-08-05T22:11:00.000-04:002009-08-05T22:12:19.253-04:00Sunflower Festival<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQK9EJYVWzE9h41KGT00NzbJpS614OEPuY-sswwmBAbz8EpO7JELHVScq77YwnStibSCNPSLw7MneyT-6nfQJdKl-ISlmTdB-yUP7AZjQEgwnbD28AiM7V8aH_nlH7pohMVCFS3VsUPp3/s1600-h/Sunflower+Festival+Collage.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQK9EJYVWzE9h41KGT00NzbJpS614OEPuY-sswwmBAbz8EpO7JELHVScq77YwnStibSCNPSLw7MneyT-6nfQJdKl-ISlmTdB-yUP7AZjQEgwnbD28AiM7V8aH_nlH7pohMVCFS3VsUPp3/s400/Sunflower+Festival+Collage.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-9170024679594261082009-06-12T07:21:00.008-04:002009-06-12T12:09:42.309-04:00HE WAS THEREThis past week a chain of events occurred that helped rescue a young lady and my family played a role. I would like to start off saying that I have always believed in God and have been saved, but this last week has truly showed me just how present he really is. <br /><br />My family side of this story starts like this. My sister needed to take her two daughters to the doctor Monday, so she asked our new step mom to watch her two youngest sons, Coletrane & Chaz. These two boys were all about impressing their new grandma and were very excited about being able to go to her house and play but wanted to make a good impression. Coletrane went as far as putting on a button up shirt and his clip on tie and both were doing their best to be on their best behavior. They went over and had a really good time but when leaving,(here starts the real chain of events)Coletrane accidentally let her cat out of the house. My step mom lets her cat out regularly but always hooks him to a pet cable so as not to get into the street and so he doesn't run off. <br /><br />He escaped...He ran off and no one could catch him. Coletrane was very upset and worried that his new grandma was upset with him. Ginger, needed to get the kids home with one of them being sick so she left (with the plan of returning) and on the way home Coletrane had to take a good razzing by his older sisters about letting the cat escape. His mom, Ginger, just reassured him that she would be going back over to help find the cat and that everything would be okay. Ginger called me with her concerns about finding the cat. Our step mom has emphysema and is on oxygen therapy so I told her that I would go over too and we would find him for her and everything would be fine. <br /><br />We left for our step moms house, I called on the way over and found out that she had been able to get him back in the house before we got there. I had just ended my phone call with her and started to call Ginger and her husband when I drove up on an accident. <br /><br />This accident had occurred on a rural road thats not heavily traveled. I stopped my car put my flashers on and ran to the vehicle. I found a horrible sight. A teenage girl just able to wave her arms above the steering wheel asking for help, she was trapped. I told her to be as still as she could and I called 911. While trying to keep her calm, my sister and her husband had stopped just behind me and came to help. My brother in law has had first aid and CPR and really took over the scene while Ginger and I tried to get help on the way. The car was smoking from electrical wires burning and was filling the car with smoke making it difficult for any of us to breath. Todd, my brother in law, had me cover the girls face while he broke out a side window and using the deployed airbag directed the smoke coming from the dash out the window. <br /><br />We had help on the way, Todd sat with her trying to keep her calm and still as I fanned with anything I could find trying to keep the smoke away from her as best we could. In this time we found out her name was Katie, she is 17,and has asthma. She gave Todd her dad's phone # and my sister called him and tried to keep him from panicking on his drive to the scene. Katie's dad was able to reach his mom that lived just a few miles away and she was on her way. <br /><br />A first responder arrived about 10 minutes after we got there. We continued to help how ever we could until the ambulance and other emergency personnel arrived. As emergency persons arrived her grandmother arrived and was able to let Katie know she was there and that her dad was on his way. It was heart wrenching to watch Katie's grandmother watch the scene that was occurring. I continued to reassure her Katie was going to be fine and God was there with her with all of us. Katie's dad arrived just after she had be removed from the car and placed in an ambulance to do a quick evaluation of injuries before being put on the helicopter. <br /><br />As we were getting ready to leave we overheard someone say that she would be lucky if she ever walked again. The three of us, my sister, her husband and myself were just a mess after we left. Very shook up and very worried about this girl and the horror she had just been through. I don't think any of us slept well that night worrying about her and still visualizing what we had just seen. I know for myself, it took me quite a while to get to sleep that night without seeing this girls face reaching and asking for help. <br /><br />Morning came and Ginger received a call. Katie's dad. He told Ginger Katie was going to be okay. Her left hip had been dislocated and her right femur had been broken and her lungs were bruised, but the doctors had done surgery during the night and put her hip back in place, put rods and pins in her leg to fix her femur and said it would take about a year of therapy to get her back into the shape she was before the accident. Ginger immediately called and we were all breathing a sigh of relief. <br /><br />Thursday night, Ginger, Todd, and I were able to go see her and her dad at the hospital. What an awesome day. Katie was able to walk down the hall earlier in the day with a walker. She is still in a great deal of pain but she looked great. She was very happy to see us and we were extremely happy to see her. We had a great visit and plan on keeping in touch which won't be hard considering she lives 2 miles from us. <br /><br />This girl has impacted us so much. We talked on the way to the hospital about how this experience had impacted us and what we get out of it. We all agreed...God is awesome. We all felt his presence in this whole event, from the escaping of the cat down to the the realization of how much worse this event could have been. This was a horrible accident but as Katie put it "We have focused so much on the positives that came out of this". This has really brought a different perspective on our relationship with God and how he works. <br /><br />GOD, He was there with us all that day. So those sister's that razzed Coletrane about the cat should remember God has a reason and purpose for everything even if we don't understand it at the time. And Coletrane should be proud that his mistake at the moment wasn't really a mistake at all, it was something that was meant to occur. And now Coletrane that felt that he had done something really bad became our hero for the day. If he had not let the cat out, this chain of events that brought help to Katie wouldn't have happened the way it did. Thank you Coletrane. We love you! Thank you God...We all needed you and you were there. You gave us new friends and we look forward to this relationship with them for a long time to come.D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-50888848775433431182009-06-01T07:44:00.004-04:002009-06-01T09:24:18.832-04:00Class of 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoIEBvYTyHnwwZGAjt_IYm5ChgXrSkXHCDteGHozzQMP4HN0D4tqs5tPefRVTHYArIbAJqU5koE6hK998kqnPCtoXQtMJnanWyIr7uMWkDil7eUVKL93faMRzDeMCSum2WPv4iA38Jl_k/s1600-h/IMG_9832.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoIEBvYTyHnwwZGAjt_IYm5ChgXrSkXHCDteGHozzQMP4HN0D4tqs5tPefRVTHYArIbAJqU5koE6hK998kqnPCtoXQtMJnanWyIr7uMWkDil7eUVKL93faMRzDeMCSum2WPv4iA38Jl_k/s400/IMG_9832.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342344804770302546" /></a><br />May 29,2009, my son graduated high school. I am so proud of him. He is planning on going straight to work for a while doing electrical work with his Uncle. I am hoping after a break he will want to go back to school but we will see. I know what ever his decision, he will be successful. He is a really smart young man with a good head on his shoulders. <br />Saturday after graduation, we had a cookout for John and had a blast. We ordered John a 27 inch pizza that we had custom cut a board for (pizza place didn't have a box big enough). We cooked out hamburgers & hotdogs and had lots of other goodies. He received several gifts of money, gift cards, and a first time flight experience with a friend of mine that owns his own plane. John wants to open his first checking account and savings with the money he received and is still in awe over being able to go flying. I can't wait to see his face that day.D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-1366947533714118442009-05-03T17:46:00.003-04:002009-05-03T17:57:12.418-04:00Walk For Lupus NowPlease check out the newest post from <a href="http://keelyjenkins.blogspot.com/">Keely's blog </a>for updates on the Walk for Lupus Now event at Piedmont Park.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="800" height="533" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FSavingMemoriesbyDKFisher%2Falbumid%2F5331705018306981153%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCPvnyMj01IeGUQ" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-77901393423484557692009-04-30T07:24:00.002-04:002009-04-30T07:57:52.184-04:00Crazy lifeHey everyone...just wanted all my blogging friends to know what's been going on with me. I have been dealing with bad allergies that turned into bronchitis this last week. Monday and Tuesday were the worst days of it. After a round on a steroid pack, antibiotics and horrible cough medicine (that made me even more sick) I am doing much better. Even with all my illness I had several commitments over the weekend. I did the Walk for Lupus Now at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Saturday afternoon and had to be in Athens to support my husband's bosses new bar opening at the Twilight <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Criterium</span> ( A night bike race that happens yearly in downtown Athens). We got to our hotel about midnight that night. I was pretty wore out. Pretty much laid around Sunday trying to recover and still not feeling well. Monday...I was up at 3:30 in the morning to get to a friends house to help her move. We had her packed and moved out by 9:30 in the morning and settled in her new home by 2:30 that afternoon. 3:15...I finally got into the doctors office...so by that night I finally had some medication in me and then had a reaction to the cough medicine that made me very ill until sometime in the middle of the night. Tuesday morning... I could not move, I was so sore and exhausted that I could not get out of bed. My sweet hubby had spent half the night being so attentive and then had to call my boss and tell her I wasn't coming in. I think I slept till 4:30 that afternoon. I made it through though and I am feeling much better now. As soon as I can get things together at home and catch up I will have several pictures from the Walk for Lupus this past weekend. It turned out to be a really great day and look forward to sharing that experience with everyone. I will go for now... I have got to get to work. Please check back in in a few days and I should have a new post in. Thanks so much again to Sally and the award she sent my way. It is greatly appreciated!D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-77216028709729010482009-04-21T07:04:00.002-04:002009-04-21T07:07:48.209-04:00I am still aliveHey everyone,<br /><br />I just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that I hope to have a new post up by this weekend. We have had family in from out of town and been extremely busy the last 2 weeks. I plan to update everyone on our latest events by Sunday. Hope everyone is doing well and will be checking in on everyone soon.<br /><br />D.K.FisherD.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874572488778729893.post-3479245682160807852009-04-05T19:20:00.005-04:002009-04-05T19:40:34.126-04:00Thematic Photographic 43 - Reflective<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaKqAVoAB9_1wYNMfSziQGpVxI3Lhqplyc-fTKpxc0AGaziy70gutIYoo6bLn0AB3fVAySPRtXa3nRVdYqXF81T2z8ud4JzQtjgkSUGHw_soJdo-EmBA5RG1NgCVF6rKkqUNHdivpgtiU/s1600-h/IMG_7076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321355855592612082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaKqAVoAB9_1wYNMfSziQGpVxI3Lhqplyc-fTKpxc0AGaziy70gutIYoo6bLn0AB3fVAySPRtXa3nRVdYqXF81T2z8ud4JzQtjgkSUGHw_soJdo-EmBA5RG1NgCVF6rKkqUNHdivpgtiU/s400/IMG_7076.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNecMzXoFoc0Uydfe7V6SXTc6PhAwIWQ-cWArffPdFh8Frih5zaOekfh8Qa-cReHBW2oAlBUr19H9tX5eITn2B4Jb4ExC5kIrgWX-UMy0Rv45gsddl4rlCNUHOsgiZRcUqgqcImKeUg9ru/s1600-h/bw+stool.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321353656287372418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNecMzXoFoc0Uydfe7V6SXTc6PhAwIWQ-cWArffPdFh8Frih5zaOekfh8Qa-cReHBW2oAlBUr19H9tX5eITn2B4Jb4ExC5kIrgWX-UMy0Rv45gsddl4rlCNUHOsgiZRcUqgqcImKeUg9ru/s400/bw+stool.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Going along with Carmi's theme this week is reflective. Here are a few of my photo's that I feel fit this weeks theme. Go check out <a href="http://http//writteninc.blogspot.com/2009/04/thematic-photographic-43-reflective.html#links">Carmi's blog on Thematic Photography</a>. Awesome site...Really cool photo's. </div></div>D.K.Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751715569161851434noreply@blogger.com6