{"id":1661,"date":"2008-08-04T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T01:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2013-06-08T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T23:04:51","slug":"consolation-and-blessed-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"Consolation and blessed memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/center>Last week I took my 35,000th photo with this camera. What more suitable way to chalk up such a milestone than by documenting a fun time playing with my son? I was feeding our 19 month old, PJ, while his little brother Jonathan, now almost 9 months old, played with his toys on the floor nearby. Little “Sparky,” as Jonathan is often called, gets the honor of being the 35,000th picture.<\/p>\n

I just got done spoon-feeding Jonathan tonight, as one does with such a little baby, and it reminded me of a story I heard this weekend.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Click on the dreaded Windows icon to hear two brief examples of consolation.<\/p>\n

I know, I am no huge fan of Microsoft or Windows. If you have a Mac and want to listen to it, simply click here to download the components to play Windows Media files in the Quicktime Player on your Mac (free).<\/a> I use them to listen to ASX, WMV, and WMA files on my liquid-cooled, quad-core G5 Mac at work. They are fantastic, and they are free.<\/p>\n

Back to the audio. Touching stuff, huh? As a relatively new daddy I was floored by these two stories. They were spoken by a missionary to the Pacific who visited our church this weekend. I’d love to give him direct credit, but some of these guys take a risks being in the field, often political and sometimes physical. Putting their names on the Internet can sometimes cause unintended harm and I’d hate to do so.<\/p>\n

Hopefully by electronically enabling you to hear this man’s words, which moved me as I struggle to be a good daddy and provide my little boys with blessed memories, I can pass along some of that consolation he was talking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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