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TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
Contributed by
lovingcritters
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Wednesday, 3rd December 2003 @ 12:48:07 AM in AEST
Topic:
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December 22, 1839 was a fair
sunny day on the New England coast.
The keeper of the lighthouse took his wife shopping,
no fear of leaving his post.
While they were gone, a tremendous wind
began to blow.
The waves would grow, they became
ominous, beating viciously against the rocks
and, the lighthouse never did glow,
because the keeper could not show.
Near midnight, the ship "Pocahontas,"
struggled to find the harbor which was usually
signaled by the lighthouse round the bend.
The ship could not find its way, and the whole
crew, went down with the ship to its end!
Lighthouse historian D. Alan Stevenson states,
"Between 1798 and 1833 the average 550 ships
lost, increased to 800, more lighthouses were
needed, with better light!
Two very courageous woman saved many lives,
because they had the courage to do what was right!
Grace Darling (1815-43) risked her life to save
nine survivors by her father's lighthouse
off the coast of northeast England.
She insisted that her father row her
to the wreckage unplanned.
They rowed through perilous seas to save them,
and pulled them into their dingy, and cared
for them through all the mayhem!
A memorial has been erected on the site
In honor of this women and her daring insight!
Abigail Burgess was only 17 and lived
with her father, a lighthouse keeper off the
coast of Maine, named "Mathinicus Rock."
On January 1857, her father had to leave.
He was caught in a storm and could not even walk.
Abigail took charge immediately, while tending
her sick mother, and her three siblings,
This is what she writes:
"Though at times, exhausted with my labors
(keeping a light before the advent of electricity
was hard work) not once did the light fail."
During this time they ran out of supplies,
and their daily allowance of one egg a day,
plus one cup of cornmeal helped them prevail!
Lighthouses are built purposely on a Rocky shore.
Whipping waves, and tons of water slam and roar.
A solid foundation is necessary for them to remain.
So, too, must our constitution be a rocky domain.
Life constantly shocks us with strife, stress, losses,
and controversial struggles of morass.
We have to have strong foundations, no sand,
or we will crumble, unable to stand!
Like the fine example these two fine ladies
set for us, we live in an indecisive world.
Will we allow the waves that throw us up,
and then slam us down, to disable us not to fend?
Or, wil we be like the lighthouses mentioned here?
Always glowing, growing, knowing, that no matter
how high the wave, or it's slamming impact!
We too, can be hardy lighthouses, not only
helping ourselves, but also pulling another
from the tumultuous sea of life, saving maybe
just one,
from another horrible storm's attack!
Created by
Cheri Cam LeBren
Dec 2, 2002
Be courageous,
help another!
Copyright ©
lovingcritters
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by CrystalSilence on
Wednesday, 3rd December 2003 @ 12:55:37 AM AEST
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BRAVO!! *applauds*
Oh my..how I love your work.
Always I find you in between the lines..shining as always..like the lighthouse *smiles* |
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by ladyfawn on
Wednesday, 3rd December 2003 @ 04:12:58 AM AEST
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| dearest connie, truely outstanding and excellent! beautiful picture too, im so happy to have read your lovely poem, your talent shines here connie, hugs n' love nessa |
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by Vitreous_Soul on
Wednesday, 3rd December 2003 @ 06:29:34 AM AEST
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Connie Sue, you have out done yourself. This is truly a work of art, vibrant and living. I wish I had written it!
With poetic love,
-D
Oh, yeah, I like the picture, too. Very nice! |
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by Wrybod on
Thursday, 4th December 2003 @ 12:15:04 PM AEST
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A very fine pieceof work
My first charity is thr RNLI (Royal NationalLifeboat Institution).
My wife's family the Gammons were coxwains of the Mumbles Lifeboat for many years.
I had a yacht down at Mumbles in my younger days and did many races in the Bristol Channel navigating through the night from light to light
......north Lundy flashes three.......south Lundy flashes four......if I remember right.
Also when I was an RAF pilot the Airfield beacons meant the same thing when at last you picked up the one you were looking for.............unless you've been in that situation you cannot know just how much it means.
Really great, truly great, write
bob |
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by Wrybod on
Thursday, 4th December 2003 @ 12:22:50 PM AEST
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| I should have said a consuemate write! |
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by norm on
Thursday, 4th December 2003 @ 12:24:30 PM AEST
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Unique has it's own meaning..this poem/story is UNIQUE
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It always was a mystery
Why more poems aren't history,
The 'critters' lady has indeed
made me 'lighthouse' want to read.
You folks who write of death and such,
should pick a subject, be better much,
Teach me this and teach me that,
Even just to wear a hat.
'critters' lady you are the best,
I wish that you would write the rest
of facts you know and make them so
pictorial like a picture show.
I thank you for exacting care
of facts included lighthouseware,
I'll never see one without I think
of Lovingcritters at the brink...
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Re: TWO COURAGEOUS WOMAN
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by jaeann on
Thursday, 4th December 2003 @ 02:31:10 PM AEST
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| your spirit is upon a different plane my friend........an old soul i believe......how wonderful to know you!!!!!!! |
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