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Yikes! In that case, I will make an exception. But Linz, I hope you won't fare the same way!
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I live in the Big Apple, but I don't eat the skin
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I plan to buy and read this book. One of the residents at my job was part of Robert Bowen's division and the resident is mentioned in the book. Also, recently a small group of men who are still alive had a reunion and I got to see the pictures. If you can't tell - I'm very excited to read the book!
Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne Division from Normandy to Bastogne by Robert Bowen
From the Publisher
Robert Bowen was drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, as World War II broke out, and soon after found himself storming ashore amid the chaos on Utah Beach, through unfamiliar terrain littered with minefields and hidden snipers. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes where he was captured and his 'trip through hell' truly began. Written shortly after the war, Bowen's narrative is immediate, direct and compelling. His account, one of the few by a member of a glider regiment, is a brutal insight into the battlefields of World War II and a vivid recreation of just what life was like in an elite unit. From the horror of D-Day and fear of soldiers under fire, to the taste of C Rations and despair of captivity, this memoir tells the full story of one man's total war and is a moving tribute to all of his comrades whose 'luck ran out'.
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What happened to Diane Downs' children, you ask? Well, she killed one of them. The remaining two were adopted by the prosecutor who totally fell in love with them. One of the two that he adopted ended up permanently crippled, thanks to mommy, and is in a wheelchair.
This book was so fascinating to me because I just can't fathom anyone murdering their own children; it's beyond my concept. I want to know WHY, and Ann does an excellent job analyzing the reasons.
As for the gory parts, there are really none in this book except for the incredible scene of mommy pointing the gun directly at her children at point blank range inside the car and pulling the trigger, while the children held their hands out in front of them to try to protect themselves. I see it in my mind all the time and still have a hard time understanding why God would allow those innocent little creatures to have to go through that.....
Now, "The Stranger Besides Me" is another story. There are definitely parts in there that I had to skim over completely. I can be a real weenie too! But what scares me the most of that book is how cunning and charming that guy was, because I know for a fact that if I was at a park during the day and a real handsome young man approached me with one arm in a sling and asked if I would help him unload his canoe off his old VW Bug, I'd help him too, just like all his victims did! Wouldn't YOU?  Now THAT's scary!
Bev
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Ted Dekker is a MUST! Blink, Black, Three, coming in June Red
Dee Henderson has wonderful books!
Jamie Langston Turner will make you laugh, cry, you name it!
Francine Rivers is Tremendous!!
Just a few of my favorite authors!
Oh, and Ann B. Ross will have you holding your sides laughing!
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kree, you have to read this book!!!
I forgot Johnny Depp is in the movie, OMGosh. I am a major fan of his, what woman in her right mind woulndt be?
Going over to Amazon to see if I can buy that movie!!
Let me know after you read the book which you think is better!! Have a great day!! Gayla
I think this is the one !
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Bev,please dont be offended, I do not beleive that God allowed those babies to suffer their sweet little lives with that wretched, horrid woman.
I know that he cried huge painful croccodile tears. Their insane mother was inhabited (sorry sp) by evil. The darkest most unbeleivable evil we could not even imagine. Make no mistake, I am not making excuses for her behavior, and I hope she burns for it. She will burn for it. Please dont think for a minute that I understand it, I struggle with it. But the God I know is a just God, he hurts when we hurt.
Anyway, I could go on and on. Just wanted to share a little, and I do not mean to sound preachy. ANd I will be praying for those kids and their new parents. I cannot fathom the fear and pain those poor babies suffered, it is wonderful that they are now in a nurturing, loving and safe home.
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No, No, Gigi
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Of course I'm not offended. Not in the least. And you weren't preaching. (I don't think.)
I just can't imagine being one of those children -- they were so young -- and seeing your own mother point a gun at you and SHOOT! OMG!
Think about what the two surviving children have to deal with every single day of their lives: a mother who tried to murder them in cold blood, at point blank range. Can you imagine seeing that in your mind over and over again, never being able to get it out of your mind?
I don't undertand it. Please explain to me why a just God would allow that evil woman to bear children, then allow her to murder them, but not allow me to bear children?
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"Hannah's Daughters" is another one I'd reccommend. It's about three generations of women, told from the granddaughter's point of view as she learns about her mother and grandmother. It really opened my eyes and helped me understand why my own mother and grandmother can simultaneously seem so familiar and yet so foreign. I read this about 3 years ago, and I still think about it all the time. Bought a copy for my mom and grandmother, too. It's a good read.
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Oh honey, my heart is aching for you right now. I think you would have been such a loving and fun mom, really fun. I cant explain it to you, but I do know that everything falls under Gods plan, and HE does have one, I have experienced so many answers to such extreme circumstances, my dil is such a source of faith for me. My faith is very very strong,blind faith my friends call it.
This woman had children like so many women can get pregnant and spit them out. I look at them as vessels, dont have a good feeling about any of them who would abuse this beautiful opportunity and not seize it for what it is. I do beleive though, that she was possesed by the evil I spoke of this morning. Actually the only evil I know that could be so calculatingly cruel is Satan, it is his position that he do everything in his power to ruin and stain everything we have and hold dear to us in our lives. (hopeyou are still with me). No mother in her right mind is going to point a gun into her beautiful babies preciously sweet little faces, looking back at their 'momma' and having her release the trigger. I cant fathom their fear and pain, just cannot feel the depth of thier desperation and the visions of torment they see everyday. just cannot.
When Satan has staked his territory, like he did with this woman, he had totally taken over her brain and her body. (God is not there, Satan has to be totally rebuked and told to leave before God steps back in). Thats just the way it is. She was not herself, I promise you, please beleive me when she did this to her babes. Do realize thatI am not making excuses for her, period.
God did not leave you without child to hurt you or cause you such life long pain. There is a reason, we may not know it for a long while, but I do feel the answer will be revealed to you one day. I am promising to pray for you every day, I want your heart to feel some releif, and I want your heart to feel Gods undying love. Do know, he has shed many tears for you, he is a loving God, a caring God. He lives in my heart every moment of everyday. I am going to seek help from my Christian friends, to help find a deeper understanding for you. In a few days, I will come back and we will talk more. I wish I could take the bitterness and pain out of your heart for you!! Dont forget I am holding you up to God in prayer!! He is going to answer, he always ansers me!! always!! I could not have made it through today with out him, soon I will talk with you about my healing day. love to you honey, I hope you sleep well tonight. God Bless you!!
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