Criscollrj’s Blog (2003-present)
Autumn to end of year picture gallery 2024
Autumn Picture Gallery 2024
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The Tree
“It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.”
– D. Elton Trueblood
There is more to this article at the link. And it resonates with me as a teacher. However, I looked up trees in the connection of someone having a vision of a tree that he was looking for, found, and then passed away into heaven. This happened to our Papa last Sunday October 6, 2024.
Roger’s story:
“Lisa and I and my mom were visiting him on Friday, a couple days before he had passed. And he told us he was looking for a tree, then he could go home. Lisa and Mom and I were confused by this and didn’t know what this meant. And he told just us, the immediate members of the family present in the room. He told each of us individually about this tree. Sunday, the day he passed on, not long before he died, he said to my mom, who was the only one there that day, “I found the tree, and I am going home.” And it was only five minutes later that he passed on. That is why I wanted to plant a tree in his name, because this will be Papa’s tree here on earth.”
Roger is getting a tree in his name. And thememorial tree site will plant it where it is most needed.
And papa’s tree will give shade to those who seek it.
Roger and Dorene Humphries
2023 Christmas Newsletter
WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS 2023! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!
Picture Page 2023
My “Mary, Did you Know” video and my singing
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EMAIL DORENE: transcribing.mom@gmail.com, daehumphries18@yahoo.com
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EMAIL ROGER: thedodger1@att.net, thedodger64@gmail.com
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FACEBOOK
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INSTAGRAM: Criscollrj
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Family web site: www.criscollrj.com
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Business web site: WWW.LINE-BRIGHT.COM(my legal transcription, Roger’s court research, listing of our local parks, my “book” in HTML format, and more in very slow progress!
(https://www.thetruthstandsforever.com/god-is-the-rock-of-the-believer.html)
Reminisce with my 2000-2005 newsletters mostly all restored now!!!
A fun thing this year, still in process here and there — I had to tweak my old web page coding some, and did get a lot of these showing up again! Old Christmas Newsletters early 2000s! You should be able to see a lot of 2000 – 2005 at this point. There still may be some dead links but I plan to look at them the next few weeks…
THIS is my “snail mail” newsletter – copied below. Written by approx. 12/20/2023.
Christmas Newsletter 2023
As we still are on the earth, doing our duties and being with our loved ones, we still see illnesses, and just like last year we see COVID going up again, and also flu and other illnesses. All our prayers to all!!! Last year our family had COVID in various times: Roger’s parents had right at Christmas ‘22 and then Roger, Chris and I had mid January ’23. March of 23 Norovirus got just my mom, me and Roger! We managed to stay healthy then for a while!
Picture page 2023
JANUARY 2023 – DECEMBER 2023 – CHALLENGES AND MIRACLES!
You can click on each picture to see bigger. Captions are on the picture when you mouse over (computer) or hold your finger on VERY bottom on the caption on phone or tablet…. Click on Read More tag to see the pictures.
Ephiphany & 12 days… from my friend Karen!
Ephiphany! https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42565054
This is all from friend Karen’s postings on fb and her blog….. Love it! 🎄🌲👩🏽🍼👣
Merry (first day of) Christmas!
There is a misconception that the twelve days of Christmas are those days that lead up to December 25. Not true! Today, Christmas Day, is the first day of Christmas! The 12 days go through the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as “Twelfth Day.”
In the olden, golden days, the twelve days of Christmas were a period of joyful prayer and a rest from unnecessary labor. Christmas tree lights would be lit and families would gather around the manger to share prayers and carols.
The pear tree signifies the wood of the manger, and also that of the cross. The fruit reminds us of the reason for the Incarnation: God’s desire to saves us from the sin introduced by Adam and Eve consuming the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. The fruit is also a reminder of the Tree of Life in the midges of the Garden.
https://www.crazycatladymews.com/category/christmas/12-days-of-christmas/
Keep reading under the cut for the rest of the days!
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Picture Page 2022
JANUARY 2022 – DECEMBER 2022 – THROUGH GOD’S GRACE!
You can click on each picture to see bigger. Captions are on the picture when you mouse over or hold your finger on it…. Still looking for the perfect picture method for this blog but I think I like this best of the last three years…. Click on Read More tag to see the pictures.
2022 Christmas/New Year’s Newsletter
A BLESSED CHRISTMAS 2022 AND ALL OF THE PEACE AND WISDOM POSSIBLE FOR 2023!!
VIDEO I put together to “Mary, Did You Know — 2007
https://youtu.be/g0aI8cwrW-U
Video from a local lightshow off of a local road that we will greatly miss!
CLICK ABOVE TO WATCH!
Ridgewater off Morley by the 84 & 90 intersection. I hope they’ll have it going a few more days if anyone can go see it!!Another Post-Pandemic year to contemplate, the Lord has brought us all here through again! Prayers to those of you ill, suffering, or just tired of dealing with all the insanity, and praying for a blessing to touch you now and in the new year.
Isaiah 43:18–19
18 “Forget the former things;do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
No matter how it seems, we have to trust God is doing a new thing!!!
1990 Song by DC Talk, Nu Thing, about our Great God!
The former members of DC Talk are now Toby Mac and also Michael Tait of the Newsboys…
2022 Picture page!
To minimize load time I put all the pictures on a separate page. Please take a look, I wanted to make a snapshot of our whole year! I will put just a few here — then click the “Read More” if it shows up. Blessings!!
2021 Christmas newsletter
A copy from my 07 newsletter…. still very true!
Mary’s Song
Luke 1:46-55
And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
His mercy extends to those who fear him,
from generation to generation.
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful
to Abraham and his descendants forever,
even as he said to our fathers.” (KJV)
VIDEO I put together to “Mary, Did You Know —
Last year’s picture blog — https://www.criscollrj.com/2020-monthly-picture-blog/ 2020 picture blog! (2021 note, I may do this at some point for 21 and more likely for 22. I am vaguely disappointed in ways with both that method and this one used here in 21…. would like to find the PERFECT picture display method…. ha ha.)
A text only version of this newsletter — this one is picture heavy. (WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IF NEEDED–let me know)
PRAYERS TO ALL this second very strange year! After God brought us through COVID last December, we are thankful for no lasting problems except some extra fatigue for about 6+ weeks.
So grateful also for our sons’ recovery and my mother’s. Strangely no one else in our families got it! We had two humongous snowstorms in December of 2020 that made life interesting trying to get out of the house for COVID tests and needed grocery pickups. Broke limbs on several of our trees! The snow stayed around until at least February, and as we gained strength we started walking at the parks and seeing the frozen lake.
WINTER 2021,
JANUARY started off the year baking cookies that we gave to family and friends!1-4-21 Roger went back to college, and has several classes finished now towards his Psychology/Human Services Degree from Southern New Hampshire University! Later in January I began substitute teaching again. I also FINALLY got back to some transcription for Free State, and did until April when I once again needed a break due to overscheduling! Looking forward to doing some more this winter to “keep my fingers in the pot.” I also often do some data entry at home, both for courthouses and for a friend’s printing company.
www.facebook.com/285236261589492/posts/4594625367317205/
testing a Facebook post once again! Our Ryan is working to make products for dogs and will be highlighted in this web site this week. He is doing great!