Valentines Day

Well yesterday was Valentines Day and I was alone. Alone in RL and SL. Totally, was not cool. Well I thought I was alone. ~giggles~ But I wasn't really. My "Bitches" sent me flowers. At work in RL. The most gorgeous ones. The only person in work with-out a BF to get flowers. It was very very cool. Thanks Arie! You are the best. Texts first thing in the morning wishing me a happy v-day from my Cheesy man (Metro). Flowers in SL from friends just because we are friends. And a hand a card from Ms. Celeste in RL that her and her daughter made. OK so I wasn't alone on V-day. Thanks my friends - You all ultimately Rule!

We had a busy day on the ship! Many people came for dinner. It was awesome to see the ship so full of love. Christiana put on an amazing show as usual. Now that is a voice of an angel. She sings every Tuesday night on the ship, so feel free to come by at 6:00 and hang with all the True Northerners and our friends from all around. "Champagne all around!" Also, if your hungry we have a waitress ready to serve you.

NEW ON THE SHIP

TN Dinner Theatre Presents: "The Dark Knight"

TN Movies are provided by"DJ Tox Media"

The Dinner Theatre is located aboard the PW Princess Cruise in True North on the lower deck. Dinner and a movie is an experience you don't want to miss. Who would have thunk you could watch TV in SL? Ya, not me that's for sure.

Movies will be shown on Wednesdays, promptly at 10:am and 7:00pm Slt

Also available for special occasions.

Pricing for the movies is free, but to keep us going a donation is appreciated but not required.

Dinner with a movie is 500L per a couple

Dinner includes a choice of a steak, chicken or seafood and dessert served to you by one of our highly trained staff members. Food is prepared by our Chef Opal Proctor, who makes each dish with love. Dinners are also available for purchase on the pier at "Proctor Perfections."

Make you reservations now for dinner or just pop in for the movie.

Special thanks to LadyLuv Alexandre for putting together the Jr. Honeymoon Suite,

Tox Parx for all the work on setting up the movie (Screens are for sale) and everyone else who helped.

BTW - while putting together the theatre I deleted the whole ship. :( Grrr So thanks to Sid, Hudson and Celeste for helping me put it back together. LOL

~G~

Thank You

My family tried a new church this past Sunday. Didn't like it much. Might be because its the first church since mine closed, IDK. But it just didn't seem right. I'm going again next week and the week after, then we will move to another church and see the difference. We Will keep moving until we find the one that fits my family best. I've been told that when I find the right church I'll know. Guess you just know it when you get there!

The last couple weeks were tough for me. But I have to say you all made it easier for me. Funny how your RL works your SL friends into it one way or another. This was one of the most important changes in my life and my SL friends shared, supported and prayed for me and with me. I didn't know how to deal with this, a loss in this form was hard for me to understand. If I don't understand then how do I help my children understand and deal with it. Many of you shared your prayers with us in my comments and many others approached me in world with a prayer, a hug and even a gift! Your support, your prayers and your friendship helped me get through this and continues to help me... Just knowing you are all there standing behind me and beside me keeps me strong enough to keep going.

The Power of "Friendship" is amazing! I have a circle of friends all around the world . Thank you for being there for me and my family!

XOXOXO ~G~

THANK YOU ALL MY FRIENDS!

Its Over

Well, it's over. The doors are now closed. We ended St John's, with a wonderful weekend.
Last night was an amazing night. We celebrated being opened for 125 years. Celebration of being open then closing the doors the next morning just didn't sound right to me. I was actually upset about it, well actually I was mad. Many others at the church thought the same. But the more I sit here I realize it was a good thing. It was more of a blessing I think.
Because of us being open for 125 years, the Bishop came to celebrate along with every pastor that preached at St. John's over the last 125 years. At least the ones still alive. Not sure they would have come just to say good bye. We all had a chance to see, meet and visit the Bishop. We talked with other pastors, we ate dinner with members of other Church's who came to celebrate and say goodbye. The church was soooo full. I haven't seen it that filled since I was a little girl. My boys and I stood in the back of the church with a dozen other people because all the seats were filled. The aisles down each side had people standing in them and the singing was soooo loud. It was truly an amazing night. We all laughed and we all cried. Talk about crying. I had my prayer book blessed by the Bishop, and cried like you wouldn't believe. I was holding the prayer book in both hands, after he blessed it he covered my hands with his and just said "It's OK, everything will be OK"! It will be! Having this celebration the night before the closing I think was to give us closure on everything, to see everyone and help us move on happily. I think we needed that. I know I did.
Today's service which usually only goes 1 hour ish, went much longer. It was very emotional, tissues were in each pew. The children did a little skit about us closing and starting new. In the skit they had "The Book of Life". The book that already has our lives written. This was helping them to understand that everything happens for a reason. That this is supposed to happen, this is bringing us to the next chapter of our life. That the end of one chapter is the beginning of another. All the children lined up together for communion. I took a picture and will post it tomorrow, hopefully with some others.
Giving peace took for ever. LOL Everyone left the seats and gave peace to everyone else. We hugged each and every person there. :)
We had a slide show of clips from way back when, right up to this year. One section I think said "Look how we shine". It showed people shining in a special way. Well, one of the pictures was me with my thumbs in my ears making it look like I had antlers and sticking my tongue out. Yup, that's me shining. My kids laughed hystercially along with many other people.
At the end of the service everyone just kinda stood there. Like no one wanted to leave. People started kneeling and crying. Eventually we started leaving.
Before I left the church I brought my boys back up to the alter. It was quiet, very few people were upstairs most were downstairs talking. I had them kneel with me at the alter and look at the stain glass window and read what it said along the bottom. It was our last goodbye to St. John's. A memory that they will now never forget. A memory I will never forget.

This was a sad day, but a day that happened for a reason!

I'm not mad anymore, I am still sad but definitely not mad.

Thank you everyone for your prayers! My children did read all your comments. I cried and they comforted me. :) Silly boys! I was trying to remind them how much people care and let them know everything is OK. Instead they hugged me and reminded me that it was going to be OK. My boys are awesome!
Thank you everyone! I'll post some pictures tomorrow.
Love you all!