BELIEVE IN AMERICA

     THE FREE AND THE BRAVE.

BELIEVE IN OUR FLAG

     SO HIGH DOES IT WAVE.

BELEIVE IN THE EAGLE'S FLIGHT

     SO INNOCENTLY PRESUMED.

BELIEVE IN YOUR FREEDOM

   FOR WITHOUT IT MAN IS DOOMED.

BELIEVE IN THE MOUNTAINS

      SO HIGH UP ABOVE.

BELIEVE IN PEACE

 AND GIVE IT YOUR LOVE.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

   AND STAND VERY TALL.

BELIEVE IN AMERICA

THE BEST LANDD OF ALL!!!!!!

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TO LAUGH IS TO RISK APPEARING A FOOL.

      TO WEEP IS TO RISK APPEARING SENTIMENTAL.

TO REACH OUT FOR ANOTHER IS TO RISK INVOLVEMENT.

      TO EXPOSE FEELINGS IS TO RISK REJECTION.

TO PLACE YOUR DREAMS BEFORE THE CROWD IS TO

      RISK RIDICULE.

TO LOVE IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN RETURN.

      TO GO FORWARD IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING

            &nb sp;           ODDS IS TO RISK FAILURE.

BUT RISKS MUST BE TAKEN BECAUSE THE GREATEST

        HAZARD IN LIFE IS TO RISK NOTHING.

THE PERSON WHO RISKS NOTHING, DOES NOTHING,

        HAS NOTHING, IS NOTHING.

HE MAY AVOID SUFFERING AND SORROW,

      BUT HE CANNOT LEARN, FEEL, CHANGE,

         GROW OR LOVE.

CHAINED BY HIS CERTITUDES, HE IS

       A SLAVE. HE HAS FORFEITED HIS

        FREEDOM.

ONLY A PERSON WHO

            &nb sp;    TAKES RISKS IS FREE.

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A FEATHER FELL TO EARTH TODAY

AND TOUCHED OUR HEARTS

WITH LOVE;

IT CELEBRATED BABY'S BIRTH-

  A GIFT FROM GOD ABOVE.

"THE REALM OF ANGELS KEEP

   THERE WATCH,

PROTECTING YOUNG AND OLD.

    IT STARTS THE DAY A

          BABY'S BORN,

IN SHELTERED WINGS ENFOLD"

ENTRUSTED TO YOUR

   LOVING CARE

TO NURTURE YEAR BY YEAR,

  THIS FEATHER IS YOUR

     DAILY PROOF -

AN ANGEL HOVERS NEAR.

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LIFE

LIFE IS A RIDE, A DESTENY, A JOURNEY

A PURPOSE FOR WHAT OR WHY WE DON'T KNOW.

THE TROUBLED TIMES IN LIFE JUST SEEM AS IF THEY STAY.

ALWAYS REMEMBERING WHAT WENT WRONG

NOT KNOWING OR UNDRSTANDING WHY???

THE GOOD TIMES OF LIFE JUST SEEM AS IF THEY FADE AWAY.

LIKE A FLOWER THAT'S BEEN GIVEN LIFE IN THE SPRING,

ONLY TO WILT AND DIE IN THE FALL.

LIFE'S FRIENDS ARE FAR  AND, FEW IN BETWEEN.

THEY MEAN WELL BUT, IN YOUR HEART

YOU KNEW HOW THEY FELT.

JUST ONE MORE PART OF LIFE THAT HURTS.

AS YOU GET OLDER YOU LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE,

THINK OF PEOPLE YOU LOVE AND, WISH WERE HERE.

SOMETIMES THE TROUBLED TIMES ARE THE REASON THEIR NOT.

ALL THE FRIENDS YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HURT,

OR MADE YOU SAD,

EVEN THOSE THAT MADE YOU MAD.

A LEAF BLOWING IN THE WIND NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO

THAT'S LIFE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW........

WRITTEN BY

CRICKET

JUNE 2003

Tags: A TRUE FEELING ABOUT LIFE

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S.I.D.S

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

7 OUT OF 1OO INFANTS DIED EACH YEAR DUE TO (SIDS)
THE BABIES PASS IN THEIR SLEEP WITH NO PAIN IT'S AS IF THEY FOR GET TO BREATHE, YOU RETURN TO CHECK ON THEM AND THEY ARE NOT BREATHING.

ALWAYS PLACE INFANT ON THERE BACKS TO SLEEP

NEVER LET THE INFANT SLEEP WITH YOU

INFANTS NEED THEIR OWN CRIB, BASSINET ECT. MATTRESS SHOULD BE FIRM & FIT SNUGGLY IN CRIB. 

NO BLANKETS,PILLOWS,COMFORTERS, STUFF ANIMALS OR TOYS SHOULD BE WHERE THE INFANT SLEEPS.

DONOT OVER DRESS INFANT SO THEY WON'T GET TO HOT.

OVERHEATING IS A LEADING RISK FACTOR FOR SIDS. LAYER CLOTHING AS NEEDED NO BLANKETS!!!

KEEP ROOM TEMP. AT A LEVEL THAT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE FOR A LIGHTLY CLOTHED ADULT.

PACIFIERS  CAN FUTHER REDUCE THE RISK OF SIDS. EXPERTS RECOMMEND WHEN YOU PUT YOUR INFANT DOWN TO SLEEP TO GIVE IT A PACIFIER!

THE CRAZY THING IS WE CAN SEND A MAN TO THE MOON BUT NOONE KNOWS WHAT CAUSES SIDS. WHY IT HAPPENS OR, FOR THAT MATTER WHAT HONESTLY HAPPENS  TO CAUSE SIDS. WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND ASK WHY ISN'T THERE BEING MORE RESEARCH DONE. IF WE CAN PUT A MAN ON THE MOON

WHY CAN WE PUT A STOP SIDS????????????????

Tags: SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

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