tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post8286110134948176957..comments2024-02-26T00:16:00.996+00:00Comments on Ramblings from an English Garden: MY STORY Chapter 3 - Early Family LifeBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-36271730352616494452008-02-07T16:04:00.000+00:002008-02-07T16:04:00.000+00:00Barbara, the way you can put across such horror an...Barbara, the way you can put across such horror and devastation, without being judgemental or indiscreet is certainly a testimony to your wisdom. I am so sorry for all that you endured here. This is not my story, it is yours, but suffice it to say, we have traveled similiar paths. I think children that are abused, whether it be by negliect or aggression, feel such shame that they do not know how to fit in with others, and such pain and fear of further rejection, they would not risk trying to fit in even if they did know how. How wonderful that you had such a bent to our Heavenly Father. So often, we see God through the window of who our earthly father was. You saw beyond that. Praise, God! <BR/><BR/>I believe you were speaking prophetically, when you were on that platform. You are a missionary now, in your personal like, and in this blog. Thank you.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764866689330676750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-74428999713175532942007-09-14T20:54:00.000+01:002007-09-14T20:54:00.000+01:00What a life you have had! Thanks for sharing it so...What a life you have had! Thanks for sharing it so we could get to know you better. I will look forward to more installments of your story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-34684645411508211882007-09-08T15:28:00.000+01:002007-09-08T15:28:00.000+01:00I'm looking forward to you continued story, Barbar...I'm looking forward to you continued story, Barbara. How God has worked and guided and protected and comforted you. Truly, it is often through difficult times that we really draw close to Him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-39313567425549869092007-09-08T06:41:00.000+01:002007-09-08T06:41:00.000+01:00All of those things make the person you are today,...All of those things make the person you are today, we can't change our past but we can be grateful that the past shaped our futures.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure the next instalment must be filled with love and happiness.<BR/><BR/>Maddy<BR/>www.madelinedunster.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-72334433421903577422007-09-07T05:33:00.000+01:002007-09-07T05:33:00.000+01:00Your story is heartrending but also full of hope, ...Your story is heartrending but also full of hope, and thank you for sharing it. I'm looking forward to the future installments. I know a little something about what you are describing, both from my own life and from some friends. Isn't it so wonderful how when we look back we can see that despite it all the Lord has had His hand on us and brought us to the places we now are, where we can praise and thank Him and maybe offer something hopeful to others too.Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-15242275864320117042007-09-07T02:31:00.000+01:002007-09-07T02:31:00.000+01:00Barbara,How gracious you are to share the difficul...Barbara,<BR/>How gracious you are to share the difficulties you faced growing up...needless to say I'm sure there are many who faced adversities also.<BR/><BR/>I, like you, loved God from an early age.....not that I've always been obedient but so thankful that our Heavenly Father is forgiving and loving. I'm so grateful He bestows mercy and not justice to His children.<BR/><BR/>I'll wait with anticipation to hear more of your story and the grace that He lovingly gave His child named Barbara....BettyBettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635572075951871756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-9620089050306191092007-09-06T16:26:00.000+01:002007-09-06T16:26:00.000+01:00Your story tugged at my heart. From such a difficu...Your story tugged at my heart. From such a difficult childhood, the Lord revealed himself to you. How great is our God!<BR/><BR/>LorrieLorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-57769840574838621582007-09-05T15:41:00.000+01:002007-09-05T15:41:00.000+01:00Thank you so much for sharing your life. I will c...Thank you so much for sharing your life. I will carry the story with me to school today and possibly look at my students in a new light. Interestingly, my father was saved at a Youth For Christ rally in Portland, Oregon, in Dec 1946. He went with my mother because he wanted to date her and she'd only go out with him if he went to YFC. Three and a half weeks later they were married!Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-28688948069731545242007-09-05T13:17:00.000+01:002007-09-05T13:17:00.000+01:00Oh Barbara I so relate as my father was an alcohol...Oh Barbara I so relate as my father was an alcoholic too and my mother followed in his footsteps in later years. I truly enjoy reading of your life. God has been my true Father too, as he has yours, and it has changed my entire life. I wonder sometimes if we would appreciate Him so much if it weren't for our painful pasts. xoxoBetty Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475038702140830260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-87863447174400913962007-09-05T13:03:00.000+01:002007-09-05T13:03:00.000+01:00Dear BarbaraYour story has brought tears to my eye...Dear Barbara<BR/>Your story has brought tears to my eyes. I wonder whether my mother and our grandmother ever knew the real truth. It goes to show how much influence the Lord has had in your life to make you the person you are today. Without him.....the prospect it too frightening.<BR/>Thank you for being brave enough to drag up painful memories and write about it all.<BR/>Love PamxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-43196197400910928562007-09-05T12:53:00.000+01:002007-09-05T12:53:00.000+01:00Oh dear Barbara, you have written so tastefully ...Oh dear Barbara, you have written so tastefully of a very difficult upbringing. I respect & admire your doing so. I can only imagine this was very heart wrenching for you to relive as you wrote it. <BR/><BR/>It is so wonderful that the hand of God was so evident to you at such a vulnerable time in your young life. I look forward to the story that will emerge as God works in your life. As you yield yourself to the True Living God who loves us so and become the lovely person you are :o)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for caring enough to share yourself with us. <BR/>Your Okie friend and fellow believer,<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.com