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« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2009, 01:29PM » |
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Thank you for starting this post...because that one tiny phrase can mean so very much!
..."Her name is Lisa"...and she is a blessing to us all!
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« Reply #31 on: May 24, 2009, 06:02PM » |
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When I originally started this thread I didn't know where the discussion would take it. I must admit that I did not envision so much emotional reaction. But then again, it involves Lisa: her voice, her persona, her charisma. If you watch David playing while she is singing one of his awesome songs, the look on his face is pure amazement and pleasure. The friend that I mentioned at the beginning of this thread is not a very emotional person. Lisa touches so many people in so many more ways than she will ever know.
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« Reply #32 on: May 25, 2009, 01:23AM » |
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I agree - about Lisa, and how lovely she is, and how she can "TOUCH your soul" so many of us on the forum can testify to that - but I don't think any of us has had such a heart-wrenching story as you have! Thank goodness it is all behind you - and you do not have to worry about judging - it will all be taken care of when the time comes for judgement for us all! They will all be so surprised when YOU get the crown - and they are left out in the cold! Thanks for sharing that with us - we all needed it! Good luck and blessings be yours from now on - pay it FORWARD! xo
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« Reply #33 on: May 25, 2009, 11:53AM » |
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« Reply #34 on: May 25, 2009, 12:13PM » |
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Aww well don't care! CW are wonderful and I'm sure if your parents saw enough of them, they would love them too!
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« Reply #36 on: May 28, 2009, 12:22AM » |
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Me too lnw91,
its not in a bad way though, my mom laughs at me for knowing the words and singing back to them. (Badly by the way) she cracks up. She always says " I would of never guessed in a million years you would listen to this type of music." Good Music is Good music. CW is outstanding music.
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« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2009, 06:12AM » |
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Hard to imagine anyone being upset because someone listens to Lisa. There is so much junk music, if you can call it music, out there and the atmosphere it can generate, and I emphasize the CAN generate, that any parent with a kid listening to CW should be relieved and proud of them. Just try to hum some Rap sometime.
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« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2009, 07:29AM » |
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Most parents would (and should) be glad to have their kids liking CW. There are no better role models than these classy, elegant ladies. If you keep playing your CW cd`s, you`re parents will eventually start liking them .too. It`s a scientific thing called osmosis. Lisa ,with her family,is undoubtedly a role model to be followed.
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« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2009, 02:13PM » |
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I feel blessed to share her name. ^_^
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« Reply #40 on: June 13, 2009, 11:12PM » |
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Thanks, ya'll!
Yep...last year was pretty difficult for me. I'd been on-staff at a church that I'd been a member of for a long time. I loved my job and my boss was my best friend. However, I had a couple of seizures at work and was told I had to see a neurologist before I could come back. I was off work for three weeks...and no one from my job called to check on me or anything. When I returned to work, my boss began to be very rude to me...letting me know that she did not want to be near me...and treating me like I had a communicable disease. It hurt my feelings soooo terribly because she'd been my best friend and then suddenly she was having nothing to do with me.
Months passed...and being that I was a single mother of two boys, my job was very important to me...even if it seemed that I was "not wanted" there. On April 21st of last year, the pastor's assistant, my boss, and a police officer came in and told me to "turn in my things...that I was being terminated"...
I begged to speak with the pastor but his assistant refused to let me...stating, "I'M the boss here"....I continually begged and begged....reminding them that I was a good worker...and how much I loved my job...and how much I needed my job"....and she knocked on the table and tapped her forehead and shouted at me, "You don't seem to get it...WE-DON'T-WANT-YOU-HERE!!!" A few minutes later I was escorted off the campus...and down the road by a police officer...wondering what in the world I could have possibly done to make them treat me that way.
I felt so betrayed, hurt, and abandoned...and my heart was crushed.
Soon after, without having means to keep my apartment, I found myself without a home. My mother and step-dad told me that I could stay with them...with my youngest son...but not my oldest son. A friend told me the same thing...even though I had TWO boys...and my heart was so torn. My boys and I have slept "here" and "there"...and many times in separate places which is very hard for a mother...especially when you wish for your children to "have it better" than what you, yourself, did growing up.
Last year was hard...very heard...I lost my job, my best friend, and my home...all together...not having a clue what in the world I could have done for any of it to have happened...and sometimes I'd think that if life is supposed to be this difficult...then I don't want any part of it.
I cried a lot...and was "numb" a lot...just trying to "keep-on-keeping-on"...weathering each day that came along...and it helped so much listening to Celtic Woman...and especially Lisa's music. When I felt so "lost" in such a cruel world...her voice comforted my soul.
While spending lots of "quality time" in my vehicle, I carried my laptop with me everywhere...and hooked up to any wireless hot-spot I could find. People would notice my beautiful "Blessing" wallpaper as I would boot up my computer...and so many people have asked..."Who is that lovely lady?"
"Her name is Lisa"...I would reply..."And her preciousness touches my soul"...
But for an update...a year has passed...and I finally got a new job! I've been there a little over a month...and I'm finally going to be getting an apartment again...and I'm so excited. Living out of a suitcase can be a bit heart-wrenching when it was not planned...
But I made it through...and I'm still here...and I'm still a happy and bubbly person...and I still have love and compassion in my heart for everyone...even those who have caused harm to me...
And I am thankful...still...and I am so tickled to have found a place like this...to be surrounded with such wonderful people...who also share my interest in the beautiful music of Celtic Woman! This group, as well as this forum, has touched my heart!
But as for Lisa...well...there's just something "extra-precious" about her! I can't put my finger on it, so I just accept it! *giggle!* I do hope to meet her one day...to thank her in person...(if I can keep my composure---lol!)...and let her know how she has been such a blessing to my life.
"Thank you, Lisa!"
With love,
Cindy  Hi Cindy. Read your poem and your letter. Im glad everything is working out for you. This has been a hard year for most people and the ones like us have been able to weather the storm. I am employed but what you would consider underemployed. Make just enough to get by and had to save to see the celtic women. Lisa and the other members of Celtic women and Cheryl Burke and Gilles Marini this season on DWTS have helped kept me going through whst has happened in the past year. There voices are a godsend and help make this world a better place. Cant wait for there next CD and DVD come out and for them to back to Calif next tour. Tahnks again for the great poem and letter. They and the Celtic Women are an isperation to everyone. |
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« Reply #41 on: June 13, 2009, 11:53PM » |
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I'm off topic here, but I feel rather strongly that this needs to be expressed. I hope that the response to the origial post will be permitted.Cindy, I'm truly glad that things are turning around for you. I read through your post and was completely shocked at the things that went on, especially coming from a church. I generally do try to be forgiving, but this is a case that really does get my goat, partially because of having been in a sililar situation in the past. To keep this short, it sounds to me as if the church violated federal law by terminating you, under the Americans with Disabilities Act. You do not have to actually have been declared disabled to qualify for protection under this Act, which protects people from being discrimitaed against for medical conditions. By rights, you may be eligible for some level of recompensens for the losses you had during the past year, or if you don't want to consider that, you may be able to, at the least, be certain this church's staff will not do something like this again. I hope you'll take a look at the website of the ADA www.ada.gov and learn more about the protections we all are entitled to. I personally feel that this type of action and attitude should have been brought to the attention of the Church's council and even more importantly, to the congregation, as well. I have a feeling that it would not go over well for the staff of the church to be both breaking the law, AND failing so completely in following the ideals of God's word.
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« Reply #42 on: June 16, 2009, 07:24PM » |
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Awww...Thanks so much for your replies...I had no idea that my "little story" of how God has used Lisa Kelly to reach down to me and keep my chin up and my heart smiling...would even get noticed. (I'm a rather quiet person)...
But to answer your inquiries…
The church called soon after my termination...letting me know that they were recording the conversation...and had me say "yes"...that I would never try to contact them about my termination...or have "anyone else" contact them on my behalf...and "did I understand...yes or no"...
Following that was a letter...letting me know that they wished for me to "please bless my new church home with my financial gifts"...(In other words, "we want no part of you here...not even your money...so go away...die...you never existed to us"...)
I got a text message a few months later...right after Hurricane Ike hit the area…from the lady who was my boss...and my best friend (so I thought)...stating, "Do not ever try to contact me or my family. ever. or I will call the police and get a restraining order"...
Originally, I thought that she must have been pressured to terminate me or something…but after that text message…I realized my assumption was incorrect…
I hadn't seen or talked to her…or stepped foot in that church since my termination…and yet I felt like I was in a never-ending episode of "The Twilight Zone"...
Church, in my opinion, is God's House...and I absolutely LOVED working there...and I do believe that "whatever happened"...that HE can take care of matters in HIS House...much better than any person can...so I'll just leave it up to God to take care of that incident. It's a very hurtful experience and a battle I know I'm much too weak to pursue (physically, mentally and emotionally.) I need to spend my energy on still trying to "heal" from the memories of it. It was a wretched nightmare…that I’m still trying to overcome…to say the least.
Whether what they did last year to a human being was legal or not...it definitely wasn't very nice...or humane...but...somehow I survived...and I finally got a job a couple of months ago...and I've been in my little apartment for two weeks now...almost two hours away from "there"...and I'm thankful that I live far enough away that I don't see "xyz church" bumper stickers plastered all over the road...because that, in itself, was torture.
In the meantime...My heart is still broken…and I’m in a “daze” as to what happened. I miss the boss and friend…that I at least “thought” I had…and the security I “thought” I had…not to mention the medical insurance I DID have. I'm actually afraid to go to any church...and scared to meet people...because I don't know "bad" or "ugly" until it "whacks me upside the head"...I only see the "good" in people...ironically...
But back to being thankful...I'm thankful for "all of the little things in life"...because it's the "little" things that matter to me...and it's the "thought" that counts...and I'm reminded that God loves me by "sending me a song"...especially when it has come wrapped in such an adorable package!
With that in mind...I can't help but think of this forum...and be thankful...for everyone here...and Celtic Woman...and...bless-her-precious-heart---LISA KELLY! **giggle!** (Just typing her name makes me grin!) If I could give anyone in the world a hug…I would wish to give her one…and tell her that I thank God for picking such an adorable person…and such a precious life…to use…to shine through…to touch so many people…and lift so many spirits…To reach out and touch me…in the midst of a living thunderstorm…and remind me that there’s still sunshine ahead…and that it will be worth it to just hang on…
It's funny how God uses people to touch other people...even if they've never met. At such a painful and horribly low point in my life...there was still a "pinch of sunshine" in my day...no matter what it seemed like "from the outside"...as I'd listen to the music of Celtic Woman...and imagine the images pleasantly etched into my soul from watching the dvd's so many times before...of Lisa singing "Caledonia"...and "The Blessing"...to which those two particular songs will forever have special meaning to me...with visions of such a "precious life" with the most breath-taking voice singing them...
I'm tickled at the opportunity to find a wireless "hot spot" to hop online and meet with all of you here...whenever I get the chance…
I'm tickled to have run into people who share my love and appreciation of the gift of Celtic Woman here on this forum...and that I can "go on-and-on-about-Lisa-Kelly" and everyone totally understands exactly what I'm talking about! **giggle!!**
I'm tickled at the opportunity...that when someone happens to notice my "Lisa Kelly wallpaper"...and asks "Who's that?"...that I get to introduce them to someone very special and dear to my heart...as I simply say...grinning from ear-to-ear....
"Her name is Lisa...."
And…well...you all know the rest of the story... 
Plus, if you’re reading this thread…you probably have a “Lisa Story” of your own in your heart…so please share. Life seems to be filled with lots of struggles along the way…but thank goodness we’ve all got one another here…and the beautiful music of Celtic Woman to enjoy…and…of course…our precious Lisa to endlessly babble on about…**giggle!**…so please carry on…"Her name is Lisa"… How has that simple little phrase touched your life?
Love, Hugs, and Blessings to you all!!
Cindy
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« Reply #43 on: July 23, 2009, 09:32PM » |
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my parents make fun of me for listening to CW.... Why is that, Inw91? Aren't they CW fans too? Most parents are thrilled to have their children like Celtic Woman!   haha, u'd think, but nope, they dont really support them tht much  |
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« Reply #44 on: July 23, 2009, 09:42PM » |
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Thanks, ya'll!
But as for Lisa...well...there's just something "extra-precious" about her! I can't put my finger on it, so I just accept it! *giggle!* I do hope to meet her one day...to thank her in person...(if I can keep my composure---lol!)...and let her know how she has been such a blessing to my life.
"Thank you, Lisa!"
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