Blogs and websites

I hope you are checking out my links from time to time - especially the Campbell Family Journal and Kathryn's Keepsakes. These two blogs chronicle the medical problems and triumphs of my nephew's two adopted daughters. These blogs are very inspiring!

If you are a regular viewer of the Richardsville Road web site, you may have noticed that there have been no changes for a few days. I don't know how long this condition will last; Danny, who created the site, "lost" his computer during a bad storm. Let's hope he's up and running soon. I don't have any real authority here, but I have a suggestion, that if you wish to RSVP for the reunion in July, Pat Davis might be able to keep records for you. If you wish to contact me, for that matter, I will make sure Danny gets the info when he's back on line, but I think Pat is more in the loop than I am. If you have never looked at this site, there is a lot of info there. It took me quite some time to get through it all, and meanwhile, Danny was adding more. Particularly interesting are the pages he posted from the 1926 Echo (Brookville High School Year Book).

I suppose I shouldn't mention this, since I was somewhat instrumental in its being posted, but Paul Campbell's story on the Richardsville site is excellent! It can be found through either Bios or Recollections. He is the father of my nephew I mentioned in the first paragraph of this post (same name, too).

I have been spending so much time submitting info and corrections to Danny's site, that I have rather neglected my own; however, I don't usually post here unless something specific comes up that interests me. But I did get to see pictures of my 2 great-granddaughters, finally!

Keely (almost 1), and Briana (2 1/2)- I believe they were a little younger when these pics were taken:

Of Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven

“Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

My sister Lil and I recently had a bit of a discussion about children in Heaven. I mentioned about a retired minister I know who does not believe anyone in heaven will be children – that we will all be equal, disembodied souls. She immediately responded with “Of such is the kingdom of heaven” – implying that it is literally so, because there are more children in heaven than adults. We usually think of it as meaning that we must come to Christ in childlike trust and faith, which is true enough, but it is equally true that many scriptures can contain multiple (not contradictory) meanings. I just recently came to the understanding (through the heavenly experiences of my great-niece Kathryn) that people who died while they were children are still children in heaven – maybe not the same age as they were on earth, but still children nonetheless. I often wondered about that, because it is not addressed specifically in the Bible. I wondered if they would all grow up, and eventually there would be only adults in heaven. I’m glad to know that isn’t so; wouldn’t heaven be less than perfect without any children? When you think of all the miscarriages, stillbirths and childhood deaths of the past, and even now in countries without good medical care, as well as the horrendous numbers of abortions, there simply have to be far more children than adults in Heaven.

Kathryn tells of children in heaven who are there because of miscarriages – when determining the age of the body the Father gives them, he takes into consideration what would please their earthly parents. If the parents had already chosen a name for them, they have that name; at least, that was the case with the ones Kathryn met. He also gives them specific children’s “days” – although time is not the same there as here. Kathryn described one of those days with children playing in the field with kites and hot air balloons. Another time they were visiting the big farm and playing with the animals there. And children get to watch their parents and siblings who are still living. People in heaven get to see what goes on with those still on earth, and they can still pray to Jesus on their behalf.

I have a child in Heaven as a result of a miscarriage; a friend of mine has a child in Heaven as a result of a forced abortion. We like to think of our two little girls playing together in Heaven and waiting for us to meet them there.

Great-Grandkids

This is the latest picture I have, and it is just about a year old. It was taken with my daughter's webcam: Left to right - great-grandaughter Briana, granddaugher Annie, great-grandson Gavin.

(Originally posted July 11, 2007)

New Great-Grandchild

No pictures yet; Keely Susanna was born May 29, 2007. I haven't seen her yet, nor even her older sister Briana.

(Originally posted June 13, 2007)