FOR GUNNER'S TRAIN RIDERS...
posted by Michael Manning @ 11:49 AM
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- Name: Michael Manning
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Basically, I'm a Public Relations Consultant with a background in Broadcast News. I've worked as a Reporter and Anchor with PBS, ABC, CBS & NBC affiliates and in Cable Television. I'm active in Radio & Television Commercials, Guest Speaking engagements and I enjoy writing, music and sports.
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- BRIEF UPDATES ON GUNNER GILLESPIE AND TREVOR TREDA...
- FRIDAY MOVIE SUGGESTION NIGHT PRESENTS: "WHO'S AFR...
- TUESDAY IN BRIEF!
- CAMELOT'S 25TH! (Part 2 of 2)
- HAPPY 25TH TO CAMELOT! (Part 1 of 2)
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16 Comments:
YAY THANK YOU!!
Dear Dari: Thanks for your Love and Courage with both Gunner and in leaving a post here. I know you're hurting, and I know this is a very tough subject for so many of my readers to confront. But this ISN'T about me and it ISN'T about other people's "comfort zones".
This is about a person named Gunner who spent 8 years on this earth and touched so many people worldwide with his Journey.
With this reality in mind, I hope and pray that the "lurkers" will at least stop and consider leaving a message of comfort over on Gunner's website for his parents Gus and Janna.
I so appreciate your sweet spirit of supportiveness and I'm so very grateful for your photography session a few weeks ago with Gunner and Garlynn. As Fred Rogers said every afternoon, I like you "for you just being you". May others follow your example, Dari.:)
A fine set of memorials, Michael.
I love "Polar Express"!
May God bless and comfort Gunner's family and friends in their time of loss....
I left a comment on their Caring Bridge site the day Gunner boarded his train...
Love and hugs,
Diane
jean-luc picard: You have a heart of gold. I appreciate your Consistent Supportiveness and know you care. My heartfelt thanks!
diane: I have spoken with Gus and Janna and they appreciate ALL messages of Love and Mercy. Gunner is at Peace now with The Lord. No doubt about it...
My Love and Hugs Back Atcha, Diane!
Your video tribute made us happy! Thank you for sharing it. We love him, too! mommy magpie & my two little magpies
3 Magpies: Yes, I loved Gunner very, very much and that will go on forever. Blessings to "Mommy Magpie and her 2 little Magpies" from me! :)
This movie will always remind me of Gunner and the pisture below with you two together will be the picutre i remember
mr M.
people either "get it" or they dont. i have realized over the past few days, the lack of patience fo such, had overwhelmed me, as well. the concept of grabbing by the hair, seems just about right.
you simply cant make people "get it" when they dont. not more than we can "unget it" once we are involved.
as much as i want to FORCE people to get it, i have realized the last few days....
IF YOU DONT GET IT, WE DONT NEED YOU.
i still want them to send money though.
sorry if this is harsh, but im allowed. im a redhead.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT PATH,
Gun's dar
Walker: My heart is warmed by your kindness, brother. Beyong all humor, there is a Father named Walker who feels and cares and relates to the innocence of a child. Thank you also for commenting on Gunner's site. Janna needs this community of Love right now. You are a brave heart my friend. Thamk You!
Good Morning, Dari: I realize your championing me comes from Friendship and Supportiveness. That isn't lost on me. Those who have stayed with me since 2004 here on this little window of the world I call my BLOG, are champions of whatever good I have tried to accomplish. Sometimes I succeeded. Other times I fell short. But let me be fair.
This is a very, very sad topic. It really requires by its very nature a decision of the heart. We have a free will. We can choose which way to go.
Many have walls up and that's because this enables them to survive their own pain from the past. I can't be bitter about that. Some here have lost a son or daughter. I Respect them enormously. Last night, I read 6 pages of comments (after posting mine to dear Janna) and I felt their pain. At least 3 DIPG parents from different states--big cities and small American towns-- have been touched by Gunner's passing. Posts as far away as the UK and Asia are tear stained. We have the gift of feeling pain as evidence that we are indeed, alive with the option of choosing who we let into our hearts.
One of my friends here--a former TV Anchorwoman has a 10 year-old son who began crying in class at school the moment Gunner died. Children are so close to God and in tune with what is happening in the world. Another boy who never met Gunner awoke and looked up at his Mother one mornng with tears streaming down his face saying that he "loved Gunner". No, he never met Gunner in-person.
You were blessed to have your life touched recently by Gunner's journey. And you chose to act on that Love. What a blessing for You and The Gillespies! I celebrated that week so much!!
This isn't about me. The Jone's have helped me to understand that Gunner was teaching us a lesson. I finally "got it". In closing, I DID ask all "Lurkers" (people who read my Blog but do not comment) to at least "consider" stopping by and visiting Gunner's site to leave a comforting word of Love for Gus, Janna and Garlynn. Dari, many do not know what to say! God Bless Them. They are being honest. They are handling what I've written to the best of their individual abilities and I still love them.
My decision 11 months ago was to connect with The Gillespies. Today, I cannot remember my life before they and I became close friends. Gunner was a teacher like his Momma and Poppa. He taught me, and I will carry his lessons as a better person for it forever. I kow you will too.
Have a good week, my friend!
ALL: Since I own this Website, I have given myself permission to be long-winded. You may now unbuckle your seat belts and move freely about the cabin. I'm pouring myself another cup of coffee.Have a good week ahead. Whenever it feels normal, I'll BLOG. Thanks!
thanks for keeping us in touch, michael. it highlights and reaffirms the important things we should care about in life, including caring and love.
P.S.
your right. i had a temper tantrum on your blog. sorry. your farther along on your journey than i am on mine. your paying the wisdom forward down to me, and i appreciate that.
i apologize to anyone who just has nothing to say, or it hurts them too much, and they mean well.
no its NOT about me either, i think thats WHY i get so upset.
if it was about ME, id shake it right, on off.
some of it is "transference" as im annoyed at people in my own life.
hey, im still learning.
i retain my fight though.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
look out for SHOTSFORACURE2 that is in its planning stages. another photo fundraiser, this time outside of NY. DIPG beware...im coming for your ass...
notusuallysoshortsighted,
bratty dari
Seraphine: Thank You!
Dari: No worries at all!
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