Unbelievable

msmarkieanna:

Amazing
how the ones you love the most
can turn their back on you the worst.
Dumbfounding
that alcoholism and pregnancy out of wedlock
can all be forgiven
but not being true to one’s self.
Bewildering
the things you’d never thought would happen
can come on you in an instant.
Incredible
how many friends you thought would turn their back
are there with open arms, accepting and loving.
Perplexing
the thought that this might be permanent
that they may never come around.
Unbelievable.

****Many thanks to my friend tru poet for this poem..it speaks to me.*****

The Day after….

msmarkieanna:

I have just arrived home from Oshkosh,and the Scott Hall reunion. I enjoyed renewing old friend ships,and seeing people I have not seen in a long while. I Want to thank our group for the reception you all gave me. It meant the world to me. I felt at home,and comfortable and like family. Thank You Sooo Much!!!! Lets continue our lives ,Live well,Laugh allot, love often! Chuck it was a Great time, Thank you! Hugs to all, Markie Wenzel” Wenz”

Reunion Time

msmarkieanna:

Things I have learned over the years.

I am a few days away from a residents hall reunion,at The Homecoming weekend at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The weekend will be approx.30 years after we had studied at the University. Over that time for me Life has happened, some good some bad.I have had to battle heart disease,and in a loved one Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.We have had our children,and seen them grow and go. Success and failure have come and gone professionally and personally. And then the heart ache of losing parents and other loved ones.I have longed to be young again and back in Oshkosh. But we have grown, lived, laughed, and loved. Additionally, we have have earned graduate degrees and PhD’S in The University of Life,and the School of Hard Knocks.Others have had special life challenges,for me it is Gender Identity Disorder,Which has made it necessary for me to transition from Male to Female.This is a medical condition,which has been the greatest test and challenge of my life. I am thankful for my athletic career at Oshkosh both on the Football team,and in the varsity Wrestling team.These teams gave me valuable life lessons in commitment and perseverance. I rejoice for Scott Hall basement,where I trusted Jesus Christ as Saviour.I have been comforted often that he has not forsaken me over the years.So my Oshkosh years were foundational years.I look forward to the weekend to celebrate life , in the place that has been instrumental in my life success.See Ya There!!

Think on this.

msmarkieanna:

There was 
a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She 
hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always 
there for her. She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see
the world, I will marry you.’


One day, 
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages 
came off, she was able to see everything, including her 
boyfriend. 


He asked 
her,’Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?’ The 
girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The 
sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected 
that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life 
led her to refuse to marry him. 


Her 
boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her 
saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before 
they were yours, they were mine.’ 


This is 
how the human brain often works when our status changes. 
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who 
was always by their side in the most painful situations. 


Life Is a 
Gift 


Today 
before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can’t 
speak. 


Before 
you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone 
who has nothing to eat. 


Before 
you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone 
who’s crying out to GOD for a companion. 


Today 
before you complain about life - Think of someone who went 
too early to heaven. 


Before 
whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who 
walks the same distance with their feet. 


And when 
you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the 
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your 
job. 


And when 
depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on 
your face and think: you’re alive and still 
around.

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