I have not met you but have read quite a bit about you and I understand that you are celebrating a big birthday. May your day be a joyful and healthy one!
Mary Jane Hanron
Correspondent
Cohasset Mariner 
would like to wish BoomBoom a very happy birthday.
Happy birthday "Boom Boom" and many more. It is my pleasure to
Subject: Fwd: LIFE IS A GIFT
There was  a blind girl who 
hated herself just because she was blind. She 
hated  everyone, except 
her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. 
She said  that if 
she could only see the world, she would marry her 
boyfriend. One day,  
someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she  
could see 
everything, including her boyfriend. Her  boyfriend asked her, 
"now 
that you can see the world, will you marry me?"  The girl was shocked 
when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her 
  boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her 
saying. 
"Just take care of my eyes dear."
This is how 
the  human brain changes when our status changes. Only a few 
remember 
what life was like before  and who's always been there even in the 
most 
painful situations.
Life Is A  Gift Today  before you 
think of saying 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 you complain about 
your children - Think of someone who desires 
children but 
they're barren.
Before you argue about your dirty house, 
someone didn't clean or sweep - 
Think of the people who are living in 
the streets.
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 wished they had your  job.
But 
before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another 
-  
Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to 
one maker.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down  
- Put a smile on your 
face and thank God you're alive and still 
around.
Life is a gift, Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, And  
fulfill  it.
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