Carol Taylor nee Minchin 760/345-8315
nee - (meaning literally “born”) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee Rodham" http://www.allpics4u.com/places/statue-of-jesus-in-rio.html
Does Jesus exist? Who really knows? If he did, my reading of the New Testament (I favor the King James but I have The Message too) - is that he taught us that we are beings of unlimited power, capable of miraculous action. He was not an agent of fear; he was a companion of love.
“Feb 4, 2012
“Hi Dear Richard
“It’s Carol Minchin (Taylor) from Sylvan Lake Alberta, and Lindsay-Thurber Composite High School in Red Deer! <snip –snip>.“
I got this yesterday (Feb 8 ) so I guess snail mail isn’t that snail. I called her and we talked for 11m 04 sec. – it has been 51 years since I’ve heard her voice – but miracle of the human mind she sounded as fresh and fit as she’d been then. Turned out her carrier is Verizon and that’s her land line. She has a cell # with Verizon but that’s for her not I to tell you -
If you want to talk to someone true about Jesus – I recommend her. If you call her tell her how you got her #.
Her husband Bob was nearly at death’s door when he was saved. Bob had been born in 1924 and he was a “paid-in-full” person of the “greatest generation”. A war hero. If I were to summarize you might imagine you’ve heard the story but you have not. God is in the details and short of walking in his boots you may as I have begun listen to her witness as I did this morning. Her witness can’t be boiled down; I’ve only heard a portion. There’s a three-hour DVD. It’s a long story and it’s for Carol to tell you. But you have to call her! I am glad I did.
This is an amazing story. I am surprised too that Richard and Carol had a conversation recently.. I remember you Dick and you were to my little eyes the most handsome man,
kinda like a movie star. That is the eye of a child. I always thought you guys were so cool and I watched you play football at LTCH and admired the game. Yes, Carol is a good witness for “The Lord” and she will never change her convictions……She is a lively lady……….AM
thanx - I am happy for Carol. I have no need no power no wish to change Carol’s convictions. Her life her husband’s life was a miracle but then so is yours and so is mine - I wish in our too long conversation we’d talked more about now than then but that’s okay - if you were her Son - I’d say “you have a great Mother” - I know I did -
It’s a pleasure to find family, friends, fiends distant in space-time. Yeah that’s what happened -I type sentences like that because for a lot of my life I was on the side of science and engineering, machines and computers. But that was long ago. Sometimes I can’t get my discount because I forget my phone number in 2000 in Hammond, LA. It’s 985-634-7426.
I’m sorry Richard I should of said, I thought you would guess, but I am Carol’s little sister, Gayle. I lived in her shadow for a long time, and it seemed I was always looking up…..but I have my own life now with a wonderful husband who is completing his Masters Degree at UBC and he will become an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrement. I have 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren. My oldest daughter is also a Minister working in the Presbyterian church. She is pastor of Saint Paul’s in Mission BC. So it runs in the family I guess. I am a visual artist and I a completing a series of oils and several large pieces done entirely with coloured pencils. I am getting ready for a show at the Art Gallery in Abbotsford.
I have no problems with science and I love the internet….But I just remember your rabbit skin swim suit is that right.?
Wonderful that we’re talking.
It’s what happens when you go on the Net. People you never thought you’d see again - wham bamm there they are and memories you didn’t know you had come flooding back.
At least it wasn’t a porcupine swim suit. When my father gave me my first .22 he was very clear on one rule. If I shot it I had to do it to a purpose. I shot a porcupine and I was task with skinning it and eating it. Actually it was okay but I never shot another. Rabbits were family food. I perfered “wood hens”. The whole family ate them so it wasn’t punishment.
With two daughters and four grandchildren you’re not their little sister. Funny how that works. Shannon’s little bro is Devon and he’s a 6′5″ warrior.
I’d love to see some of your work. That’s marvellous. I am happy for you Gayle.
Do you remember that car wreck incident - that was very nearly my James Dean moment. Had I brought Carol home a half hour earlier I have been killed.
I think it was muskrat.