Thoughts and stories, by Pal

Happy Thanksgiving!  I'm posting this on the night before Thanksgiving , so anyone who can get BYUtv will be able to either watch it tomorrow, on Thanksgiving at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, or record it. BYUtv’s Thanksgiving Special: A Very Different Kind of World War II Film By Mariah Proctor  · November 19, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Instrument of War,  a new film from BYUtv set to premiere on Thanksgiving day ,  is inspired by the true story of WWII bomber pilot Clair Cline who was shot down and taken as a prisoner of war in a German prison camp. The story follows him and the other surviving members of his mission as they struggle to remain psychologically sound while in the captivity of a hardhearted commandant. And how does Cline choose to cope with this helpless and hopeless situation? By building a violin from only what he can find in their dingy, meager captivity. It is, in ...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL YOU DEAR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE! Before this inspiring article, I want to mention how grateful I am for so many many things!   This morning my daughter-in-law Julie told me of one of her friends whose father had just passed away.  He was 98 years old, and had been bed-ridden for 11 years.  He was from a foreign country and didn't speak English well, so she didn't want him to have to go to a care center where he couldn't talk to people and tell them how he felt.  She had taken care of him, and he was even on a feeding tube for most of that time, needed diapering, etc. I felt grateful that my dear husband, Wayne, was allowed to pass away without having to go through much time bed-ridden.  He loved life so much!  He was on a feeding tube for his last month, and would have been for how ever much more time he would live, as it seemed his esophageal cancer had come back and closed off his throat.   I feel so grateful to be li...