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Location: Council Bluffs, IA
Website: http://www.lovinghandsmemoryboxs.com/index.html
New Disabled Vet
I started a club called "Loving Hands Memory Boxes"(LHMB) which is dedicated to comforting parents that lost a child due to SIDS, Miscarriage, or Still Birth. We make nice wood boxes instead of the cardboard boxes that hospitals give out now.
One day during my three month hospital stay, the nurse wheeled me around in my wheelchair, I observed a couple leaving the hospital in obvious grief. I asked the nurse about why and what was wrong? The nurse told me that the couple had come into the hospital to have a baby and just had a stillborn child and also that the cardboard box that they had was to put things in to remember the child by.
Right then I wanted to learn how to make nice wooden boxes for these grieving parents that went into the hospital to have a child and left with a cardboard box. It really hit me hard. I have said “I am only broken in body; however, they will always have to deal with emotional grief.”
Though I can no longer serve my country in the military, I will always serve the people of MY Great Nation "The United States of AMERICA" this way since I cannot serve in the military anymore, however I want to serve these couples and to be part of their healing process.
-- It is always the right time, to do the right thing. Lovinghandsmemoryboxs.com
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Max
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#1 posted 727 days ago
Glad to see that you have made LumberJocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
huntter2022
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#2 posted 727 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks, Arlin. I have not been here long but there is a wealth of information and help here . I did share that you were looking for help on my Facebook account and hope someone will be able to help a fellow vet out.
-- David ; "BE SAFE BE HAPPY" Brockport , NY
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#3 posted 727 days ago
Welcome To LumberJocks.
Good Luck…
-- Rick
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#4 posted 727 days ago
Welcome aboard. Nice that you could join us on Lumberjocks.
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#5 posted 727 days ago
There you are, Arlin. Glad to see that you were able to get registered. Now let the mentoring begin. You will find a great group here. The guys and gals are great sharers in their knowledge and wisdom of woodworking. Thank you for joining us. I look forward to seeing your projects and blogs on your adventure in woodworking. Simper Fi, Rand
PS..Did I say Great too many times? lol
SSMDad
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#6 posted 727 days ago
Glad to see you here Arlin. Welcome to the fold.
-- Chris ~~Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
HallTree
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#7 posted 727 days ago
Welcome Arlin. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects and comments. Work safe in the shop and don’t forget to use pushsticks.
Thanks for your service.
-- "Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life" Solomon
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#8 posted 726 days ago
“WELCOME to LJ’s.”
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#9 posted 726 days ago
Welcome!
-- Terri, Rocky Mountain High Colorado!
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#10 posted 724 days ago
Welcome to LJs. I think you will find this an interesting place. There is a LOT of diversity and as a result 2000 ways to do the same thing. With some of the experience levels, this is a really good thing. I learn something everyday.
-- David in Damascus, MD
Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#11 posted 722 days ago
Welcome, Arlin:
When I lived in the Chicago area, our painting group painted memory boxes for the local hospitals for families who had lost infants. It was a very rewarding experience. It is very kind of you to also do so and make special boxes for that purpose. My son was born very early and spent the first month of his life in an incubator. His first Christmas he was one of the only babies left in the ICU at the hospital (besides one other infant, Zachary who was born almost three months early). That Christmas was very sad for us, as we were terribly worried as to the outcome of things. On Christmas morning, we came to see him and there was a little snowman by his side made from a sock. It had a cheerful note on it and wished us all a Merry Christmas. The impact of it was tremendous. It made us see that people really did care and lifted us up a great deal. My son is now 27 years old and a police man in Joliet, which is south of Chicago. He helps others and has made a good life for himself and been a positive contribution to the world. I will never forget though what a rocky start he had and the kindness of some stranger who just showed they cared. I am sure your memory boxes touched many lives in the same way. Thank you very much for that and also your service to our country.
Sheila
-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"
Arlin Eastman
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#12 posted 720 days ago
I would like to thank each and everyone of you for making me feel so welcome. I have never had such a welcome before.
You Guy and Gals are great
All the Best
-- It is always the right time, to do the right thing. Lovinghandsmemoryboxs.com
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#13 posted 719 days ago
glad to have you as lumber jock friend I hope you get as much from hear as I do
-- Robert Laddusaw and no I am not smarter then a fifth grader ( and no I canot spell so if it is a problem don't read it ))
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#14 posted 716 days ago
Welcome To LJ’s Glad to have you aboard :)
-- Proverbs Ch:3 vs 5,6,7 Trust in the lord with all thine heart and lean not unto your own understanding but in all your ways aknowledge him and he shall direct your path elmerthomas81@neo.rr.com
Roger
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#15 posted 642 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s . and Thank you for your service.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
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